Charles E. Packer Papers
Abstract
Correspondence, bills, accounts, receipts, and other papers, relating to the barks FALCON (1863-1864) and GALVESTON (1867-1868) and ship ANNIE M. SMULL (1869-1882), which was engaged in the New York-San Francisco-Shanghai-Liverpool trade. Also includes a account book (1869-1882) of ANNIE M. SMULL, covering her period of ownership by C.H. Mallory & Co., New York, and correspondence and vessel accounts from Cape Town (South Africa), Shanghai and other Chinese ports, Rangoon (Burma), Manila (Philippines), and Singapore.
Dates
- Creation: 1863 - 1882
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 Charles E. Packer
Charles E. Packer of Mystic River, Connecticut, was the son of George Washington Packer and Eliza Lamb, and was born in 1832. He was married to Laura Halsey Lamb (of New York) in 1862, and had three children, Halsey, Charles and Adelaide.
During the years covered by this collection, Packer was master of the bark FALCON (1863-1864), bark GALVESTON (1867-1868), and the ship ANNIE M. SMULL (1869-1882). Both GALVESTON and ANNIE M. SMULL were built and owned by the Mallory Company. The former vessel was designed for the New York/Galveston/Liverpool tramp circuit, and the latter operated in the New York/San Francisco/Shanghi/Liverpool trade. The bark FALCON was built at Newburyport in 1851 and hailed from Point Elizabeth, South Africa in 1864. She was evidently a British registered vessel at that time.
Charles E. Packer last appears on the 1910 census at 78 years of age.
Extent
1 box(es) (225 pieces)
Index to Personal, Corporate, and Vessel Names
- Aiken, J. 1/9
- Allen & Lewis 1/9
- ANNIE M. SMULL 1/9
- Baring Brothers & Co. 1/11
- Briggs, Cornelius 1/11
- Brown, Vernon N. 1/11
- Caleb Grimshaw & Co. 1/9
- Charles H. Mallory & Co. 1/9
- Deane & Co. 1/9
- Dibble, Albert 1/9
- Fosdick, George A. 1/9
- GALVESTON (Bark) 1/9
- George Howes & Co. 1/9
- ICE KING 1/11
- Ingersoll, A.G. 1/9
- James N. Knapp & Co. 1/9
- Mallory, Charles 1/11
- Mallory, Charles H. 1/9
- Mallory, Frank 1/9
- McCondray & Co. 1/9
- Platt & Newton 1/9
- Smith, Bell & Co. 1/11
- Wheelock & Co. 1/11
- William Hendly & Co. 1/9
- Williams & Blanchard 1/9
- Title
- Charles E. Packer Papers (Coll. 150)
- 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.
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Mystic CT 06355 United States
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