Abstract This collection consists of the papers relating to the voyages of Alexander Hallett Holway (1824-c. 1909) as captain of the trading vessels ARETHUSA (Bark), ALEXANDER (Ship), BOSTON LIGHT (Ship), and ORPHEUS (Ship) between 1852 and 1864. Holway's trading voyages took him to San Francisco, the Puget Sound, Chile, Australia, Calcutta, and Liverpool. Documents include ship's manifests, bills of lading, crew lists, charter-parties, receipts, account books, photographs, newspaper clippings,...

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The collection has been organized chronologically including letters from Hobart regarding the disposition of vessels and cargo; miscellaneous accounts, receipts, and business agreements; instructions to shipmasters; copies of cargo invoices; accounts of cargo sales; and expenses for construction, repair, and outfitting of various vessels. The papers also covey Hobart's difficulties in the West Indies trade during the French and Indian War (1754-1763.)

Abstract The Enoch Silsby Collection is relative primarily to Silsby's business activities and, to a lesser degree, his personal or household expenses. Included are letters from merchants, mostly in New Orleans, Louisiana; Savanna, Georgia; Wiscasset, Maine; New York, New York; London and Liverpool, England; and Marseilles, France. These letters deal chiefly with Silsby's commercial enterprises including trading in fish, tobacco, and cotton. A large portion of the letters, especially those from...

Abstract Collection of business and household papers including correspondence, bills, accounts, receipts, freight lists, manifests or invoices of cargo, records of disbursements from vessels commanded by Lee, and other papers relating to the brigs CAROLINE (1802-1803), BULIA (1803-1804), SUSSEX (1805-1908), JEROME (1824-1826), PLATO (1831-1832), and LEXINGTON (1833) and ships WALTER (1810) and SIX BROTHERS (1827-1830) and to his activities as supercargo on the ships BELLE (1822) and UNION (1823) and...

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This collection consists of volumes of diaries kept by Gerald W. Medderd before and during an around-the-world cruise with Ray Kauffman, a long time friend and owner of the ketch HURRICANE. It also contains photocopies of letters written to the family before and during the voyage, customs and consular documents, and a biographical sketch of Ray Kauffman.

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The Houche-Lamphere-Flint Collection contains Houche and Flint business and family correspondence, as well as Lamphere genealogy.

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Blueprints, maps, charts, correspondence, advertisements, catalogs, building specifications, and inventory forms for the Crescent Beach Land Company development of Crescent Beach in Niantic, Connecticut. Correspondence, specifications, and advertisements for yachts bought and sold by Joseph T. Cruttenden.

Abstract The John F. Brooks Records total 111 volumes dated 1858 to 1915. The first 55 volumes are letterbooks, 1869-1915, 9 cashbooks follow, then 8 journals/daybooks dated 1877-1915. Following those are 8 summary journals, 6 trail balance books, 17 invoice books, 2 cargo books, and 3 miscellaneous record books. Volumes with entries prior to 1880 are primarily records of the M. Bartlett shipping business of which John Brooks was a partner. Matthew Bartlett died in May 1880,and thus for all practical...

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Receipts, instructions, regulations, notes, magazine articles, and photocopies of two logbooks from the eastern-rig Dragger ROANN, a vessel in the Mystic Seaport watercraft collection.

Abstract Papers chiefly relating to the ships MARY & SUSAN, WOODSIDE, FANEUIL HALL, and CATO, managed by the firm. Includes 75 letters pertaining to the sale of cargo of the ship MARY & SUSAN; cash disbursements, invoices, and customs papers of the four vessels for voyages to Calcutta, Apalachicola, Liverpool, and New Orleans; and ca. 65 balance sheets itemizing debits and credits of voyages to Calcutta. Other persons represented include ship master William F. Parrott, supercargo, William H....