Abstract

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.

Abstract Correspondence, including letters written by whaling masters and sailing orders from the company to these captains; business records, including bills, accounts, receipts, etc., as well as a large number of specific accounts for cotton duck, iron hoops, and sheeting copper; ship's papers for several whaleships owned by the company including FLORA, JOHN & EDWARD, JULIUS CAESAR, PHOENIX, SUPERIOR, TURCARORA, and WILLIAM C. NYE; miscellaneous papers, including marine insurance policies for...