Abstract Correspondence and diaries, relating to Fish's daily life. Subjects include his command of the schooner HUDSON, brig EMELINE, and others and his shipbuilding career, associated with William Ellery Maxson, Simeon Fish (his son), Benjamin F. Hoxie, and Capt. William Clift, operating as Maxson, Fish & Co. (included shipbuilding during the Civil War). Other vessels represented include schooner ELIZABETH, brigs SAMSON and SARAH, and barks PILGRIM and WILLIAM H. BRODIE. Correspondents include...

Abstract Papers relating to Mathews's maritime career and the vessels he commanded, including accounts and account books for the ship ALARM, ship ERICSSON, ship JOHN TUCKER, ship RADIANT, ship ROBIN HOOD, and ship WINGED ARROW, and the missionary brig MORNING STAR; journals covering voyages by ERICSSON, JOHN TUCKER, MORNING STAR, RADIANT, and WINGED ARROW; and a freight list and sailing instructions (1871-1872) for the missionary brig MORNING STAR. Mathews family material includes household bills and...

Abstract Papers chiefly relating to the ships MARY & SUSAN, WOODSIDE, FANEUIL HALL, and CATO, managed by the firm. Includes 75 letters pertaining to the sale of cargo of the ship MARY & SUSAN; cash disbursements, invoices, and customs papers of the four vessels for voyages to Calcutta, Apalachicola, Liverpool, and New Orleans; and ca. 65 balance sheets itemizing debits and credits of voyages to Calcutta. Other persons represented include ship master William F. Parrott, supercargo, William H....

Abstract Colllection of correspondence; accounts; bills; receipts; wage statements; crew lists and other customs documents; mortgage from Patrick McCullough, owner, of Ireland, to Nathaniel T. Gifford, agent, New Bedford, Massachusetts; powers of attorney from McCullough to Gifford, and from Josiah W. Bonney and Isaac Howland, agents under the will of Gifford, to Albert A. Thomas, whaling master; and bills of sale (1871) from Thomas to new ship owners, Louis Arthur Nathan and Andrew Wardrop, of...

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Records from the vessel's last whaling voyage, sailing out of New Bedford, Mass, mastered by Joseph Thompson, on a voyage to the South Atlantic, including papers relating to crew desertions, discharges and additions, repair of the windlass, and the survey, condemning, and sale of the ship in the Seychelles.

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Collection 249 contains six of the HELEN BARNET GRING's logs for the period 1920-1927 while under the command of George Mohr. The log keeper is unknown. Sail plans for the HELEN BARNET GRING are cataloged in the Ships Plans Division of the Mystic Seaport Museum, while the Curatorial Department has several GRING photos on file.

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Business correspondence, logbooks, and other papers, reflecting trading voyages to New Orleans, Louisiana; Le Havre, France; and Liverpool, England. Includes letters from other shipmasters and merchants/agents regarding cargos, markets, etc.

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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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Correspondence, track chart, articles and newspaper clippings about the ship, and logbooks (1924-1925) for three voyages.

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This collection contains business and personal papers, scrapbooks, clippings, and an unfinished biography of Sargent by his son, Redford Ames Sargent. Included is a journal kept by Redford Ames Sargent aboard the ship THOMAS DANA of Boston during a voyage 1888-1889.