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Records of the Off Soundings Club

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-285
Abstract

Race notices, minutes, board and committee chairmen reports, membership notices, scrapbooks, and a ledger, reflecting the club's history and its activities.

Dates: 1933 - 2009
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of the Old Colony Steamboat Company

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-124
Abstract

The collection contains business records of the Old Colony Steamboat Company. Records include cashbooks, invoices, cash journals, expense books, payroll vouchers, register of bills audited, coupon bonds, and other business records; together with log (1892) of steamer FITCHBURG and vessel accounts for the CITY OF LAWRENCE, CITY OF WORCESTER, and CITY OF BOSTON.

Dates: 1874 - 1904
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of the Plymouth Cordage Company

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-133
Abstract

Correspondence, memoranda, production and employment summaries, photographs, and other business records. Includes reports on early company activity compiled during the 1930s and 1940s.

Dates: 1824-1957
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of the Schooner DANIEL WEBSTER

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-117
Abstract

The collection includes bills, freight lists, expense records, and accounts with firms in New London and Mystic Bridge, Connecticut; area, New York, N.Y., and Providence, Rhode Island.

Dates: 1870 - 1879
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of the Schooner PROVIDENCE

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-203
Abstract The collection is contained primarily bills and receipts, etc., for expenses relative to the vessel's maintenance and the transportation of cargo. Typical expense include bills for towing, wharfage, trimming cargo, fumigating ship, and loading and unloading cargo. Pilot fees and bridge charges are also present, along with numerous other vessel accounts. A limited number of letters can be found in this collection, usually between L. C. Gandy and the master of the PROVIDENCE, discussing cargo...
Dates: 1879 - 1889
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-198
Abstract

Correspondence, membership information, minutes, scrapbooks, race results, and other documents, reflecting the club's history and its activities. Includes books by John Parkinson and William P. Stephens and information concerning the America's Cup and other racing events. Other organizations represented include the New York Yacht Club and North American Yacht Racing Union.

Dates: 1872 - 1998
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of the Ship HANOVER

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-219
Abstract

Business correspondence, logbooks, and other papers, reflecting trading voyages to New Orleans, Louisiana; Le Havre, France; and Liverpool, England. Includes letters from other shipmasters and merchants/agents regarding cargos, markets, etc.

Dates: 1836 - 1847
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of the Ship HECTOR

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-119
Abstract

The bulk of these papers is comprised of bills and accounts charged against HECTOR, her captain Amos A. Chase, and William and Benjamin Rotch, between the years 1852 and 1860. Of particular interest is a booklet from Taber, Gordon & Co. (Ship Chandlers & Grocers) of New Bedford, that contains a checklist of every item needed for a whaling voyage.

Dates: 1848-1864 (bulk 1852-1860)
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of the Ship HOUND

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-004
Abstract

The collection details the Hound's activities from April 1858 through June 1859. Included is an abstract log, New York to San Francisco; disbursements at San Francisco; freight lists and crew lists; 5 cargo books; and other miscellaneous items.

Dates: 1858 - 1859
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of the Ship Joseph Conrad

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-042
Abstract This is a collection of correspondence, inventories, deeds, survey reports, crew lists, instruction booklets, work lists, accounts, bills, receipts, ship's papers, and blueprints, relating to the JOSEPH CONRAD and its operation. The collection also includes rough and smooth logs, engine logs, machinery logs, journals, order books, and rules and regulations for training sailing students aboard the U.S.M.S. Training Ship JOSEPH CONRAD, as well as a memorandum of agreement (1934 June 14)...
Dates: 1934-1959.
Found in: Manuscripts

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