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George Blunt Wendell Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-059
Abstract Business and family correspondence, ships' bills and accounts, abstracts logs and journals, ratebooks, notebooks, disbursements, statements of general average, photos of ship paintings, family photos, Wendell genealogy, and other papers; and correspondence, research, clippings, and other papers (1900-1949) of F. Hinkley, A. Wendell, C. Cutler, and others, relating to George Blunt Wendell. The collection also contains reminiscences of George Blunt Wendell, 1847, of a visit to New Orleans and...
Dates: 1815 - 1949
Found in: Manuscripts

George C. Bugbee Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-143
Abstract Chiefly papers (1866-1869) from Bugbee's voyages as an ordinary seaman aboard the ship PREMIER, of Bangor, Maine, and the bark LOCH LAMAR, including a journal, 3 volumes of his poetry, 3 letters between Bugbee and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James R. Bugbee, of Boston, and miscellaneous notes and sketches; together with clippings of Bugbee's poems printed in newspapers (1916-1917). Bugbee's journal describes life at sea and at port and social condition in cities visited, including Calcutta,...
Dates: 1866 - 1917
Found in: Manuscripts

George Comer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-102
Abstract

The George Comer Collection contains a small number of letters, some printed matter, and numerous clippings (copies) relative to Comer's voyages and activities. There are also seven whaling/sealing journals and two naval journals, along with four notebooks kept by Capt. Comer.

Dates: ca. 1855-1938
Found in: Manuscripts

George Dunn Gilderdale Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-044
Abstract

This is a collection of correspondence, accounts, logbooks, notebooks, shipping documents, home remedies for ailments and diseases, etc. Topics include Gilderdale's command of the bark PERU on a whaling and sealing voyage to the South Shetland Islands, the steamships EUTERPE and GENERAL SEDGEWICK, and the ship MARY AND SUSAN; his Civil War service in the U.S. Navy on board the U.S.S. ADOLPH HUGEL, ARLETTA, COMMODORE READ, and YANKEE; and flags and signals.

Dates: 1845-1890
Found in: Manuscripts

George H. Newton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-197
Abstract This collection is organized chronologically and stored in one Hollinger document box. Nearly half of these pieces are admission tickets to the Whale Exhibition, while the remaining pieces include correspondence, bills receipts, clippings, and advertisements, all relative to the operation of the whale show. The correspondence includes letters and telegrams between Newton and his son, Warren; from Engelhardt to Newton; and from several employees in the show to Newton. There are bills for...
Dates: 1880-1884
Found in: Manuscripts

George W. Bliven Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-108
Abstract

The papers contain bills, statements for sperm oil, bills of lading, receipts, and journal (1868-1871) of a voyage by the bark ELIZABETH SWIFT, trapped in the Arctic ice pack with 29 other vessels in Sept. 1871. Other vessels represented include barks FANNY and A.J. POPE.

Dates: 1860 - 1888
Found in: Manuscripts

George W. Dow Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-029
Abstract

The George W. Dow Papers include accounts, bills, receipts, charter-parties, clearance and protection papers, port regulations, crew lists and shipping orders. Most of this material is relevant to the brig WENONAH, which carried coal, lead, flour, molasses, and other foodstuffs to ports in the U.S., West Indies, Canary Islands, and to Cadiz, Spain.

Dates: 1847-1863
Found in: Manuscripts

George W. Gates Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-153
Abstract

Correspondence, ships' bills, discursements, port papers, and other records, from Gates's commands of the ships WILLIAM H. WHARTON, NATIONAL GUARD, TWILIGHT I, TWILIGHT II, the bark GALVESTON, and the steamer NEVADA; together with letters written by his wife Julia.

Dates: 1847 - 1898
Found in: Manuscripts

George W. Lee Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-023
Abstract Collection of business and household papers including correspondence, bills, accounts, receipts, freight lists, manifests or invoices of cargo, records of disbursements from vessels commanded by Lee, and other papers relating to the brigs CAROLINE (1802-1803), BULIA (1803-1804), SUSSEX (1805-1908), JEROME (1824-1826), PLATO (1831-1832), and LEXINGTON (1833) and ships WALTER (1810) and SIX BROTHERS (1827-1830) and to his activities as supercargo on the ships BELLE (1822) and UNION (1823) and...
Dates: 1788- 1848
Found in: Manuscripts

George W. Noyes II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-195
Abstract

The collection contains 14 pieces in one box. The pieces range from the military appointment of Noyes as Sergeant Major in the Infantry in 1824 to Bills of Sale of shares in whaling and other vessels from 1840 to 1844.

Dates: 1824 - 1844
Found in: Manuscripts

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Hillman Shipyard 1
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