Abstract Business and personal correspondence, accounts, bills, receipts, shipping and cargo records, marine insurance policies, articles of agreement, charter parties, bills of lading, and other documents, chiefly relating to the shipping activities of Daniel Walker Lord (1800-1880) and other family members, including William Jefferds (1753-1820), Nathaniel Lord (1776-1815), Lieut. Tobias Lord (1748-1808), and Tobias Lord (1778-1854), the family's shipping agent in New York City. Includes published...

Abstract The John F. Brooks Records total 111 volumes dated 1858 to 1915. The first 55 volumes are letterbooks, 1869-1915, 9 cashbooks follow, then 8 journals/daybooks dated 1877-1915. Following those are 8 summary journals, 6 trail balance books, 17 invoice books, 2 cargo books, and 3 miscellaneous record books. Volumes with entries prior to 1880 are primarily records of the M. Bartlett shipping business of which John Brooks was a partner. Matthew Bartlett died in May 1880,and thus for all practical...

Abstract The collection contains mostly incoming correspondence from Cuban exporters. There are numerous letters from the Cardenas firms of D. Ruiz Toledo, Smith & Co., and L. Soler & Co., C. Uhrback & Co., and Alfonso & Blanchard. Tow Matanzas firms and one in Sagua La Grande are also well represented. There are several letters to Churchill, Brown & Manson from their Boston office, and letters from customer and/or agents in St. Louis, New York and Canada. Monthly balance sheets...

Abstract This collections consists of letters from ship masters of vessels owned or managed by members of the Treat family and from merchants in Bangor, Frankfort, and Winterport, Maine; New York; Boston; Baltimore; Cuba; and South American ports, chiefly relating to cargo transported, but also providing reports of the voyages, the weather, and departure and arrival dates; together with accounts, bills, charter-parties, bills of lading, receipts, insurance policies, cargo manifests, and other...

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...

Abstract The collection is contained primarily bills and receipts, etc., for expenses relative to the vessel's maintenance and the transportation of cargo. Typical expense include bills for towing, wharfage, trimming cargo, fumigating ship, and loading and unloading cargo. Pilot fees and bridge charges are also present, along with numerous other vessel accounts. A limited number of letters can be found in this collection, usually between L. C. Gandy and the master of the PROVIDENCE, discussing cargo...

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The collection details the Hound's activities from April 1858 through June 1859. Included is an abstract log, New York to San Francisco; disbursements at San Francisco; freight lists and crew lists; 5 cargo books; and other miscellaneous items.

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Papers document voyage by voyage details of coal trade between New England and Newport News, Virginia and include vessel information, weather conditions, incidents at sea, loading information, payroll records, and the names of companies doing business with the White Oak Transportation Company.

Abstract The Benson Collection begins with two boxes of correspondence, primarily between Timothy Benson and Charles Brewer, discussing cargoes, provisions, repairs, and other general business matters involving the MARTHA DAVIS. Included are some letters-relative to Rebecca Benson and her business affairs with Charles Brewer & Co. 1890-1911. Box 3 contains shipping papers for Barks VIKING 1865-1869, and MARTHA DAVIS 1873-1877, while Box 4 has envelopes, stamped and addressed, ca.1876-1911. The...

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The marine insurance policies contained in this collection represent the years following the companies inception, 1802-1808, with the bulk of the policies written in 1806. Policies are arranged by policy number, and clearly follow a chronological pattern.