Groton (Conn.)
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Beebe Family Collection
Letters, personal accounts, and other papers, of Silas Beebe (1782-1863), shipmaster from Groton, Conn., and other members of the family; together with ship's papers for the coastal schooner LaGrange, out of Mystic, Conn.
Henry Ashbey Collection
Collection of account books relating to the bark C.S. WILLIAMS and schooners ORIENT and FRANCES AMY, which Ashbey commanded; business letters; letters from Ashbey, in Apalachicola, Florida., written to his wife, Abby Jane; and other accounts and papers. Includes letters and affidavits (1856-1857) regarding unpaid notes of the Texas Republic to Henry Ashbey.
Records of the Norwich & New York Transportation Co.
The 37 volumes are arranged in chronological order, and contain accounts of time and labor by employees on company steamboats. Also included is an inspector's notebook, and a volume identifying claims by owners of cargo or luggage that may have been lost or damaged during passage.