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Collection of P.A. Bonney
This collection is composed of post cards, clippings, and articles pertaining to American and foreign lighthouses. Included is a typed volume which presents the history of various lighthouses in America, England, Australia, and Canada. A limited amount of material on lightships is also included.
Collection of Rosanna Duncan Sanderson
The Collection of Rosanna Duncan Sanderson contains the notes of her research into late-seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth century shipping, drawn from various printed and manuscript sources along the U.S. eastern seacoast, and in Hawaii and Australia.
Collection of Seaman's Examinations and Related Papers
Seamanship examinations, notes, and related information possibly belonging to O. Wilhelmsen, a shipmaster with the Esso fleet during the 1940's. The examinations guides were the product of Kweder's Navigation School, 61 Whitehall Street, New York City, but some of the related material has "NDCTC FF Sch" in the upper corner.
Collection of S.F. Nininger
Papers, 1950-1974, collected by S. F. Nininger regarding the one-design Amphibi-Con. Papers include pamphlets from builders, correspondence and publications of the Amphibi-Con Association, and documents of the Amphibi-Con ARBELLA.
Collection of William H. Tripp
This collection was assembled by William H. Tripp of New Bedford, Massachusetts and pertains primarily to the subject of whaling. It includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, account books, logbooks, and other miscellaneous manuscript items and memorabilia. Persons represented include H. Percy Ashley, and shipmasters Edward F. Potter, William Potter II, and Zenas Winsor.
Cottrell, Gallup & Company Papers
This collection is made up of account books containing entries for many early shipbuilders on the banks of the Mystic River, and other individuals and firms.
Cox & Stevens, Inc. Collection
The collection contains plans for watercraft in all sizes, sail and power, commercial and recreational. Some wartime work and military conversions of yachts are also included as well as work collected from other designers. This material complements the time line of the material contained within the Philip L. Rhodes collection (Collection 80).
Custom House Document Collection
The collection consists of various Customs documents, primarily from ports on the eastern seaboard, from the late 1700's until 1866. It contains approximately 300 customs documents of different types which were required to be carried by the masters of vessels to prove their cargo was legitimate, and had paid the necessary duties at each port of entry.
D. G. & W.B. Bacon & Co. Letters
Daniel Sackett Moore Papers
The collection contains logbooks, cargo books, and disbursements records for the ships BESTSEY, MARY, TRUMBULL, AND CERES, which cover trading voyages from New York and other East Coast ports to various ports in Europe, the West Indies, and Asia.