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Daniel Ventres Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-116
Abstract

Chiefly incoming business letters, primarily 1840-1848, including letters from agents in New York, N.Y. and New Orleans, La. The names of numerous Gulf Coast packets and Connecticut River coasters appear throughout, along with those of several ship captains.

Dates: 1838 - 1852
Found in: Manuscripts

David Cushman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-254
Abstract

Logs/journals relating to Cushman's activities as master of ships PROSPERO and KINGFISHER and bark DELPHOS and account book reflecting his vessel and personal accounts.

Dates: 1851 - 1869
Found in: Manuscripts

David Gelston Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-170
Abstract This 5,000-piece collection contains correspondence, accounts, reports, and other documents kept by David Gelston during the time that he served as Collector of Customs for the Port of New York. Although we have indicated the period represented as 1800-1843, the greatest concentration of material falls between 1801 and 1820. There are no papers relative to Gelston's earlier political or business activities, and the approximately 200 pieces dated after 1820 primarily involve his efforts to...
Dates: 1800-1843 (bulk 1801-1820)
Found in: Manuscripts

Denison-Rodgers Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-356
Abstract

Personal and business correspondence, business records, daybooks, invoices, diaries, family papers and other materials of or relating to several members of the Denison and Rodgers families, including Gideon and Henry Denison, William P. Rodgers, Robert S. Rodgers and Commodore John Rodgers; naval correspondence and papers of Henry Denison, Commodore John Rodgers and Lieutenant Commander John Rodgers; and a scrapbook of family memorabilia.

Dates: ca. 1780-1911
Found in: Manuscripts

Drummond Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-190
Abstract This collection contains approximately 100 pieces of manuscript material having to do with vessels and a sawmill in which the Drummond Family had part interest. Included in the folders are a crew list, charter information, a survey report, shipbuilding account, cargo and outfitting accounts, and estate information and numerous expenses concerning the operation and sale of a sawmill in Winslow, Maine. Vessels represented are the schooners, MARY AND FRANCES, GEORGETOWN, and HIRAM AND GEORGE,...
Dates: 1799 - 1812
Found in: Manuscripts

Eads Johnson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-082
Abstract

Correspondence, reports, studies, resumes, bills, and 68 sets of specifications, for ferryboats, tugs, passenger and cargo vessels, barges, lighters, and sectional street drydock.

Dates: 1912 - 1957
Found in: Manuscripts

Edward E. Knapp Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-171
Abstract

The collection contains the complete typed draft of Mr. Knapp's manuscript, in addition to research notes and clippings, and correspondence regarding his research and publication efforts.

Dates: 1928 - 1935
Found in: Manuscripts

Edward Lupton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-110
Abstract

Correspondence, contracts, accounts, legal documents, specifications, and other papers, relating to Lupton's claims against the U.S. Navy Dept. for cost overruns during the building of the gunboat LENAPEE during the Civil War. The claims were later continued by his estate.

Dates: 1862 - 1917
Found in: Manuscripts

Edward P. Stinson collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-096
Abstract

Correspondence, accounts, receipts, commercial drafts, notes, crew lists, bills of lading, freight lists, charter-parties, and clearance papers, reflecting Stinson's activities as master of the ships ANNIE RICHMOND, GEORGE F. PATTEN, MARY SAWYER, OMAR PASHA, TEMPEST, and THALATTA. Includes correspondence between Stinson and his wife, Emily T. Stinson.

Dates: 1828 - 1869
Found in: Manuscripts

Edward W. Harkness Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-145
Abstract

Included in the collection are accounts, bills, receipts, and letters. The bills and ships papers deal exclusively with the vessels J.H. BOWERS and the RAPHAEL, reflecting transactions in Liverpool, Cape Town, Padang, Cardiff, Montevideo, Valparaiso, Swatow, London, Batavia, and Amsterdam.

Dates: 1859 - 1893
Found in: Manuscripts

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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