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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

Waterman Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-141
Abstract

Correspondence, account books, bills, receipts, and other papers, relating to the business activities of Capt. Martin Waterman (1793-1860), of Duxbury, Mass., and to numerous vessels he mastered or owned, with hymns, poetry, and religious verse by Waterman; together with papers of Waterman's parents, Eliphalet and Silvinia Waterman, and his youngest son, Lucius A. Waterman; and prints and photos of ships and family members.

Dates: 1797-1869 (bulk 1820-1850)
Found in: Manuscripts

Watrous and Bacon Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-301
Abstract

The Watrous and Bacon Family Collection contains the papers of the Watrous and Bacon Manufacturing Company, and the family papers of Phebe and Miner H. Bacon. It also contains the legal papers of Jabez Watrous, Esq, and the legal papers of Jabez Whipple, cousin to the Watrous family.

Dates: 1897 - 1915
Found in: Manuscripts

Whitehall Boat Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-189
Abstract Correspondence, research notes, photographs, clippings, and other papers, relating to the history and construction of Whitehall boats (pulling boats developed in the 1820s near Whitehall St., New York, N.Y., used originally as workboats but later for recreation), principally pertaining to the AMERICAN STAR, a Whitehall boat, presented to Marquis de Lafayette in New York in 1825. Includes photographs and other information for John Gardner's article on the AMERICAN STAR published in The Log of...
Dates: 1959 - 1967
Found in: Manuscripts

William Butler Duncan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-215
Abstract

Correspondence, memos, printed material, and other papers, reflecting Duncan's yachting career.

Dates: 1902 - 1932
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 Ellery Maxson Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-166
Abstract

Diaries recording shipyard work, weather, and personal activities. Topics include his activities as partner in the Maxson, Fish & Co. Shipyard and the Civil War.

Dates: 1857 - 1868
Found in: Manuscripts

William F. Saunders Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-333
Abstract

Correspondence, correspondence transcript, letter book, diary copy, and scrapbook of William F. Saunders and his career as a keeper of the Quonochontaug Life Saving Station during the late nineteenth century.

Dates: 1872 - 1900
Found in: Manuscripts

William Gano Pierce Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-375
Abstract

This collection consists of papers relating to William G. Pierce’s life, including his education and his time stationed in Shanghai, China. The collection consists of correspondence with his parents and brother, gifts sent from China to his father in Providence, Rhode Island, newspapers, journals, and other materials.

Dates: 1799, 1838-1889 (bulk 1849-1855)
Found in: Manuscripts

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Language
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Names
Eastern Ice Yachting Association 1
Hillman Shipyard 1
Isaac Jeanes & Co. 1
Mallory, Clifford Day, Jr., 1916- 1
Plaisted, Fred, 1849-1943 1