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Wheeler, Amos, 1784-1822. Papers. 1811-1818.

Title: Papers. 1811-1818.

Papers related to the seafaring activities of Amos Wheeler, Jr., especially when he was on the crew of a private mercantile ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for military duty during the War of 1812. The papers include letters, diaries, and legal documents concerning Wheeler's capture by British authorities and subsequent imprisonment at Halifax, Nova Scotia; logbooks, inventories, contracts, notes, and other financial records related to voyages of cargo ships. "Saratoga", "Yankee", "Nabby" and "Young Hornet"; and afidavits and other legal documents concerned with the indictment of Giles Slocum II for financial losses incurred when cargo ships he chartered were seized by the British.

ArchivalResource: l box (.30 cu.ft.).

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Cook, Matthew Scott, 1803-1882. Papers, 1807-1887 / Matthew Scott Cook.

Title: Papers, 1807-1887 / Matthew Scott Cook.

Correspondence, land agreements and deeds, survey and field notes, financial receipts, legal briefs, travel journals, memoranda and account books relating to Cook's farm; meteorological data; and Civil War correspondence. Includes 17 diaries of Amos Wheeler, Jr.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear ft. (4 boxes)

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