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John H. Brower Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-041
Abstract

This is a collection of chiefly records of Brower Company and its predecessors: Brower & Nelson and Wynkoop, Arthur & Brower, which conducted business (mostly in cotton) on an extensive scale, with interests in as many as 15 vessels at one time.

Dates: 1838-1881
Found in: Manuscripts

John Kingsbury Pimer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-026
Abstract

The John Kingsbury Pimer Collection consists of letters, household accounts, bills, receipts, daybooks, duck books, spar dimension books, and yearly summaries of receipts, disbursements and accounts with New London whaling agents. It includes some papers relating to Pimer's partnership with James Morris (Morris & Pimer), which was dissolved in 1832. Correspondents include whaling merchants Thomas W. Williams, Williams & Barnes, and Williams & Haven.

Dates: 1828-1882
Found in: Manuscripts

John Palmer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-053
Abstract Included in this collection are letters to John Palmer at Newport during 1776 from family and friends. Two diaries kept by John Palmer between 1775 and 1777 provide insights into the Revolutionary Period, as do the 2 sea journals from the Privateer REVENGE. Present also are logs and journals for the Snow BLACK PRINCESS, Schooner LITTLE REBECCA, Sloop COUNT D'ESTAINGE, Brig BETSEY, and the Ship READYMONEY. Most of the material after 1800 (about 10% of the total) involves other members of the...
Dates: 1775 - 1839
Found in: Manuscripts

John Turner collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-031
Abstract

The John Turner Collection contains nine letters, five of which Turner wrote to his wife, Polly, and four of which concern business matters. Included also are bills of lading, insurance policies, cargo manifests, orders, personal accounts, convoy instructions, and customs documentation including enrollments, receipts, and clearance papers.

Dates: 1797-1804
Found in: Manuscripts

John W. Bentley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-016
Abstract

Naval orders, instructions, and official correspondence to John W. Bentley. Naval vessels mentioned include CUMBERLAND, frigate WABASH, ship AMELIA, bark GEM OF THE SEAS, schooner MARY STEWART, steamer MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.S. SHENANDOAH, and U.S.S. BANSHEE. In addition, there is a letter copybook/notebook, August to November 1861, a watch and quarter book for U.S.S. SHENANDOAH, and a navigation notebook from the U.S.S. BAINBRIDGE, all kept by Bently between 1861 and 1864.

Dates: 1858-1866
Found in: Manuscripts

Jonathan P. Lund Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-049
Abstract

This is a collection of Ships' accounts, accounts relating to Acushnet Paper Mill and candle paper works, bills of sale for shares in New Bedford, Mass., whaling vessels, indentures (tinplate working), and insurance policies for both whaling vessels and paper mill and stock. Vessels represented include the ships ABIGAIL, BRAGANZA, CONDOR, and PARACHUTE, and barks LEBARON, MORNING LIGHT, OSCEOLA, and TUSCALOOSA.

Dates: 1830 - 1862
Found in: Manuscripts

Joseph H. Moore Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-063
Abstract

This is a collection of chiefly papers (1877-1909) relating to Moore's efforts to obtain a pension as a result of an injury suffered as a sailor aboard the USS WINNIPEC during the Civil War; and other papers. Includes correspondence, accounts, bills, receipts, affidavits, agreements, deeds, and bills of sale.

Dates: 1860 - 1929
Found in: Manuscripts

Joseph H. Skillman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-109
Abstract

The collection contains business correspondence, bills, accounts, receipts, and other papers, relating to the management of whaling vessels. Included also are records of outfitting costs and disbursal of whale oil from the whaling barks CAROLINE, OREGON, and KANAWHA.

Dates: 1846 - 1863
Found in: Manuscripts

Joseph Holmes Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-142
Abstract Correspondence, accounts and financial papers, insurance policies, charter-parties, deeds, writs, wills, vessel bills of sale and other papers, concerning shipbuilding, and the affairs of a merchant family of the 19th century. Includes materials relating to Holmes' sons, Alexander, Edward, Horace, and Paraclete; his sea captains and business agents; the family's interest in the Alabama claims, and West Indian, coastwise and trans-Atlantic trade; and vessel accounts, disbursements, etc., for...
Dates: 1771 - 1863
Found in: Manuscripts

Joseph J. Fuller Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-104
Abstract

This collection consists of 2 diary-type volumes and 1 scrapbook relative to the career of Joseph J. Fuller, a whaling and sealing ship master from New London, CT. Of singular importance are accounts of the time Fuller and the crew of the New London Sealing Schooner PILOTS BRIDE were shipwrecked on Kerguelen Island for nearly one year. (See also coll.25 and Log 771)

Dates: 1880 - 1920
Found in: Manuscripts

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