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Records of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club
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.
Records of the Ship HANOVER
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.
Records of the Ship HECTOR
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.
Records of the Ship HOUND
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.
Records of the Ship Joseph Conrad
Records of the ship Julius Caesar
The collection contains papers relevant to the JULIUS CAESAR's 1836-1837 whaling voyage from New London to the south Atlantic grounds. Included are Articles of Agreement, Bill of Health, Manifest, a slop book, crew bills, and accounts, outfitting accounts with N. & W. W. Billings, and notebook for "oil delivered," casks, and labor.
Records of the Ship TUSITALA
Correspondence, track chart, articles and newspaper clippings about the ship, and logbooks (1924-1925) for three voyages.
Records of the Sloop Hancock
This collection contains correspondence, articles of agreement, accounts, crew account books, crew lists, bills, receipts, and other papers. The crew account books include divisions of the prize brigs FRIENDSHIP and CORNELIUS, the prize schooner COMET, and the prize sloops HIBERNIA and VENUS. Other persons represented include Giles Mumford, agent, of Groton, Conn.
Records of the Stonington Steamship Company
This collection of business records includes ledgers, journals, cashbooks, and boat running expenses.