Abstract This is a collection of correspondence, letterpress and letter copybooks, diaries, ship's outfitting books, invoice book, marine insurance policies, journals, ledgers, wastebooks, deeds, memorandum and petty cashbooks, and other account books, dealing mainly with Morgan's interests in management of whaling ships and contract with U.S. Treasury Dept. to supply whale oil to lighthouses.It also includes material on his investments in western lands such as Ohio and Michigan,...

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Correspondence, accounts, bills, order books, cashbooks, appointment books, price lists, photography formulas, charts, advertisements, technical information, and other papers. Persons represented include photographers (and partners) Nathan E. Nash, Lucius Thompson, W.T. Dyer, Addison Scholfield, and George E. Tingley, and E.A. Scholfield's wife, Leonora B. (Ashbey) Scholfield.

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The collection includes cashbooks, notebooks, and diary of appointments, relating to Upson's sailmaking business.

Abstract The Mallory Family Papers, 1808-1966 (bulk between 1886-1941), consist of twenty fiberdex cartons containing approximately 6,000 pieces and 86 volumes which depict 150 years of business activities of an important American shipping and shipbuilding family in varying degrees of completeness. They include primarily general correspondence, genealogical notes, racing records of family yachts, yachting recollections, statistical data on vessels owned and/or built by the family, newspaper...

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...

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Correspondence, chiefly written by George W. Middleton, in charge of the Yokohama office and thought to be company president, letterpress copybooks, cashbooks, and ledgers. Other persons represented include John Middleton and C. Redington Joy.

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The Records of Lawrence & Co., 1822-1904, consists of eleven boxes containing approximately 5,800 pieces and 134 volumes which illustrate quite well the whaling, sealing, and commercial activities of the Company as well as its predecessors Miner, Lawrence & Co. and Joseph Lawrence.

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The collection includes ledgers, cashbooks, insurance records, and miscellaneous accounts.

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The Records of the Mystic Shipyard contains over 25,000 pieces of manuscripts filed in 66 document boxes, plus 31 volumes of business records.

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Business records of the New London Steamboat Company comprises of ledgers, journals, and cashbooks.