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...

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Correspondence, bills, receipts, accounts, bills of lading, charter parties, clearance papers, and agreements, relating to Harding's activities as master of the schooner JULIA ANN, engaged in the coastwise trade, and the bark GEORGE KINGMAN, engaged in the transatlantic trade, both out of Boston.

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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.

Abstract Correspondence, bills, receipts, accounts, and other papers relating to the operation of the bark AURA, the brigs ARIA, IDA MCLEOD, ISADOR, NEW ERA, and PERSEVERANCE, and the schooners AMOS FALKENBURG, D.W. VAUGHAN, HANNAH BLACKMAN, INO, ROBERT J. MERCER, and WM. O. IRISH, which carried coal, cotton, sugar, and foodstuffs and traded in U.S., and West Indian ports. Correspondents include Charles H. Arnold, Hiram Baker, David P. Davis, Samuel A. Emerson, Samuel M. Gifford, George K. Rackett,...