Enoch Wood Collection
Abstract
Papers, logbooks, and account books kept by Enoch Wood on board the ships GEORGE, NORMAN, MOGUL, CHATHAM, CHARIOT, GEORGE CABOT, and ALABAMA, as well as the brig KREMLIN. Vessels were involved in the coastal United States and transatlantic trade, carrying various cargoes primarily between the ports of Boston, New Orleans, Savannah, Charleston, Havre, Calcutta, and Liverpool. The collection also includes oversize file material and horizontal file material such as shipping papers for the ALABAMA, a 1757 map of the solar system, accounts and port bills, and a ship manifest for the ALABAMA.
Dates
- Creation: 1757-1877 (Bulk 1822-1845)
Language of Materials
English Latin
Restrictions on Access
Available for use in the Manuscripts Division.
Restrictions on Use
Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts Division.
Biography of Enoch Wood
Enoch Wood was a Massachusetts ship master. Born in Boxford, Massachusetts on 1797 Jan 20, he sailed aboard and commanded vessels engaged in the coastal and transatlantic trades between 1822 and 1845. Vessels included the ships GEORGE, built in 1814 in Salem, Massachusetts; the MOGUL, built in 1823 in Medford, Massachusetts by Thatcher Magoun; the CHATHAM, built in 1834 in Medford, Massachusetts by S. Lapham; the NORMAN, built in 1836 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; the CHARIOT, GEORGE CABOT, and ALABAMA; as well as the Brig KREMLIN, built in 1824 in Dover, Massachusetts. Like other ship masters of his time Enoch Wood was often part owner of the vessels he commanded. He is listed as part owner of both the NORMAN and the ALABAMA. Wood died on 1882 Nov 29.
Extent
2 box(es) (43 items including 8 oversizes documents)
13 volume(s)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Enoch Wood Collection (Coll. 264)
- Subtitle
- An Inventory of The Collection at the G.W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
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