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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

Lawley Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-279
Abstract Papers and volumes of the Lawley family of Massachusetts. Collection contains personal papers such as correspondence, legal papers and ephemera of George F. Lawley, Frederick D. Lawley, and George F. Lawley, II. Collection also contains business papers of the George Lawley and Son, and F.D. Lawley ship yards, Located in South Boston, Neponset, and Quincy, Massachusetts. Business papers include vessel records; cost sheets, scantlings, owners, etc. and wage information; lists, time sheets and...
Dates: 1839 - 1990
Found in: Manuscripts

Legal and Compliance Records

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-013-legal
Dates: 1929 - 2025
Found in: Museum Archives

Legal Records of the Smack L.A. Macomber

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-045
Abstract

Legal briefs (chiefly rough drafts), probate certificates, and powers of attorney, relating to the destruction of the L.A. MACOMBER. Includes copy of rules of the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims, together with act organizing the court (1874); correspondence to lawyer Frederick A. Holmes, of Mystic River, Conn., representing the complainants (i.e. owner and crew of vessel) from John Davis, clerk of the court, relating to the cases; and letter giving final disposition of each case.

Dates: 1863-1876
Found in: Manuscripts

Lester J. Arnold Sr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-082
Content Description

106 rolls of plans, 20 folded plans and 41 pieces of manuscipt material a personal collection. A small percentage of plans in this collection pertain to Sea Sled designs

Dates: Majority of material found within 1905 - 1970
Found in: Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library

Levi B. Gillchrest Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-147
Abstract Letters, bills, accounts, receipts, etc. relating to Captain Gillchrest's maritime activities, chiefly letters to Gillchrest from ship captains, including his father, Joseph Gillchrest, as well as agents such as Baring Brothers, R.L. Gillchrest & Co., and Snow & Burgess, relating to freight rates, market conditions, shipbuilding, difficulties with vessels and crews, etc. Topics include Gillchrest's ownership of shares in numerous vessels involved in coastwise and transatlantic...
Dates: 1833-1865, (bulk 1850-1864), additional information 1979-1980
Found in: Manuscripts

Linda Witherill Collection of Steamship Ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-394
Dates: Majority of material found within 1903 - 2004
Found in: Manuscripts

Lindsay A. Fowler Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-111
Dates: 1935 - 1950
Found in: Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library

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Whale oil 6
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Cotton trade 5
Death at sea 5
Groton (Conn.) 5
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Naval architects 5
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Hillman Shipyard 1
Isaac Jeanes & Co. 1
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Plaisted, Fred, 1849-1943 1
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Shreeve, H. Prescott 1
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Washington Insurance Company in Providence 1
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