Abstract This collection is one of Mystic Seaport's larger manuscript collections, and includes a vast number of business letters, ca. 1863-1893. There are also general business accounts, bills, receipts, etc., many of which are organized by specific vessels, businesses, or individuals. Included are bills of sale for vessels controlled by Williams, balance sheet, insurance policies, wills, deeds, and other documents. Papers relevant to William's land investments in South Carolina, Georgia, and the...

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Collection contains 23 pieces and one volume. Includes bills of sale, bills of lading, towing receipts, a description of the loss of Schooner E. H. BRAZOS, newspaper clippings, and other miscellaneous waybills relative to the shipping activities of C. H. Rayner. Volume is freight accounts and port charges for Schooner QUICKSTEP, 1878

Abstract Correspondence, accounts, receipts, bills of sale, ship's papers, deeds, mortgages, ledgers, daybooks, printed materials, and other papers, relating to the West Indies and coastal trade, whaling, sailmaking, charter-parties, Mystic, Connecticut town affairs, probate court in Groton, Connecticut, and other family business and domestic matters. Persons represented include shipmasters Amos Clift (1768-1818), Amos Clift (1808-1878), Amos Clift (1830-1887), Nathaniel (1775-1837), Hiram, and...

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The collection contains 14 pieces in one box. The pieces range from the military appointment of Noyes as Sergeant Major in the Infantry in 1824 to Bills of Sale of shares in whaling and other vessels from 1840 to 1844.

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This is a collection of chiefly records of Brower Company and its predecessors: Brower & Nelson and Wynkoop, Arthur & Brower, which conducted business (mostly in cotton) on an extensive scale, with interests in as many as 15 vessels at one time.

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This is a collection of Ships' accounts, accounts relating to Acushnet Paper Mill and candle paper works, bills of sale for shares in New Bedford, Mass., whaling vessels, indentures (tinplate working), and insurance policies for both whaling vessels and paper mill and stock. Vessels represented include the ships ABIGAIL, BRAGANZA, CONDOR, and PARACHUTE, and barks LEBARON, MORNING LIGHT, OSCEOLA, and TUSCALOOSA.

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This is a collection of chiefly papers (1877-1909) relating to Moore's efforts to obtain a pension as a result of an injury suffered as a sailor aboard the USS WINNIPEC during the Civil War; and other papers. Includes correspondence, accounts, bills, receipts, affidavits, agreements, deeds, and bills of sale.

Abstract Correspondence, accounts and financial papers, insurance policies, charter-parties, deeds, writs, wills, vessel bills of sale and other papers, concerning shipbuilding, and the affairs of a merchant family of the 19th century. Includes materials relating to Holmes' sons, Alexander, Edward, Horace, and Paraclete; his sea captains and business agents; the family's interest in the Alabama claims, and West Indian, coastwise and trans-Atlantic trade; and vessel accounts, disbursements, etc., for...

Abstract This collection includes accounts, agreements, bills of sale, bills of lading, manifests, sailing directions, registrations, clearance papers, letters, and government documents concerning coastwise, West Indies, and South American trade. Also included are letters and documents relative to the French Spoliation Claims. The bulk of the collection is concentrated between 1779 and 1798. The material is arranged chronologically and by vessel name. Over 20 sloops, schooners, and brigs are...

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The collection contains miscellaneous receipts, deeds, franchises, leases, licenses, transfers, bills of sale, tax notices and returns, broadsides, correspondence, etc., involving oystering, primarily in the New Haven and Bridgeport, Connecticut, area. Oyster men featured are H. C. Rowe, A. E. Hamilton, Charles E. Hamilton, and Edwin Thompson. The collection also includes numerous pamphlets and articles relating to the oyster industry in general.