Abstract Manuscripts of Davis's published and unpublished works, including several journals written and illustrated by Davis of various yachting cruises and races; published materials as well as personal correspondence, contracts, tax records, and sketches relating to pieces written either by or for Davis, including pages from Yachting, Forest and Stream, and Outing Magazine; notes and newspaper clippings relating to certain yacht races, including some sponsored by Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club;...

Abstract Material relating to Holmes' partnership with George Randall and John C. Haskell in the dredging firm of Randall, Haskell, and Holmes of New Bedford, Mass. Includes correspondence relating to partnership arrangements, the patent for operations, boat building, contracts, financial matters, daily operation of the dredging boats, patent difficulties, and outfitting. Also includes accounting records of the firm, including checks, bills, accounts, account books, ledgers, logbooks, daybooks,...

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Journals and other documents related to George Elliott’s sealing and whaling voyages, including a contract with Silas E. Burrows and account of Nathaniel Brown Palmer’s last sealing expedition; a lecture Elliott delivered on whales and whaling; family correspondence; an autobiography written by Elizabeth Hill, Elliott’s mother; sketches of Elliott’s inventions; receipts and miscellaneous papers dealing with the Elliott/Hill families and Elliot’s business undertakings.

Abstract Scattered papers of the company and three of its predecessors: Coast Wrecking Company, Merritt's Wrecking Organization, and Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Company. Includes minutes of meetings of the National Board of Marine Underwriters (New York, N.Y.), primary stockholders of Coast Wrecking Company; auction catalog for sale of materials belonging to Coast Wrecking Company; salvage contracts of Merritt's Wrecking Organization; copy of a U.S. House of Representatives bill...

Abstract These records are the "wreck file"of the T.A. Scott Company, including correspondence, telegrams, transcripts of telephone calls, memos, bills, wreck reports, marine protests, newspaper clippings, lists of items salvaged, charts, divers' reports, surveys, blueprints, contracts, and legal documents, arranged by name of vessel, relating to nearly 500 wrecks, from little known barges to yachts and passenger liners; together with items relating to John Knight Bucklyn (founder and teacher in the...

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Correspondence, building specifications, sales contracts, vessel weight and displacement calculation tables, ships' plans reprints, design lists, and miscellaneous notes, 1932-1973 resulting from Warner's yacht and vessel design career. Vessels represented include ketch FELISI, research ship SHANG WHEELER, ferry SELDEN IV, and 6 ft. plastic shipmate JOLLY BOAT.