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Latham family collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-281
Abstract
Family correspondence, ships' papers, and printed documents of the Latham family of Phoenixville Connecticut. Correspondence primarily between Captain Lorenzo (Jack) Latham,and his wife and children while he commanded the POINSETT (Brig), COMET (Steamship), FRANK PALMER (Schooner) and the ALBERT SHULTZ (Bark). Documents include his marriage certificate and several papers concerning the purchase, trade and sale of the ALBERT SHULTZ. The collection also includes correspondence between extended...
Dates:
1860 - 1956
Found in:
Manuscripts
Lawley Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-279
Abstract
Papers and volumes of the Lawley family of Massachusetts. Collection contains personal papers such as correspondence, legal papers and ephemera of George F. Lawley, Frederick D. Lawley, and George F. Lawley, II. Collection also contains business papers of the George Lawley and Son, and F.D. Lawley ship yards, Located in South Boston, Neponset, and Quincy, Massachusetts. Business papers include vessel records; cost sheets, scantlings, owners, etc. and wage information; lists, time sheets and...
Dates:
1839 - 1990
Found in:
Manuscripts
Legal Records of the Smack L.A. Macomber
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-045
Abstract
Legal briefs (chiefly rough drafts), probate certificates, and powers of attorney, relating to the destruction of the L.A. MACOMBER. Includes copy of rules of the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims, together with act organizing the court (1874); correspondence to lawyer Frederick A. Holmes, of Mystic River, Conn., representing the complainants (i.e. owner and crew of vessel) from John Davis, clerk of the court, relating to the cases; and letter giving final disposition of each case.
Dates:
1863-1876
Found in:
Manuscripts
Levi B. Gillchrest Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-147
Abstract
Letters, bills, accounts, receipts, etc. relating to Captain Gillchrest's maritime activities, chiefly letters to Gillchrest from ship captains, including his father, Joseph Gillchrest, as well as agents such as Baring Brothers, R.L. Gillchrest & Co., and Snow & Burgess, relating to freight rates, market conditions, shipbuilding, difficulties with vessels and crews, etc. Topics include Gillchrest's ownership of shares in numerous vessels involved in coastwise and transatlantic...
Dates:
1833-1865, (bulk 1850-1864), additional information 1979-1980
Found in:
Manuscripts
Linda Witherill Collection of Steamship Ephemera
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-394
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1903 - 2004
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Manuscripts
Lois Darling Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-267
Abstract
Papers of Lois Darling reflecting her maritime interests and including research notes, articles, clippings, sketches, correspondence, the logbook of the sloop SESAME and a scrapbook about the Larchmont Yacht Club. The papers document Darling's involvement with her catboats, the Catboat Association, yachts, model building, and the HMS Beagle.
Dates:
1940 - 1987
Found in:
Manuscripts
Lord Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-140
Abstract
Business and personal correspondence, accounts, bills, receipts, shipping and cargo records, marine insurance policies, articles of agreement, charter parties, bills of lading, and other documents, chiefly relating to the shipping activities of Daniel Walker Lord (1800-1880) and other family members, including William Jefferds (1753-1820), Nathaniel Lord (1776-1815), Lieut. Tobias Lord (1748-1808), and Tobias Lord (1778-1854), the family's shipping agent in New York City. Includes published...
Dates:
1800-1880 (bulk 1810-1860)
Found in:
Manuscripts
Lorenzo Bryant Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-106
Abstract
The collection includes bills, receipts, crew lists, accounts, insurance policies, port papers, letters, and account books.
Dates:
1869-1908
Found in:
Manuscripts
Lucille M. Showalter Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-334
Abstract
Collection, 1851-1994, contains research papers for Lucille M. Showalter’s graduate work in American History classes taken at Connecticut College, University of Connecticut, and Mystic Seaport’s Munson Institute. Includes information on Schooner POLARIS (built as AMERICA, 1864) and the Arctic voyage in which Captain Charles F. Hall mysteriously died. Also includes information about the Inuit and members of the POLARIS crew as well as information on other Arctic voyages and whale men....
Dates:
1851-1999 (bulk 1969-1999)
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Manuscripts
Mallory Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-005
Abstract
The Mallory Family Papers, 1808-1966 (bulk between 1886-1941), consist of twenty fiberdex cartons containing approximately 6,000 pieces and 86 volumes which depict 150 years of business activities of an important American shipping and shipbuilding family in varying degrees of completeness. They include primarily general correspondence, genealogical notes, racing records of family yachts, yachting recollections, statistical data on vessels owned and/or built by the family, newspaper...
Dates:
1808 - 1966
Found in:
Manuscripts