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Henry M. Devereux Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-120
Abstract

This collection consists primarily of yachts and recreational vessels in sail and power. Mr. Devereux's commercial work is also represented, as well as the work of other designers.

Dates: 1905 - 1974

Henry W. Hiller Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-077
Abstract

Correspondence, diary, notes for speeches, documents, photographs, and other papers of Hiller and his wife Liuboff Gouberoff Hiller, relating to his career as a whaler out of New Bedford, Massachusetts; his work in Siberia as a commercial agent for Boston importers William H. Boardman & Company; as U.S. consul during the Lincoln administration; his specialization in the jewelry trade in New York, and his association with Tiffany & Company.

Dates: 1855 - 1960
Found in: Manuscripts

Henry Wadsworth Fletcher Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-032
Abstract Correspondence, accounts, bills, receipts, bills of lading, deeds, and account books. Vessels represented include the brig Emma Isadora and barks Emma, Susan Jane, Edward Fletcher, Jennie, and Osmanli. The vessels transported such cargoes as opium, rum, wine, brandy, wool, raisons, figs, olive oil, otto of roses, and general merchandise. The ports frequented most often were Smyrna, Turkey; London, England; Bordeaux and Marseilles, France; Buenos Ayres, Argentina; Puerto Cabello, Venezuela;...
Dates: 1775 - 1870
Found in: Manuscripts

Henry W.B. Willis Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-182
Abstract

The bulk of this collection is approximately 74 letters, primarily between Henry Willis and Sarah Freeman Willis from 1852 to 1860. Other correspondence involves various Willis and Freeman family members including parents, brothers and sisters. These letters offer a view of family relationships and domestic activities for two New York/New Jersey families during the middle years of the 19th century.



Dates: 1846-1865
Found in: Manuscripts

Hezekiah Dickens Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-033
Abstract

This is a collection of household bills and receipts, and medical and tax receipts, of Dickens' family; together with bills, receipts, and settlements, relating to the whaling ships TYBEE and NEWARK.

Dates: 1833-1885
Found in: Manuscripts

Hilgard Pannes Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-209
Abstract

Journals, kept by Pannes on board the ship JOSEPH CONRAD and 4-master bark PARMA on training and shipping Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific voyages; together with private journal kept during a tour in Saudi Arabia. Persons represented include Alan Villiers.

Dates: 1933 Feb 22-1939 Mar 1
Found in: Manuscripts

Hillman Shipyard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-009
Abstract

Correspondence; genealogical notes, including material on early Nantucket whaling; ships' lines of the ship UNION; spar measurements for ships CHARLES W. MORGAN, ARGO, CALIFORNIA, SEA NYMPH, BONITA, and SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS; dimensions of ship SEA WITCH and barks ELIZABETH HULL and JANE A. FALKENBERG; surveys of ships MARIA THERESA and HIAWATHA, and barks MERMAID and JOHN P. WEST; memo of charges for repairs to ship HUNTRESS; and list of vessels built by the yard.

Dates: 1827 - 1862
Found in: Manuscripts

Hiram A. Balch collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-090
Abstract The Hiram A. Balch Collection contains approximately 5,000 pieces of manuscript material relative primarily to Hiram A. Balch, a merchant, lumber dealer, and shipowner from Trescott, Maine. Although the inclusive dates for this collection are 1792-1893, the material is concentrated between the years 1830-1860. Items relative to other members of the Balch family are also included. The names of John Blach, Charles Balch, Horatio Balch, Laffayette Balch, and Susan Balch appear in random fashion...
Dates: 1792-1893‚ (bulk 1830-1860)
Found in: Manuscripts

Hiram C. Holmes Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-175
Abstract The Hiram C. Holmes is housed in ten document boxes. The first five boxes contain general business bills, accounts, receipts, and other documents, chronologically arranged by month and year. Boxes 6-8 contain all the correspondence, mostly incoming, found in the collection. Arranged chronologically by day, month, and year, it has also been further organized into letters from the three companies Holmes did most of his business; papers concerning efforts to patent an improvement in gear axle...
Dates: 1850 - 1882
Found in: Manuscripts

Hotchkiss-Gray Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-089
Abstract This is a collection of diaries, journals, letterpress copybooks, and logs, kept by Gray, his wife, and her father, Capt. Levi Hotchkiss, of Gloucester, Mass. It also includes logs kept by Hotchkiss on board the ships SHOOTING STAR, JOHN LUND and GRACE DARLING, engaged in the China, India, and South American trade; journals and diaries kept by Emma Gray, aboard the ship HARVARD (1855-1856) before her marriage and the steamer FIRE QUEEN, containing descriptions of China; and logs kept by...
Dates: 1851 - 1882
Found in: Manuscripts

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