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Charles P. Williams Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-086
Abstract This collection is one of Mystic Seaport's larger manuscript collections, and includes a vast number of business letters, ca. 1863-1893. There are also general business accounts, bills, receipts, etc., many of which are organized by specific vessels, businesses, or individuals. Included are bills of sale for vessels controlled by Williams, balance sheet, insurance policies, wills, deeds, and other documents. Papers relevant to William's land investments in South Carolina, Georgia, and the...
Dates: 1863 - 1879
Found in: Manuscripts

Charles Waln Morgan Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-027
Abstract This is a collection of correspondence, letterpress and letter copybooks, diaries, ship's outfitting books, invoice book, marine insurance policies, journals, ledgers, wastebooks, deeds, memorandum and petty cashbooks, and other account books, dealing mainly with Morgan's interests in management of whaling ships and contract with U.S. Treasury Dept. to supply whale oil to lighthouses.It also includes material on his investments in western lands such as Ohio and Michigan,...
Dates: 1796 - 1861
Found in: Manuscripts

Charles White Watson Travel Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-179
Dates: 1841 - 1917
Found in: Manuscripts

Clarence H. Rayner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-202
Abstract

Collection contains 23 pieces and one volume. Includes bills of sale, bills of lading, towing receipts, a description of the loss of Schooner E. H. BRAZOS, newspaper clippings, and other miscellaneous waybills relative to the shipping activities of C. H. Rayner. Volume is freight accounts and port charges for Schooner QUICKSTEP, 1878

Dates: 1877 - 1914
Found in: Manuscripts

Clift Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-065
Abstract Correspondence, accounts, receipts, bills of sale, ship's papers, deeds, mortgages, ledgers, daybooks, printed materials, and other papers, relating to the West Indies and coastal trade, whaling, sailmaking, charter-parties, Mystic, Connecticut town affairs, probate court in Groton, Connecticut, and other family business and domestic matters. Persons represented include shipmasters Amos Clift (1768-1818), Amos Clift (1808-1878), Amos Clift (1830-1887), Nathaniel (1775-1837), Hiram, and...
Dates: 1716 - 1920
Found in: Manuscripts

Collection of Charles E. Palmer

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-149
Abstract

The collection includes diaries, bills, documents, ledgers, checkbooks, and account books, relating to Palmer's oystering activities. Also included is a logbook (1897) for the oyster steamer ITHIEL, of which Palmer was master.

Dates: 1869 - 1913
Found in: Manuscripts

Collection of George W. Stretch

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-071
Abstract

This collection contains over 2,000 Charter parties for vessels and cargos, issued primarily by Messrs. Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd. in New York, and preserved by Mr. George W. Stretch. A charter party is the written agreement between a shipowner and a charterer, specifying the vessel's tonnage, capacity, and condition; courses and ports proposed for the voyage; details of loading and unloading; and charter and insurance rates.

Dates: 1910 - 1940
Found in: Manuscripts

Collection of Howard A. Krumwiede

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-047
Abstract Approximately 850 letters, covers, and other papers carried by ships in the late 18th and 19th centuries, nearly all with ship stamps and/or other postal markings, including letters (1840's-1850's) relating to the opium trade and China trade. Also includes Krumwiede's philatelic correspondence (1943-1953) and letters, covers, prints of postal markings, and ship covers; notes and indexed for mail-carrying ships' philatelic clippings; photographs and ship pictures; clipping and articles from...
Dates: 1800-1953
Found in: Manuscripts

Collection of Howard E. Cornell

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-084
Abstract

The collection consists in part of specifications for engines, tugs, dredges, and pilot boats. There are also general business papers, of Reaney, Neafie & Co., and then Neafie and Levy Ship & Engine Building Co. Business correspondence, record books, congressional reports, and documents pertaining to the construction of three destroyers are also included.

Dates: 1851 - 1938
Found in: Manuscripts

Collection of Howard W. Beach

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-139
Abstract

A collection of scrapbooks and loose material kept by Mr. Howard W. Beach, who was president of the Oyster Institute of North America, and the Oyster Growers and Dealers Association of North America.

Dates: ca. 1905-1941
Found in: Manuscripts

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International trade 54
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Logbooks 29
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Bills of lading 23
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Shipping--New York (State)--New York 21
Yachting 20
Insurance policies 19
Shipping--Massachusetts--Boston 19
Ships--Cargo 19
Accounts 18
Ledgers 18
Coastwise shipping--Atlantic Coast (U.S.) 17
Journals (accounts) 17
Yachts 16
Correspondence 14
Scrapbooks 14
Cashbooks 13
Deeds 13
Photographs 13
Receipts 13
Ship's papers 13
Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford 13
Bills of sale 12
Freight and freightage 11
Shipmasters 11
Specifications 11
Yacht racing 11
America's Cup races 9
Crew lists 9
Seafaring life 9
United States--Commerce--West Indies 9
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations 9
West Indies--Commerce--United States 9
Daybooks 8
Ships' papers 8
Boats and boating 7
Certificates 7
Family papers 7
Invoices 7
Logs (records) 7
Manifests 7
Shipping--Connecticut--Mystic 7
Ships--Equipment and supplies 7
Steamboat lines--New York (State)--New York 7
Telegrams 7
Whaling 7
Agreements 6
Alabama claims 6
Genealogies 6
Insurance, Marine 6
Letters 6
Merchant mariners 6
Merchants--New York (State)--New York 6
Sailing 6
Shipbuilding--Connecticut--Mystic 6
Shipmasters--United States 6
Shipwrecks 6
Whale oil 6
Whaling--Connecticut--New London 6
Advertisements 5
Contracts 5
Letterpress copybooks 5
Lumber trade 5
Naval architecture 5
Sailing ships 5
Shipmasters--Connecticut--Mystic 5
Shipowners--Connecticut--Mystic 5
Shipping--Rhode Island--Providence 5
Sugar trade 5
Whaling masters 5
Boston (Mass.) 4
Businessmen--Connecticut--Mystic 4
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 4
Coal trade 4
Coastwise shipping 4
Commercial agents--Massachusetts--Boston 4
Drawings 4
Groton (Conn.) 4
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Marine protests 4
Minutes 4
Naval architects--United States 4
New London (Conn.) 4
New York (N.Y.) 4
Powers of attorney 4
Privateering 4
Programs 4
Protection certificates 4
Reminiscences 4
Sailors--United States 4
Sails 4
Salvage 4
Ship models 4
Shipping--Connecticut--New London 4
Shipping--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia 4
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 4
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Hillman Shipyard 1
Isaac Jeanes & Co. 1
Mallory, Clifford Day, Jr., 1916- 1
Washington Insurance Company in Providence 1