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Mystic River Railroad Drawbridge Log

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-214
Abstract

Logbooks, kept at the railroad drawbridge over the Mystic River in Connecticut which was owned and operated by the railroad company. Logs record the names of vessels passing through the bridge on their way in and out of the river.

Dates: 1913 - 1936
Found in: Manuscripts

Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc; Internal Logs for Museum Owned Vessels

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-232
Abstract Records of vessels owned by the museum including schooners BRILLIANT, and L.A. DUNTON, smack EMMA C. BERRY, steamboat SABINO, ship JOSEPH CONRAD, tugboat KINGSTON II, and bark CHARLES W. MORGAN,. The collection consists of three forms of logs; the logbooks, a day to day journal of events on board ship; guest registers, a list of persons on board usually including address, and date; and the work progress log, a dated descriptive records of work accomplished on board by museum staff. Not all...
Dates: 1954 - 1998
Found in: Manuscripts

Mystic Seaport Museum Sailing Card Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-112
Abstract

Sailing cards (used to advertise vessel qualifications and sailing dates) for a number of well-known vessels, including the DAVID CROCKETT, GREAT REPUBLIC, and YOUNG AMERICA, and other vessels, including several for other vessels built in Mystic, Connecticut.

Dates: No dates given
Found in: Manuscripts

Nathan G. Fish Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-252
Abstract Correspondence and diaries, relating to Fish's daily life. Subjects include his command of the schooner HUDSON, brig EMELINE, and others and his shipbuilding career, associated with William Ellery Maxson, Simeon Fish (his son), Benjamin F. Hoxie, and Capt. William Clift, operating as Maxson, Fish & Co. (included shipbuilding during the Civil War). Other vessels represented include schooner ELIZABETH, brigs SAMSON and SARAH, and barks PILGRIM and WILLIAM H. BRODIE. Correspondents include...
Dates: 1826 - 1865
Found in: Manuscripts

Nathaniel Mathews Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-079
Abstract Papers relating to Mathews's maritime career and the vessels he commanded, including accounts and account books for the ship ALARM, ship ERICSSON, ship JOHN TUCKER, ship RADIANT, ship ROBIN HOOD, and ship WINGED ARROW, and the missionary brig MORNING STAR; journals covering voyages by ERICSSON, JOHN TUCKER, MORNING STAR, RADIANT, and WINGED ARROW; and a freight list and sailing instructions (1871-1872) for the missionary brig MORNING STAR. Mathews family material includes household bills and...
Dates: 1820 - 1900
Found in: Manuscripts

Nelson R. Perry Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-290
Abstract Collection, 1812-1964 (bulk 1950-1964), consists mainly of magazine and newspaper articles about Eskimo life and culture. Also included are articles about Arctic and Antarctic exploration, the surrounding lands and pamphlets from Canada's Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources. The majority of the articles are from National Geographic, Canadian Geographic, The Beaver, Alaska Sportsman, True, The Man's Magazine and the Explorer's Journal. This collection complements objects in...
Dates: 1812-1964 (bulk 1950-1964)
Found in: Manuscripts

New Bedford Cordage Company Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-075
Abstract

Letterpress books, copybooks, and account book containing business correspondence and financial records of the New Bedford Cordage Company, Massachusetts.

Dates: 1860 - 1896
Found in: Manuscripts

Newman Family Naval Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-051
Abstract This is a collection of naval papers of William D. Newman (ca. 1800-1844) and his sons, L. Howard Newman (1833-1866) and William Bogert Newman (1834-1912), U.S. Navy officers, including correspondence, orders, regulations, reports, complaints and requests, and other official paper work typical to ships' officers. Includes 18 photos of William Bogert Newman and fellow officers and one abstract log. Vessels represented include the frigate PRESIDENT, frigate CONGRESS, ship INDEPENDENCE, and...
Dates: 1814 - 1898
Found in: Manuscripts

Olin J. Stephens II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-266
Abstract

Papers, 1937-1974, collected by, created by or regarding Olin J. Stephens. Collection includes information regarding the America's Cup races and the Stephen's yacht, STORMY WEATHER, built beginning late in 1933 and launched in May, 1934.

Dates: 1937 - 1974
Found in: Manuscripts

Orne-Cushing-Baldwin-Tappan family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-246
Abstract

Business and personal papers of four related families, of Salem, Duxbury, Roxbury, and other locations in the Boston, Mass., area, principally engaged in the maritime trades, although members of the Orne and Cushing families operated a brick works in Salem in the early 1800's.

Dates: 1723 - 1889
Found in: Manuscripts

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