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Samuel Thompson’s Nephew & Co. Collection
Samuel Ward Papers
Papers, primarily correspondence, written to Ward from various business associates, discussing pricing and market conditions in New York, Rhode Island and the Islands. The collection contains especially notable correspondence regarding rising tensions between the United States and Britain. In 1806 one of Ward's ships, the JOHN JAY, was condemned in Bermuda by the British as "enemy property as the cargo of an illegal voyage." (Box 2/7)
Samuel Watts Collection
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.
Saunders Family Collection
Correspondence, documents, research notes, clippings and articles collected by John A. and Laura S. Saunders regarding the Saunders' family shipbuilding, shipyard and ferry operations. The Saunders family built several schooners, steamboats, ferries and yachts in their Rhode Island shipyards. Several members of the family held either Pilot's Certificates or ship master's licenses which along with some bills of sale are included in the collection.
Scoresby Family Papers
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.
Silas Talbot Collection
S.S. FRANCONIA World Cruise Diary
Steamboat-Inspection Service Certificates and Licenses
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.