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Philo S. Shelton Letters
Letters from Shelton to Moses Taylor, a New York merchant, including discussions of sales, purchases, and shipments of sugar, rice, flour, molasses, honey, Havana cigars, and tobacco; and the specie crisis of 1836 and its effect on the merchant community.
Records of A. Irving & Co.
The collection consists of two ledgers, a journal, and a materials daybook.
Records of E.P. Treat & Co.
Records of Isaac Jeanes & Co.
Records of J. & D.D. Beckwith
Correspondence, accounts with 135 vessels of sloop size and larger, general accounts, ships' specifications, agreements, receipts, bills of lading, invoices, bank drafts, materials lists, deeds, tax bills, and bills payable and receivable, of a family of merchants and shipbuilders, of New London, Conn., conducting business with firms in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. Persons represented include owners James Beckwith and his son, Daniel D. Beckwith.
Records of Lawrence & Co.
The Records of Lawrence & Co., 1822-1904, consists of eleven boxes containing approximately 5,800 pieces and 134 volumes which illustrate quite well the whaling, sealing, and commercial activities of the Company as well as its predecessors Miner, Lawrence & Co. and Joseph Lawrence.
Records of the Bark ALBION
Records of the Bark CHARLES W. MORGAN
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.
Records of the Bark SEA QUEEN
Records from the vessel's last whaling voyage, sailing out of New Bedford, Mass, mastered by Joseph Thompson, on a voyage to the South Atlantic, including papers relating to crew desertions, discharges and additions, repair of the windlass, and the survey, condemning, and sale of the ship in the Seychelles.