Shipowners--Massachusetts--New Bedford
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Benjamin D. Cleveland Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-093
Abstract
The papers include journals, logs, or accounts for the bark CHARLES W. MORGAN, the schooners W. A. GRABER and R. S. GRAHAM, and the brigs DAISY and LEANORA. Also included are some of Captain Cleveland's personal accounts, stocks, etc.
Dates:
1899 - 1924
Found in:
Manuscripts
Charles Waln Morgan Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-027
Abstract
This is a collection of correspondence, letterpress and letter copybooks, diaries, ship's outfitting books, invoice book, marine insurance policies, journals, ledgers, wastebooks, deeds, memorandum and petty cashbooks, and other account books, dealing mainly with Morgan's interests in management of whaling ships and contract with U.S. Treasury Dept. to supply whale oil to lighthouses.It also includes material on his investments in western lands such as Ohio and Michigan,...
Dates:
1796 - 1861
Found in:
Manuscripts
Records of the Ship HECTOR
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-119
Abstract
The bulk of these papers is comprised of bills and accounts charged against HECTOR, her captain Amos A. Chase, and William and Benjamin Rotch, between the years 1852 and 1860. Of particular interest is a booklet from Taber, Gordon & Co. (Ship Chandlers & Grocers) of New Bedford, that contains a checklist of every item needed for a whaling voyage.
Dates:
1848-1864 (bulk 1852-1860)
Found in:
Manuscripts