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Philo S. Shelton Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-034
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1835-1836
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of A. Irving & Co.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-022
Abstract

The collection consists of two ledgers, a journal, and a materials daybook.

Dates: 1883-1898
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of E.P. Treat & Co.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-030
Abstract This collections consists of letters from ship masters of vessels owned or managed by members of the Treat family and from merchants in Bangor, Frankfort, and Winterport, Maine; New York; Boston; Baltimore; Cuba; and South American ports, chiefly relating to cargo transported, but also providing reports of the voyages, the weather, and departure and arrival dates; together with accounts, bills, charter-parties, bills of lading, receipts, insurance policies, cargo manifests, and other...
Dates: 1840-1894
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of Isaac Jeanes & Co.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-010
Contents Isaac Jeanes & Co. was a mercantile house in Philadelphia. The collection consists of letters to the company, chiefly from Chamberlain, Robinson & Co., James Robinson, and Chamberlain & Phelps, all merchants in New York, N.Y., and James L. Taylor and Lewis J. Cassan, masters of ship WILLIAM J. MORRIS and clipper ship ARAMINGO, respectively.Included is a ledger (1852-1854) including accounts with ships A.M. LAWRENCE, MONTAUK, and OCEANA, the brig HARRIET, and barks...
Dates: 1852-1860
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of J. & D.D. Beckwith

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-038
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1845-1884
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of Lawrence & Co.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-025
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1822-1904; 1845-1885
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of the Bark ALBION

 Collection
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

 Collection
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

Records of the Bark SEA QUEEN

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-056
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1884 - 1888
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of the Holmes' Shipyard

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-046
Abstract The collection consists of accounts, bills, receipts, documents, and correspondence relative to the shipbuilding and management activities of Josiah, Josiah Jr., and Jonathan Holmes. The papers are concentrated between 1840-1878, and represent a rather thorough record of the Holmes shipyard during those years. Items of singular interest include a large collection of marine insurance policies, shipping articles, shipbuilding agreements, bills of sale, and cargo storage diagrams. Records...
Dates: 1820-1886
Found in: Manuscripts

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