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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

Samuel Watts Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-152
Abstract

The Samuel Watts Collection consists of 57 document boxes containing approximately 24,000 pieces and 6 volumes relative to the career of a prominent 19th century shipbuilder and shipowner, Samuel Watts of Thomaston, Maine. Included are business correspondence, bills, receipts, accounts, disbursements, dividend books, ledgers, and a scrapbook. The bulk of material is concentrated between 1850-1890.

Dates: 1828 - 1950
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

Steamboat-Inspection Service Certificates and Licenses

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-130
Abstract

The collection contains certificates and documents issued to steam-powered water craft by the Steamboat Inspection Service, Dept. of Commerce and Labor, primarily through the districts of New London and New Haven, Connecticut. Also includes pilots, masters, and engineers certificates; inspection certificates for passenger and freight steamers, towing and ferry boats, and steam yachts; and miscellaneous documentation relating to steam boilers, licenses extended, and licenses suspended.

Dates: 1853 - 1910
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

Talbot Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-151
Abstract The Talbot Family Papers is a collection of sundry bills, receipts, notes, and correspondence relative primarily to Silas Talbot, with lesser numbers of similar material pertaining to George W., Theodore F., Henry, Charles N., Charles R., George A., and Violetta Talbot. The material is concentrated between 1785 and 1813, although some correspondence and Talbot genealogy created in the later 19th and early 20th century is included. Overall there is, correspondence, bills, receipts, notes, and...
Dates: 1775-1927 (bulk 1785-1813)
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

Timothy M. Benson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-201
Abstract The Benson Collection begins with two boxes of correspondence, primarily between Timothy Benson and Charles Brewer, discussing cargoes, provisions, repairs, and other general business matters involving the MARTHA DAVIS. Included are some letters-relative to Rebecca Benson and her business affairs with Charles Brewer & Co. 1890-1911. Box 3 contains shipping papers for Barks VIKING 1865-1869, and MARTHA DAVIS 1873-1877, while Box 4 has envelopes, stamped and addressed, ca.1876-1911. The...
Dates: 1865-1911, (bulk 1865-1880)
Found in: Manuscripts

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

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