Records of the Sloop Hancock
Contents
This collection contains correspondence, articles of agreement, accounts, crew account books, crew lists, bills, receipts, and other papers. The crew account books include divisions of the prize brigs FRIENDSHIP and CORNELIUS, the prize schooner COMET, and the prize sloops HIBERNIA and VENUS. Other persons represented include Giles Mumford, agent, of Groton, Conn.
Dates
- Creation: 1777 - 1783
Restrictions on Access
Available for use in the Manuscripts Division.
Restrictions on Use
Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts Division.
History of the Sloop HANCOCK
The sloop HANCOCK, during the period covered by these papers, operated as a privateer out of Stonington, Connecticut. Lodowick Champlin, Peter Richards, and Joseph Conkling commanded the vessel during this time. Owners were Thomas Mumford, Joseph Packwood, and Howland & Coit. Giles Mumford appears to have been the sloop's agent.
Extent
61 piece(s)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Records of the Sloop HANCOCK (Coll. 11)
- Status
- Completed
- Subtitle
- An Inventory of Records at the G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- September 2002: Finding aid encoded in EAD
- February 2025: Finding aid updated to EAD3
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts Repository
G. W. Blunt White Library
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
112 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic CT 06355 United States
860.572.5367
collections@mysticseaport.org