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Records of N. & W.W. Billings

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-233
Abstract Correspondence, including letters written by whaling masters and sailing orders from the company to these captains; business records, including bills, accounts, receipts, etc., as well as a large number of specific accounts for cotton duck, iron hoops, and sheeting copper; ship's papers for several whaleships owned by the company including FLORA, JOHN & EDWARD, JULIUS CAESAR, PHOENIX, SUPERIOR, TURCARORA, and WILLIAM C. NYE; miscellaneous papers, including marine insurance policies for...
Dates: ca.1823-1850
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of O.C. & K.R. Wilson

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Identifier: MSS-Coll-243
Abstract

Bills, receipts, accounts, correspondence, and other business records; printed materials, either for Wilson or associated businesses; items relating to yachting; signal flag drawings and measurements, photographs, and pamphlet; stock certificates; account books; and miscellaneous materials, including photographs, obituaries, stationery, advertisements, and business cards.

Dates: ca. 1870-1950
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of Philip L. Rhodes

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Identifier: MSS-Coll-312
Abstract Illustrations of plans designed by Philip L. Rhodes from as early as his 1916 hydroplane to a diesel yacht of 1973. Illustrations depict all types of vessels from small recreational dinghies to large yachts and commercial cargo, as well as many one design and class boats. Very little military work is included. Advertising material for Rhodes designs is represented, as well as extensive correspondence for the design, construction and racing of the America's Cup defender, WEATHERLY. The...
Dates: 1894 - 1978
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of Ratsey & Lapthorn

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Identifier: MSS-Coll-236
Abstract

Records (ca. 1902-1977) of the company's American business; together with more historical papers (ca. 1813-1900) regarding the Ratsey family and their sailmaking work in England. Includes ledgers, cashbooks, daybooks, account books, journals, sail and estimate books, roping books, sail data calculations, and drawings. Family members represented include George R., Thomas W., and Ernest Ratsey.

Dates: ca. 1810-1970
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of Samuel Staples & Son

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Identifier: MSS-Coll-094
Abstract

The collection includes letters, bills, receipts, accounts, agreements, charter parties, bills of lading, marine insurance receipts, telegrams, and tax lists, relative primarily to 73 schooners involved in coastwise trade. A few of the represented vessels include include GENERAL PEAVY, COTTAGE, WILLOW, CATHERINE WILCOX, OREGON, and J.R. HAMMOND.

Dates: 1857 - 1909
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of T. Magoun & Son

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Identifier: MSS-Coll-230
Abstract Correspondence and business records including bills of lading, receipts, outfitting accounts, and crew lists, relating to the ships ARCHIMEDES, DEUCALION, ELECTRIC SPARK, GREENWICH, HERALD OF THE MORNING, MANLIUS, MEDFORD, PHARSALIA, SWALLOW, TALMA, THATCHER MAGOUN, TIMOLEON, and WITCHCRAFT, built in Magoun's yard in Medford, Mass., and engaged in trade between Boston, New York, San Francisco and foreign ports including Liverpool, Elsinore, Havana, and Hong Kong; and materials not...
Dates: 1855 - 1880
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of T.H. Franklin

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Identifier: MSS-Coll-187
Abstract The collection primarily consists of the broker's vessel listings (14 boxes); with tugs and towboats, tankers, barges, side and sternwheel steamers, yachts, sail boats, steamships, fishing boats, and many other vessels, all represented. These listings are organized by vessel type and listing number. Following these, there are 9 boxes of scrapbook material, with photographs and clippings for vessels of all kinds, in addition to other items of marine news. These scrapbook pages have been...
Dates: 1894 - 1960
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of the American Seamen's Friend Society

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Identifier: MSS-Coll-158
Abstract This collection is, in effect, the archives of the American Seamen's Friend Society, based in New York City, circa 1828-1975, divided almost equally between the 19th and 20th centuries. Contained in the 5,000 pieces and 106 volumes are reports on the activities of Sailor's Homes, Bethel Ships, and Loan Libraries. There are library registers, minutes of annual meetings, legacies, letters from shipmasters, A.S.F.S. publications, and a wealth of other information pertinent to this...
Dates: 1828 - 1975
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of the Bark ALBION

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Identifier: MSS-Coll-017
Abstract Colllection of correspondence; accounts; bills; receipts; wage statements; crew lists and other customs documents; mortgage from Patrick McCullough, owner, of Ireland, to Nathaniel T. Gifford, agent, New Bedford, Massachusetts; powers of attorney from McCullough to Gifford, and from Josiah W. Bonney and Isaac Howland, agents under the will of Gifford, to Albert A. Thomas, whaling master; and bills of sale (1871) from Thomas to new ship owners, Louis Arthur Nathan and Andrew Wardrop, of...
Dates: 1865-1872
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of the Bark CHARLES W. MORGAN

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Identifier: MSS-Coll-019
Abstract

The collection includes accounts, 1890-1912, of Edward Potter with J. & W. R. Wing of New Bedford, Massachusetts; an insurance policy taken out by Potter; bills of sale, 1920-1925; and bills, 1928-1932, mostly of C. E. Beckman & Co., and David Duff & Son of New Bedford, Massachusetts, for materials for the vessel when she was on the estate of E. H. R. Green.

Dates: 1849-1917, (bulk 1890-1932)
Found in: Manuscripts

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