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Edwin S. Cramp Collection
Papers of Edwin S. Cramp during and after his employment with the William Cramp & Sons Ships and Engine Building Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The papers are primarily financial, although both personal and business. They also reflect Cramp's campaign for government subsidy of the United States merchant marine shipbuilding industry. Collection also contains photocopies of trial photos for two Cramp Cruisers, the Alabama and the Varia.
Elam, George, and Thomas Eldridge Papers
This is a collection of correspondence, accounts, labor and salvage records, powers of attorney, and other papers, of Elam (1793-1870), George (1803-1881), and Thomas Eldridge (1807-1889), shipmasters and mariners of Mystic Bridge, Conn., relating to the smack ENERGY, smack SPLENDID, schooner PLUTARCH, schooner CHARLES & EDWARD, sloop MYSTIC and sloop GEORGE ELDRIDGE.
Elihu Spicer Papers
Elisha H. Holmes Papers
Eliza T. Edwards Papers
Several of Eliza Edwards letters were saved and are now filed chronologically in the first four folders of the collection. At some time in her life she also composed her "Reminiscences of the Sandwich Islands.", which, along with a typed transcript of the same, follows the correspondence folders. The remainder of the collection consists of three additional legal documents; a deed, mortgage payment receipt, and a death notice.
Enoch Hobart Papers
The collection has been organized chronologically including letters from Hobart regarding the disposition of vessels and cargo; miscellaneous accounts, receipts, and business agreements; instructions to shipmasters; copies of cargo invoices; accounts of cargo sales; and expenses for construction, repair, and outfitting of various vessels. The papers also covey Hobart's difficulties in the West Indies trade during the French and Indian War (1754-1763.)
Enoch Wood Collection
Eric T. Ball Papers
This is a collection contains minutes of the commission and pamphlets, clippings, maps, other papers relating to tax collection, leasing, and harvesting of oyster grounds. It also includes information regarding shellfish in the Mystic River.
Ernest F. Gates Papers
Everett A. Scholfield Collection
Correspondence, accounts, bills, order books, cashbooks, appointment books, price lists, photography formulas, charts, advertisements, technical information, and other papers. Persons represented include photographers (and partners) Nathan E. Nash, Lucius Thompson, W.T. Dyer, Addison Scholfield, and George E. Tingley, and E.A. Scholfield's wife, Leonora B. (Ashbey) Scholfield.