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Seth Persson Collection
Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-121
Dates:
1907 - 1955
Found in:
Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library
Shipyard Collection
Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-047
Dates:
0000
Found in:
Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library
Shipyard Records
Record Group
Identifier: RG-015-shpyrd
Dates:
1950 - 2025
Found in:
Museum Archives
Silas Talbot Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-018
Abstract
Correspondence, accounts, account books, bills, receipts, genealogical notes, and printed material reflecting Talbot's career, especially his command of the U.S.S. CONSTITUTION (1798-1801). Other subjects include the impressment of American sailors by the British Navy; activities as U. S. agent in the West Indies assisting American seamen; captain of the privateer ship GENERAL WASHINGTON (1780), and his supervision of the outfitting of the sloop HAWK (1778), the U.S.S. CONSTITUTION (1798,...
Dates:
1767 - 1867
Found in:
Manuscripts
Sparkman & Stephens Collection
Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-041
Abstract
The plans begin with Sparkman & Stephens design #1, dated 1929, and continue in chronological order. This firm is still in business and active in the design of new vessels. The Plans are now housed at the Collections Research Center at Mystic Seaport.
Dates:
b. 1929
Found in:
Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library
S.S. FRANCONIA World Cruise Diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-256
Abstract
This Collection includes Adeline Brown's diary, approximately 100 pages bound in a small 3-ring notebook provided for this particular cruise. In addition, she collected programs, brochures, travel schedules, menus, etc, given to the passengers during the trip. There is also a folder of clippings from various newspapers and other publications, probably compiled after the voyage, many of which mention the attractions and/or the various places she may have visited during her career with the...
Dates:
ca. 1925
Found in:
Manuscripts
Steamboat-Inspection Service Certificates and Licenses
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-130
Abstract
The collection contains certificates and documents issued to steam-powered water craft by the Steamboat Inspection Service, Dept. of Commerce and Labor, primarily through the districts of New London and New Haven, Connecticut. Also includes pilots, masters, and engineers certificates; inspection certificates for passenger and freight steamers, towing and ferry boats, and steam yachts; and miscellaneous documentation relating to steam boilers, licenses extended, and licenses suspended.
Dates:
1853 - 1910
Found in:
Manuscripts
Stephen B. Chace Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-014
Abstract
Collection of correspondence and business papers of Stephen B. Chace. Includes a logbook (1812) of the ship VALENTINE, under Chace's command, on a voyage from Port Louis, Mauritius to Canton, China, and then towards Providence, RI; two ledgers (1810-1814) containing business and ships' accounts; account book (1817-1820) with Merchants Bank of New York City; letters from Chace to his wife, in Somerset, Massachusetts, and Jonathan Bowen, merchant in Newport, Rhode Island; and bill of...
Dates:
1810 - 1822
Found in:
Manuscripts
Stephen Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-237
Abstract
Correspondence, business accounts, genealogical materials, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous papers. Includes business correspondence and a few accounts relating to Smith's activities as representative of Minturn & Champlin who traveled, often as a supercargo, to various ports in Europe and the Far East; miscellaneous business and family papers (ca. 1820-1859) including references to shipping salt and china trade porcelain; numerous school reports and essays by children, and family...
Dates:
1800 - 1859
Found in:
Manuscripts
Talbot Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-151
Abstract
The Talbot Family Papers is a collection of sundry bills, receipts, notes, and correspondence relative primarily to Silas Talbot, with lesser numbers of similar material pertaining to George W., Theodore F., Henry, Charles N., Charles R., George A., and Violetta Talbot. The material is concentrated between 1785 and 1813, although some correspondence and Talbot genealogy created in the later 19th and early 20th century is included. Overall there is, correspondence, bills, receipts, notes, and...
Dates:
1775-1927 (bulk 1785-1813)
Found in:
Manuscripts