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Records of William R. Bowers & Co.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-024
Abstract This is a collection of correspondence, accounts, bills, receipts, and other papers of Providence, Rhode Island merchant shipowners and agents. The papers relate to the ships MARY ANN, PANTHER, PROVIDENCE, and TRUMBULL, and the brigs AGENORIA, DIAMOND, and SMYRNA, which carried cotton, flour, coffee, rice, rum, and wine, and traded in the ports of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Cadiz, Spain, Java, Malava, Batavia (now Jakarta, Indonesia), Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), Canton, China, Lime,...
Dates: 1818-1837
Found in: Manuscripts

Robert Palmer Wilbur Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-020
Abstract

The collection consists of scattered papers and volumes including a diary (1863) containing information on shipbuilding. There are also account, bills, and receipts (1876-1881) concerning Wilbur's command of the Ship M.P. GRACE and two survey record books (1896-1899)

Dates: 1859-1928
Found in: Manuscripts

Samuel Thompson’s Nephew & Co. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-060
Abstract Included are portage bills, insurance policies, bills, accounts, and correspondence relative to the Ships ARGO, CALEB GRIMSHAW, CHARLES H. MARSHALL, CITY OF NEW YORK, EXCELSIOR, JEREMIAH THOMPSON, JOSEPH WALKER, LADY FRANKLIN, LUCY THOMPSON, ORIENT, SARDINIA, STAR OF THE WEST, and TWILIGHT. There is also a large collection of general business accounts, bills, receipts, letters, and documents, as well as a small amount of information relative to personal property and investments by John W....
Dates: 1827 - 1965; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1900
Found in: Manuscripts

Scoresby Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-055
Abstract

Chiefly papers of William Scoresby (1760-1829), whaling master, of Whitby, England, and his sons, William Scoresby, Jr. (1789-1857), whaling master and later clergyman, and Thomas Scoresby (1804-1866). Includes correspondence, diaries, notes, lectures, sermons, whaleship accounts, whaling journals, list of whaling vessels built in or hailing from Whitby, and autobiography of Thomas Scoresby.

Dates: 1775 - 1870
Found in: Manuscripts

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

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

Thomas W. Dunn Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-045
Abstract

Plans from the firm of John H. Wells, Inc., New York City and other designers and a 80 page notebook (ca. 1929-1931) containing specifications, photographs, and clippings concerning large motor yachts.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1909 - 1938
Found in: Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library

USS Constitution Model Shipwright Guild Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-146
Abstract

The collection comprises a wide range of vessel plans, many of which lack attribution to a specific designer but remain valuable as reference materials. Spanning a significant time period, the plans include both commercial vessels and pleasure craft. Notably, the collection also features works by John H. Wells.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1882-12-06 - 1993-11-11
Found in: Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library

Vintage Model Yacht Group Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-136
Dates: Majority of material found within 1900 - 1970
Found in: Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library

Washington Insurance Company in Providence Marine Insurance Policies

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-021
Abstract

The marine insurance policies contained in this collection represent the years following the companies inception, 1802-1808, with the bulk of the policies written in 1806. Policies are arranged by policy number, and clearly follow a chronological pattern.

Dates: 1802-1808
Found in: Manuscripts

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Isaac Jeanes & Co. 1
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