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Miscellaneous Submersibles Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-147
Dates: Majority of material found within 1900-01-01

Newman Family Naval Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-051
Abstract This is a collection of naval papers of William D. Newman (ca. 1800-1844) and his sons, L. Howard Newman (1833-1866) and William Bogert Newman (1834-1912), U.S. Navy officers, including correspondence, orders, regulations, reports, complaints and requests, and other official paper work typical to ships' officers. Includes 18 photos of William Bogert Newman and fellow officers and one abstract log. Vessels represented include the frigate PRESIDENT, frigate CONGRESS, ship INDEPENDENCE, and...
Dates: 1814 - 1898
Found in: Manuscripts

Oscar F. Stanton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-057
Abstract

This collection includes official and personal correspondence, essays, drafts of articles and speeches, orders, and clippings. Present also, are testimony and other documents relative to the wreck of the U.S.S. KEARSARGE in the Gulf of Mexico in 1894. Volumes include an abstract log of the Store Ship PURVEYOR, and a captain's data notebook do U.S.F.S TENNESSEE, ca. 1885.

Dates: 1850 - 1900
Found in: Manuscripts

Passenger Ship Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-283
Abstract

Postcards, brochures, menus, time-tables, tickets and other ephemeral material collected by Mystic Seaport, relating to vessels that carried passengers, even if that vessel had other primary functions.

Dates: 1896 - 1995
Found in: Manuscripts

Philip L. Rhodes Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll -080
Abstract Plans produced by Philip L. Rhodes from as early as his 1916 hydroplane to a ketch of 1970. Plans depict all types of vessels from small recreational dinghies to large yachts and commercial cargo, as well as many one design and class boats. Very little military work is included. The work of many other well-known architects appears within this collection from their time as employees in the firm. This material complements the time line of the material contained within the Philip L. Rhodes...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1916 - 1970

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

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Hillman Shipyard 1
Isaac Jeanes & Co. 1
Leviathan (Steamship) 1
Mallory, Clifford Day, Jr., 1916- 1
Robert E. Lee (Steamship) 1