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This is a collection of correspondence, logbooks, accounts, bills, receipts, insurance policies, shipping articles, bills of lading, charter parties, and other papers. Vessels represented include the brig J.G. ANDERSON, brig BELLE OF THE BAY, brig GENERAL BAILEY and schooner CHARMER.

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Correspondence, logbooks, reminiscences, and other papers, reflecting Bertun's career, especially his activities as captain of the steam yacht IOLANDA (out of New London, Connecticut) and friend of its owner Morton F. Plant, and friendships with F. Marion Crawford and members of the Russian royal family.

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The collection includes diaries, bills, documents, ledgers, checkbooks, and account books, relating to Palmer's oystering activities. Also included is a logbook (1897) for the oyster steamer ITHIEL, of which Palmer was master.

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This collection was assembled by William H. Tripp of New Bedford, Massachusetts and pertains primarily to the subject of whaling. It includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, account books, logbooks, and other miscellaneous manuscript items and memorabilia. Persons represented include H. Percy Ashley, and shipmasters Edward F. Potter, William Potter II, and Zenas Winsor.

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The collection contains logbooks, cargo books, and disbursements records for the ships BESTSEY, MARY, TRUMBULL, AND CERES, which cover trading voyages from New York and other East Coast ports to various ports in Europe, the West Indies, and Asia.

Abstract Material relating to Holmes' partnership with George Randall and John C. Haskell in the dredging firm of Randall, Haskell, and Holmes of New Bedford, Mass. Includes correspondence relating to partnership arrangements, the patent for operations, boat building, contracts, financial matters, daily operation of the dredging boats, patent difficulties, and outfitting. Also includes accounting records of the firm, including checks, bills, accounts, account books, ledgers, logbooks, daybooks,...

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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.

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The bulk of this collection is approximately 74 letters, primarily between Henry Willis and Sarah Freeman Willis from 1852 to 1860. Other correspondence involves various Willis and Freeman family members including parents, brothers and sisters. These letters offer a view of family relationships and domestic activities for two New York/New Jersey families during the middle years of the 19th century.

Abstract Included in this collection are letters to John Palmer at Newport during 1776 from family and friends. Two diaries kept by John Palmer between 1775 and 1777 provide insights into the Revolutionary Period, as do the 2 sea journals from the Privateer REVENGE. Present also are logs and journals for the Snow BLACK PRINCESS, Schooner LITTLE REBECCA, Sloop COUNT D'ESTAINGE, Brig BETSEY, and the Ship READYMONEY. Most of the material after 1800 (about 10% of the total) involves other members of the...

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This is a collection of correspondence, bills of lading, accounts, receipts, etc. relating to a trading voyage by the sloop POLLY between New York, Copenhagen, St. Petersburg, and Charleston, S.C., and two voyages (1803-1806) of the ship SILENUS, with accounts, manifests, crews' wages, and bills from Antwerp, Amsterdam, the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, and New York.