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Samuel Thompson’s Nephew & Co. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-060
Abstract Included are portage bills, insurance policies, bills, accounts, and correspondence relative to the Ships ARGO, CALEB GRIMSHAW, CHARLES H. MARSHALL, CITY OF NEW YORK, EXCELSIOR, JEREMIAH THOMPSON, JOSEPH WALKER, LADY FRANKLIN, LUCY THOMPSON, ORIENT, SARDINIA, STAR OF THE WEST, and TWILIGHT. There is also a large collection of general business accounts, bills, receipts, letters, and documents, as well as a small amount of information relative to personal property and investments by John W....
Dates: 1827 - 1965; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1900
Found in: Manuscripts

Scoresby Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-055
Abstract

Chiefly papers of William Scoresby (1760-1829), whaling master, of Whitby, England, and his sons, William Scoresby, Jr. (1789-1857), whaling master and later clergyman, and Thomas Scoresby (1804-1866). Includes correspondence, diaries, notes, lectures, sermons, whaleship accounts, whaling journals, list of whaling vessels built in or hailing from Whitby, and autobiography of Thomas Scoresby.

Dates: 1775 - 1870
Found in: Manuscripts

Silas Talbot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-018
Abstract Correspondence, accounts, account books, bills, receipts, genealogical notes, and printed material reflecting Talbot's career, especially his command of the U.S.S. CONSTITUTION (1798-1801). Other subjects include the impressment of American sailors by the British Navy; activities as U. S. agent in the West Indies assisting American seamen; captain of the privateer ship GENERAL WASHINGTON (1780), and his supervision of the outfitting of the sloop HAWK (1778), the U.S.S. CONSTITUTION (1798,...
Dates: 1767 - 1867
Found in: Manuscripts

Stephen B. Chace Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-014
Abstract Collection of correspondence and business papers of Stephen B. Chace. Includes a logbook (1812) of the ship VALENTINE, under Chace's command, on a voyage from Port Louis, Mauritius to Canton, China, and then towards Providence, RI; two ledgers (1810-1814) containing business and ships' accounts; account book (1817-1820) with Merchants Bank of New York City; letters from Chace to his wife, in Somerset, Massachusetts, and Jonathan Bowen, merchant in Newport, Rhode Island; and bill of...
Dates: 1810 - 1822
Found in: Manuscripts

Tate Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-081
Abstract

This collection contains primarily household papers, bills, family letters, account books, tax statements, and general business transactions of William and Isaac C. Tate of New London, Connecticut.

Dates: 1791-1914 (bulk 1840-1894)
Found in: Manuscripts

Thomas C. Harding papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-097
Abstract

Correspondence, bills, receipts, accounts, bills of lading, charter parties, clearance papers, and agreements, relating to Harding's activities as master of the schooner JULIA ANN, engaged in the coastwise trade, and the bark GEORGE KINGMAN, engaged in the transatlantic trade, both out of Boston.

Dates: 1852 - 1878
Found in: Manuscripts

Washington Insurance Company in Providence Marine Insurance Policies

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-021
Abstract

The marine insurance policies contained in this collection represent the years following the companies inception, 1802-1808, with the bulk of the policies written in 1806. Policies are arranged by policy number, and clearly follow a chronological pattern.

Dates: 1802-1808
Found in: Manuscripts

William C. Hall Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-054
Abstract

This is a collection of correspondence, notes, accounts, and insurance claims (Middletown Insurance Company, Norwich Insurance Company), relating to Hall's business activities. Vessels represented include the brig HOPE, sloop LAZY, schooner RESOLUTION, schooner CHARLES, schooner PLANTER and ship GEORGE.

Dates: 1804 - 1823
Found in: Manuscripts

William Earle Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-028
Abstract Correspondence, bills, receipts, accounts, and other papers relating to the operation of the bark AURA, the brigs ARIA, IDA MCLEOD, ISADOR, NEW ERA, and PERSEVERANCE, and the schooners AMOS FALKENBURG, D.W. VAUGHAN, HANNAH BLACKMAN, INO, ROBERT J. MERCER, and WM. O. IRISH, which carried coal, cotton, sugar, and foodstuffs and traded in U.S., and West Indian ports. Correspondents include Charles H. Arnold, Hiram Baker, David P. Davis, Samuel A. Emerson, Samuel M. Gifford, George K. Rackett,...
Dates: 1834-1876
Found in: Manuscripts

William P. Stephens Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-091
Abstract

The collection consists of miscellaneous papers, correspondence, notes, clippings, pamphlets, and specifications relative to the yachting activities of W. P. Stephens. Included is a series of specifications for approximately 500 boats which are arranged alphabetically by the boat's name.

Dates: 1845 - 1946
Found in: Manuscripts

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Hillman Shipyard 1
Isaac Jeanes & Co. 1
Mallory, Clifford Day, Jr., 1916- 1
Washington Insurance Company in Providence 1