Accounts and records of men engaged in ocean shipping, 1733-1938 (inclusive).
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Accounts and records of men engaged in ocean shipping, 1733-1938 (inclusive).
Journal of John Erving of Boston, Mass., 1733-1745; accounts and some diary entries of Joseph Prince of Boston, 1746-1754; receipt book of James Russell of Charlestown, Mass., 1747-1754; papers of Albert and Thomas Smith of Hanover, Mass., 1773-1814; scattered papers of Ebenezer and Gorham Parsons of Boston, 1779-1829; receipt book of Joseph Lee of Beverly, Mass., 1780-1831; accounts of Humphrey Howland of New Bedford, Mass., 1785-1806; papers of Nathan Lord of Portsmouth, N.H., 1788-1811; ledger of Jesse Sumner of Boston, 1799-1806; papers of Samuel Salmond of Hanover, Mass., 1816-1853; logbook-like diary kept by Thomas M. Morgan, supercargo on the ship Neptune (R.K. Fisher, master), Philadelphia to Canton, 1817-1818; ship register from Edgartown, Mass., 1821-1844; expense records of Adam and Hugh McCulloch of Kennebunk, Me., 1822-1856; papers of Joseph C. Delano of New Bedford, 1822-1885; accounts of Samuel Varney of Salem, Mass., 1830-1847, of Charles Hitch of New Bedford, 1831-1868, and of Daniel Olney of Buenos Aires, 1803-1805; papers of Octavius Howe of Boston, 1846-1851; cash book of Clark and Somer of Gloucester, Mass., 1856-1880 (including a contract for the building of a ship by Jacob T. Fuller of Hodgin's Mills, Me.); reports of wrecks on Nantucket Island, 1874-1906; and records of various commercial schooners, 1828-1938, collected by Arthur H. Hayden.
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ca. 2.75 linear ft. (16 v., 7 boxes)Copies: 2 microfilm reels.
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