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Crowninshield, Benjamin, 1758-1836. Benjamin Crowninshield Family Papers, 1757-1934.

Title: Benjamin Crowninshield Family Papers, 1757-1934.

The collection is comprised of the shipping, business, and personal papers of Benjamin Crowninshield, his son Benjamin, Jr., and a series of other descendants of Jacob and Hannah (Carlton) Crowninshield. The bulk of the collection os made up of the writings of Benjamin Crowninshield Jr. (1782-1864). However, there is a significant corpus of material related to his father's shipping activities, and the naval careers of Jacob Crowninshield (1799-1849) and William Wallach Crowninshield.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (2.25 linear feet)

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Crowninshield, Benjamin, 1758-1836. Family papers, 1757-1934.

Title: Family papers, 1757-1934.

Chiefly papers of Crowninshield's son, Benjamin Crowninshield, Jr. (1782-1864); together with shipping, business, and personal papers, of Benjamin Sr., and other descendants of Jacob and Hannah (Carlton) Crowninshield. Subjects include Benjamin Sr.'s shipping activities; the first ocean voyage (1817) of the pleasure yacht Cleopatra's Barge, owned by a cousin, George Crowninshield, Jr., during which Benjamin Crowninshield served as captain and his son, a member of the crew; and the careers of Jacob Crowninshield, (1799-1849) and William Wallach Crowninshield (1823-1874) in the U.S. Navy.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28415911 View