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Fish Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-211
Abstract

The collection contains files of correspondence and other papers. In addition there are three volumes, which are diary/account books kept by James D. Fish and Herman E. Street. The collection is largely comprised of domestic correspondence between James Deane Fish, his brother and sister, his children, and other relatives and friends.

Dates: 1830-1933, (bulk 1840-1899)
Found in: Manuscripts

Frank F. Upson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-115
Abstract

The collection includes cashbooks, notebooks, and diary of appointments, relating to Upson's sailmaking business.

Dates: 1915 - 1929
Found in: Manuscripts

Frederic D. Lawley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-039
Abstract

Plans for yachts and government work representing designs by F.D. Lawley and other designers.

Dates: 1900 - 1937

Fredrick C. Geiger Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-075
Content Description

Plans and manuscript material from the personal collection of Frederick C. Geiger. Received 12/8/1987. 611 sheets of plans

Dates: Majority of material found within 1930 - 1972

Fulwar Skipwith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-078
Abstract

Papers, assembled by Skipwith pertaining to case histories of French spoliation claims, including correspondence, powers-of-attorney, protests, certifications, manifests, inventories, and charter-parties for the barks POLLY and NANCY; the brigs EXPERIENCE, MARIA, FAIRY and MARY; the schooners JAVA, ILLINOIS, NANCY (of Philadelphia), PHOEBE, HENRY & GUSTAVUS and NANCY (of Providence, R.I.); the ships FAME, and HOPE; the sloop PHILADELPHIA PACKET; and the snow ELIZA.

Dates: 1793 - 1807
Found in: Manuscripts

George A. Erskine collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-199
Abstract The collection consists of four boxes containing 51 diaries, most of which have entries for each day of the year plus notations on expenses, debts, and investments, and 17 folders of miscellaneous papers, paid bills, membership cards and photographs. The diaries start in the year 1875 and end in 1930. The early diaries before 1881 are incomplete, and there is only one page for 1 January 1928, and no diary for 1929. The diaries give a graphic picture of a schooner captain during the final...
Dates: 1875 - 1930
Found in: Manuscripts

George Blunt Wendell Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-059
Abstract Business and family correspondence, ships' bills and accounts, abstracts logs and journals, ratebooks, notebooks, disbursements, statements of general average, photos of ship paintings, family photos, Wendell genealogy, and other papers; and correspondence, research, clippings, and other papers (1900-1949) of F. Hinkley, A. Wendell, C. Cutler, and others, relating to George Blunt Wendell. The collection also contains reminiscences of George Blunt Wendell, 1847, of a visit to New Orleans and...
Dates: 1815 - 1949
Found in: Manuscripts

George C. Bugbee Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-143
Abstract Chiefly papers (1866-1869) from Bugbee's voyages as an ordinary seaman aboard the ship PREMIER, of Bangor, Maine, and the bark LOCH LAMAR, including a journal, 3 volumes of his poetry, 3 letters between Bugbee and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James R. Bugbee, of Boston, and miscellaneous notes and sketches; together with clippings of Bugbee's poems printed in newspapers (1916-1917). Bugbee's journal describes life at sea and at port and social condition in cities visited, including Calcutta,...
Dates: 1866 - 1917
Found in: Manuscripts

George C. Wales Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-052
Abstract

This collection represents plans George C. Wales drew and collected of 18th and 19th century American vessels, including military vessels of the Revolutionary War.

Dates: 1912 - 1938

George Comer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-102
Abstract

The George Comer Collection contains a small number of letters, some printed matter, and numerous clippings (copies) relative to Comer's voyages and activities. There are also seven whaling/sealing journals and two naval journals, along with four notebooks kept by Capt. Comer.

Dates: ca. 1855-1938
Found in: Manuscripts

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