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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

Joseph King Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-064
Abstract

This is a collection of correspondence, bills of lading, accounts, receipts, etc. relating to a trading voyage by the sloop POLLY between New York, Copenhagen, St. Petersburg, and Charleston, S.C., and two voyages (1803-1806) of the ship SILENUS, with accounts, manifests, crews' wages, and bills from Antwerp, Amsterdam, the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, and New York.

Dates: 1782-1806
Found in: Manuscripts

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

Kathy Bray Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-060

Kenney Bassett Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-150
Dates: Majority of material found within 1978 - 2017

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

Kochiss-Upson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-092
Dates: 1883 - 1959

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

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