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Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-036
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1904 - 1951
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-005
Abstract
The Mallory Family Papers, 1808-1966 (bulk between 1886-1941), consist of twenty fiberdex cartons containing approximately 6,000 pieces and 86 volumes which depict 150 years of business activities of an important American shipping and shipbuilding family in varying degrees of completeness. They include primarily general correspondence, genealogical notes, racing records of family yachts, yachting recollections, statistical data on vessels owned and/or built by the family, newspaper...
Dates:
1808 - 1966
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-099
Abstract
This collection contains bills of sale for 22 vessels, transferring ownership to Maria W. Tibbetts of Camden, Maine. Most of the transfers are from Joseph H. and H.M.A. Norwood. Vessels represented include barks SAMUEL D. CARLETON and RICHARD PARSONS and brig MARIA W. NORWOOD.
Dates:
1881 - 1883; date
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-098
Abstract
Items in this collection pertain to 28 cases of marine jurisprudence involving litigation at Portland, Cumberland County, Massachusetts (now Maine), during an 11 year period between 1798 and 1809. Organization is by specific case, usually identified by the name of the vessel involved. The names of shipmasters and shipowners, insurance companies, charterers, shipwrights, and other individuals and firms involved in these cases appear throughout the collection.
Dates:
1798 - 1809
Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-148
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1975 - 2004
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-235
Abstract
The Mason R. Packer Papers is primarily a scattered collection of financial papers and correspondence. This collection includes receipts, bills and accounts, contained in one document box. Most of the 320 pieces and three small volumes are in good condition. During this time, Mason R. Packer was involved in various shipping and salvaging operations in Connecticut and Florida. These papers provide a glimpse into the activities of Packer and other Mystic businessmen in the mid-nineteenth...
Dates:
ca. 1832-1856
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-157
Abstract
The John F. Brooks Records total 111 volumes dated 1858 to 1915. The first 55 volumes are letterbooks, 1869-1915, 9 cashbooks follow, then 8 journals/daybooks dated 1877-1915. Following those are 8 summary journals, 6 trail balance books, 17 invoice books, 2 cargo books, and 3 miscellaneous record books. Volumes with entries prior to 1880 are primarily records of the M. Bartlett shipping business of which John Brooks was a partner. Matthew Bartlett died in May 1880,and thus for all practical...
Dates:
1858 - 1914
Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-090
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-186
Abstract
Letters from Burns to his wife, Mary (Waud) Burns, in New Jersey, relating to his stay in England from Feb. to July 1910, where he tried selling his work to various publishers; together with samples of his engravings from Harpers' New Monthly Magazine, Literary Digest, Century Magazine and others
Dates:
1880 - 1928
Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-013
Abstract
This collection is composed of plans received individually or in groups small enough that the creation of a distinct collection is not required. This collection will continue to grow and expand as additional plans are received.
Dates:
1892 - 1969
