Logbooks
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Palmer Wilbur Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-020
Abstract
The collection consists of scattered papers and volumes including a diary (1863) containing information on shipbuilding. There are also account, bills, and receipts (1876-1881) concerning Wilbur's command of the Ship M.P. GRACE and two survey record books (1896-1899)
Dates:
1859-1928
Found in:
Manuscripts
Roderick Stephens collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-163
Abstract
Logs, navigator's notebooks, scrapbooks, guest registers, notes, correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, and other papers, chiefly relating to Stephen's activities as navigator and/or captain of various vessels in long distance racing, but also reflecting his and his brother, Olin Stephens' personal and business affairs. Includes materials relating to the yawls DORADE and STORMY WEATHER, winners of the Transatlantic and Fastnet races, and races aboard his personal sloop MUSTANG; his...
Dates:
1931 - 1990
Found in:
Manuscripts
Roy G. Roberts Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-337
Abstract
Collection, 1938-1964, consists mainly of U.S. Merchant Service instructor training manuals for Sheepshead Bay, New York, New York and officer’s training at Fort Trumbull, New London, Connecticut. It also contains logbooks and papers related to shipping.
Dates:
1938 - 1964
Found in:
Manuscripts
Stephen B. Chace Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-014
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...
Dates:
1810 - 1822
Found in:
Manuscripts
Timothy M. Benson Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-201
Abstract
The Benson Collection begins with two boxes of correspondence, primarily between Timothy Benson and Charles Brewer, discussing cargoes, provisions, repairs, and other general business matters involving the MARTHA DAVIS. Included are some letters-relative to Rebecca Benson and her business affairs with Charles Brewer & Co. 1890-1911. Box 3 contains shipping papers for Barks VIKING 1865-1869, and MARTHA DAVIS 1873-1877, while Box 4 has envelopes, stamped and addressed, ca.1876-1911. The...
Dates:
1865-1911, (bulk 1865-1880)
Found in:
Manuscripts