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George Dunn Gilderdale Papers
This is a collection of correspondence, accounts, logbooks, notebooks, shipping documents, home remedies for ailments and diseases, etc. Topics include Gilderdale's command of the bark PERU on a whaling and sealing voyage to the South Shetland Islands, the steamships EUTERPE and GENERAL SEDGEWICK, and the ship MARY AND SUSAN; his Civil War service in the U.S. Navy on board the U.S.S. ADOLPH HUGEL, ARLETTA, COMMODORE READ, and YANKEE; and flags and signals.
George H. Newton Collection
George W. Bliven Papers
The papers contain bills, statements for sperm oil, bills of lading, receipts, and journal (1868-1871) of a voyage by the bark ELIZABETH SWIFT, trapped in the Arctic ice pack with 29 other vessels in Sept. 1871. Other vessels represented include barks FANNY and A.J. POPE.
George W. Dow Papers
The George W. Dow Papers include accounts, bills, receipts, charter-parties, clearance and protection papers, port regulations, crew lists and shipping orders. Most of this material is relevant to the brig WENONAH, which carried coal, lead, flour, molasses, and other foodstuffs to ports in the U.S., West Indies, Canary Islands, and to Cadiz, Spain.
George W. Gates Collection
Correspondence, ships' bills, discursements, port papers, and other records, from Gates's commands of the ships WILLIAM H. WHARTON, NATIONAL GUARD, TWILIGHT I, TWILIGHT II, the bark GALVESTON, and the steamer NEVADA; together with letters written by his wife Julia.
George W. Lee Collection
George W. Noyes II Collection
The collection contains 14 pieces in one box. The pieces range from the military appointment of Noyes as Sergeant Major in the Infantry in 1824 to Bills of Sale of shares in whaling and other vessels from 1840 to 1844.
Gerald W. Mefferd Papers
This collection consists of volumes of diaries kept by Gerald W. Medderd before and during an around-the-world cruise with Ray Kauffman, a long time friend and owner of the ketch HURRICANE. It also contains photocopies of letters written to the family before and during the voyage, customs and consular documents, and a biographical sketch of Ray Kauffman.
Gilbert Billings collection
The collection is comprised of miscellaneous business papers relative to Gilbert Billing's shipping and real estate activity in southeastern Connecticut and Chenango County, N.Y.; and miscellaneous family correspondence, photographs, and documents. Also included are shipping records (1795-1798) relating to the brig REBECCA, ship TWO FRIENDS, and schooner ALLIGATOR (all of which he was master); and letters (1817-1839) from Coddington Billings.
Gildersleeve Shipbuilding Collection
Plans for commercial craft including barges, lighters and scows.