The collection consists of accounts, bills, receipts, bills of lading, promissory notes and correspondence contained in 20 file folders. There are also 14 volumes including account books, ledgers, and other various record books, detailing the business activities of Jesse, Jacob, Cyrus, and Charles Hurd. This material contains information on crews wages, cargoes, lumber, store accounts, shipyard business, personal accounts, ropewalk accounts, and shipbuilding activity.

Includes correspondence, bids, contracts, materials, lists, etc. Papers pertaining to wooden steamships for the U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp. (1917-1920) are present, as are specifications for numerous barges and scows built by the Company during the 1920s. Letters, bills, etc.. (ca. 1857-1890), involve orders for lumber and other materials, and the management of company vessels.