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Joseph T. Cruttenden Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-310
Abstract

Blueprints, maps, charts, correspondence, advertisements, catalogs, building specifications, and inventory forms for the Crescent Beach Land Company development of Crescent Beach in Niantic, Connecticut. Correspondence, specifications, and advertisements for yachts bought and sold by Joseph T. Cruttenden.

Dates: 1894 - 1918
Found in: Manuscripts

Joseph Williams Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-037
Abstract This collection includes accounts, agreements, bills of sale, bills of lading, manifests, sailing directions, registrations, clearance papers, letters, and government documents concerning coastwise, West Indies, and South American trade. Also included are letters and documents relative to the French Spoliation Claims. The bulk of the collection is concentrated between 1779 and 1798. The material is arranged chronologically and by vessel name. Over 20 sloops, schooners, and brigs are...
Dates: 1779-1899
Found in: Manuscripts

Kenney Bassett Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-150
Dates: Majority of material found within 1978 - 2017
Found in: Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library

Kermit Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-068
Abstract This is a collection of manuscripts relating to the business and domestic activities of ship master Capt. Henry Kermit, who also owned a store and wharf in New York, and members of the Kermit family, including letters, bills, accounts, receipts, and documents from seaports in England, Europe, and the United States relating to the shipping activities of Capt. Kermit and his merchant shipowner sons Henry and Robert; items relating to family/house expenses, running a retail store, property...
Dates: 1790-1860
Found in: Manuscripts

Kinney Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-114
Content Description

348 plans and manuscript material from the personal collection of Francis S. Kinney N.A. These plans comprise Ships Plans Collection #114. CHRISTEN; 19970619

Dates: 1940
Found in: Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library

L. Francis Herreshoff Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-038
Abstract

The L. Francis Herreshoff collection consists of designs for racing and cruising yachts, canoes, kayaks and other small craft that Herreshoff produced as an independent designer. The collection also includes early work for W. Starling Burgess and illustrations from Norman L. Skene's book "Elements of Yacht Design," as well as plans from other designers.

Dates: 1887 - 1977
Found in: Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library

L. Francis Herreshoff Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-138
Abstract The L. Francis Collection consists primarily of Mr. Herreshoff's correspondence between the years 1925 and 1971. In addition, there are drafts of Mr. Herreshoff's books, The Wizard of Bristol, Common Sense of Yacht Design, The Complete Cruiser, and Introduction to Yachting. Drafts of various articles written by L. Francis Herreshoff for Rudder magazine are present, as are miscellaneous types of information relative to many of his designs. Finally, there are numerous memos and monographs,...
Dates: 1925-1971 (bulk 1940-1970)
Found in: Manuscripts

Larkin Turner Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-095
Abstract

Three scrapbooks containing correspondence, receipts, wills, and other documents and papers, relating chiefly to Turner's seafaring activities; 9 journals kept by Turner aboard the ships CALUMET, PRINT, and PACTOTUS, sloop NABBY, and brig TRIM; 2 journals kept by Turner's son, Thomas Larkin Turner (b. 1812) aboard the ship HENRY and brig PALESTINE; and genealogical information.

Dates: 1797-1854; (bulk 1804-1832)
Found in: Manuscripts

Latham Cross Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-136
Abstract Bills, receipts, notes, 2 letters, freight lists, port documentation, disbursements, owner/agent accounts, and other papers, relating chiefly to Cross' shipping activity as captain, 1814-1817, of the sloop EMILY, trading mainly with coastal ports, and to other business and domestic accounts. Also included are minor materials relating to the whaling industry and his activities as master of the whaling ships TIMOLEON and PERSIA. The vast majority of this collection is related to Captain...
Dates: 1809-1854, (bulk 1814-1830)
Found in: Manuscripts

Latham family collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-281
Abstract Family correspondence, ships' papers, and printed documents of the Latham family of Phoenixville Connecticut. Correspondence primarily between Captain Lorenzo (Jack) Latham,and his wife and children while he commanded the POINSETT (Brig), COMET (Steamship), FRANK PALMER (Schooner) and the ALBERT SHULTZ (Bark). Documents include his marriage certificate and several papers concerning the purchase, trade and sale of the ALBERT SHULTZ. The collection also includes correspondence between extended...
Dates: 1860 - 1956
Found in: Manuscripts

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Yacht designers--United States 17
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Merchant mariners 11
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America's Cup races 9
Boston (Mass.) 9
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New London (Conn.) 7
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Mystic (Conn.) 6
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Whale oil 6
Whaling masters 6
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Coastwise shipping 5
Cotton trade 5
Death at sea 5
Groton (Conn.) 5
Letterpress copybooks 5
Marine protests 5
Naval architects 5
Protection certificates 5
Ship models 5
Shipowners--Connecticut--Mystic 5
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Language
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Undetermined 33
 
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Eastern Ice Yachting Association 1
Hillman Shipyard 1
Isaac Jeanes & Co. 1
Leviathan (Steamship) 1
Mallory, Clifford Day, Jr., 1916- 1
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Plaisted, Fred, 1849-1943 1
Robert E. Lee (Steamship) 1
Rudge, Raymond A. 1
Shreeve, H. Prescott 1
Veteran Athletes of Philadelphia 1
Washington Insurance Company in Providence 1
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