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Coffin, Moses, 1799-1882. Moses Coffin and John Jay papers/Carpenter collection, 1827-1869.

Title: Moses Coffin and John Jay papers/Carpenter collection, 1827-1869.

Correspondence of Coffin and other family members, ship's papers and financial documents of the whaling ship, John Jay, mastered by Coffin; poetry; and miscellaneous papers. Papers of the John Jay include directions for fever medication and wound ointment; note from Frederick Elmarez, master of the brigantine Pinac, advising Moses Coffin to proceed to the U.S. consulate in Paita, Peru; directives from U.S. consul Michael Hogan, Valparaśo, Chile, on a number of subjects, including orders to keep Capt. Alexander Drew in irons on the passage home to Nantucket, naming Moses Coffin master of the ship, and correspondence with shipowners Zenas and Gilbert Coffin concerning assistance for Moses Coffin; and ALS from C.W. Cartwright, of Boston, to Moses Coffin, Edgartown, concerning the shipping of casks of oil to Nantucket.

ArchivalResource: 4 file folders.

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Coffin, Isaac S.; b. 1838. Isaac S. Coffin Papers, 1820-1866.

Title: Isaac S. Coffin Papers, 1820-1866.

Collection includes shipping papers, shipping accounts, correspondence, and patent application for "Coffin Improved Windlass".

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/646278897 View