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 The collection consists of accounts, bills, receipts, documents, and correspondence relative to the shipbuilding and management activities of Josiah, Josiah Jr., and Jonathan Holmes. The papers are concentrated between 1840-1878, and represent a rather thorough record of the Holmes shipyard during those years. Items of singular interest include a large collection of marine insurance policies, shipping articles, shipbuilding agreements, bills of sale, and cargo storage diagrams. Records...

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Correspondence, account books, bills, receipts, and other papers, relating to the business activities of Capt. Martin Waterman (1793-1860), of Duxbury, Mass., and to numerous vessels he mastered or owned, with hymns, poetry, and religious verse by Waterman; together with papers of Waterman's parents, Eliphalet and Silvinia Waterman, and his youngest son, Lucius A. Waterman; and prints and photos of ships and family members.