Abstract

The collection includes letters, bills, receipts, accounts, agreements, charter parties, bills of lading, marine insurance receipts, telegrams, and tax lists, relative primarily to 73 schooners involved in coastwise trade. A few of the represented vessels include include GENERAL PEAVY, COTTAGE, WILLOW, CATHERINE WILCOX, OREGON, and J.R. HAMMOND.

Abstract The collection is contained primarily bills and receipts, etc., for expenses relative to the vessel's maintenance and the transportation of cargo. Typical expense include bills for towing, wharfage, trimming cargo, fumigating ship, and loading and unloading cargo. Pilot fees and bridge charges are also present, along with numerous other vessel accounts. A limited number of letters can be found in this collection, usually between L. C. Gandy and the master of the PROVIDENCE, discussing cargo...

Abstract

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.