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The collection contains minute books, account books, and a visitor register

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The Records of the Mystic Shipyard contains over 25,000 pieces of manuscripts filed in 66 document boxes, plus 31 volumes of business records.

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The collection contains business records of the New Haven Steamboat Company, comprised of ledgers, journals, and steamboats account books. Included are 6 harbor journals kept by Fred J. Pedrsen at New Haven, Connecticut, recording the activities of the steamers RICHARD PECK, C. H. NORTHAM, CONTINENTAL, CHESTER W. CHAPIN, and others.

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Records, 1846-1887, of the schooner ORVILLE HORWITZ. This collection includes paid bills, the protection certificate for Captain Chauncey Kelsey, and other papers. There are also two account books. The first contains the vessel’s accounts for each port and details of the cargos for each trip. The second contains the date when each crew member was hired and their wages for each voyage. It is not clear who kept these records.

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,...

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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This collection contains primarily household papers, bills, family letters, account books, tax statements, and general business transactions of William and Isaac C. Tate of New London, Connecticut.

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This collection consists of papers relating to William G. Pierce’s life, including his education and his time stationed in Shanghai, China. The collection consists of correspondence with his parents and brother, gifts sent from China to his father in Providence, Rhode Island, newspapers, journals, and other materials.