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Abigail (Ship). Logbook of the ship Abigail, 1852 Aug. 23-1856 Apr. 28.

Title: Logbook of the ship Abigail, 1852 Aug. 23-1856 Apr. 28.

Log, keeper unknown, relating to a whaling voyage to the Atlantic and North Pacific Ocean, Okhotsk Sea, and Bering Sea.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/472670464 View

Lund, Jonathan P., 1796-1874. Jonathan P. Lund papers, 1830-1862.

Title: Jonathan P. Lund papers, 1830-1862.

Ships' accounts, accounts relating to Acushnet Paper Mill and candle paper works, bills of sale for shares in New Bedford, Mass., whaling vessels, indentures (tinpate working), and insurance policies for both whaling vessels and paper mill and stock.

ArchivalResource: ca. 150 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47728049 View

Abigail (Ship). Logbook of the ship Abigil, 1843 Nov. 27-1847 July 26.

Title: Logbook of the ship Abigil, 1843 Nov. 27-1847 July 26.

Log, kept by David Barnard, relating to a whaling voyage to the Pacific Ocean.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (153 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/648759444 View

Records, 1790-1909.

Title: Records, 1790-1909.

Certificates of appointment for inspectors and collectors of customs, 1791-1909; licenses for sloop FAIR AMERICAN, 1810; manifestos for safe passage of whaling vessels, signed by Presidents from Washington to Jackson, 1797-1830; clearance papers for ship ABIGAIL and brig POLLY, 1807; receipts, bills, duty receipts, and request for customs boat to come to New London, Conn., 1807-1825; permanent enrollment certificate of ship LADY HAMILTON of Sag Harbor, 1811; and coasting license to sloop POLLY, 1790.

ArchivalResource: 26 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155545982 View

Abigail (Ship). Logbook of the ship Abigil, 1843 Nov. 27-1847 July 26.

Title: Logbook of the ship Abigil, 1843 Nov. 27-1847 July 26.

Log, kept by David Barnard, relating to a whaling voyage to the Pacific Ocean.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (153 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71254678 View

Dalton family papers 1693-1876 1761-1769, 1777-1779 Dalton family papers

Title: Dalton family papers 1693-1876 1761-1769, 1777-1779 Dalton family papers

The Dalton family papers document three generations of the Dalton family of Boston, Massachusetts: Captain James Dalton, Peter Roe Dalton, and Peter Roe Dalton, Jr. This wealthy family was involved in transatlantic shipping and local Boston politics.

ArchivalResource: 168 items

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Merry, Thomas F. [Whaling logs of the ships Rosalie and Abigail], 1817 May 16-1819 July 8.

Title: [Whaling logs of the ships Rosalie and Abigail], 1817 May 16-1819 July 8.

Logbook kept aboard the Rosalie, on a voyage from New York to Canton, 16 May 1817-16 May 1818, commanded by Thomas F. Merry, with entries describing daily weather and sea conditions. Also includes a list of "stores for the voyage". Describes 21 Sept. 1817 at anchor at Whampoa, 12 Dec. 1817 Canton to Philadelphia, 20 April 1818 Philadelphia to New York, and 16 May 1818 arrived back in New York. Logbook kept aboard the Abigail, on a voyage from Sag Harbor to Brazille Bank off the coast of Patagonia, 5 Aug. 1818-8 July 1819, commanded by Jeremiah Post, describing daily weather and sea conditions. Also includes a list of "stores for the voyage". Describes 30 Nov. 1818 at False Bank, 12 Dec. 1818 at Main Bank, 14 Jan. 1819 Whaling on the False Bank, 25 Jan. 1819 at Brazille Bank, 10 May 1819 Brazil Bank to Sag Harbor, and 8 July 1819 Gardiners Bay.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/221630536 View

Abigail (Ship). Logbook of the ship Abigail, 1839 July 28-1843 Apr. 6.

Title: Logbook of the ship Abigail, 1839 July 28-1843 Apr. 6.

Log, kept by James V. Cox, relating to a whaling voyage to the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (242 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/680823297 View

Corlis Family. Papers., 1757-1852 1801-1833.

Title: Papers., 1757-1852 1801-1833.

Collection includes correspondence, business records, ship records, legal records, and miscellaneous papers of John Corlis, a Providence (R.I.) merchant and later a farmer in Bourbon County (Ky.). Correspondence, 1791-1852, discusses Corlis' merchant business and international trading efforts in Providence (R.I.); his family's move to Bourbon County (Ky.) in 1816; family matters and daily routines; their efforts to establish and manage a farm in Bourbon County; and business transactions John Corlis maintained with the Brown and Ives firm in Providence. Business records incloude invoices, insurance claims, ledgers, and correspondence regarding the voyage of the Hazard from Providence to Liverpool and Amsterdam in 1801; and routine business papers, 1809-1834, regarding his efforts as a merchant in Rhode Island and later a farmer in Kentucky. The remainder of the collection includes legal records, 1759-1833; miscellaneous material; a business ledger, 1797-1803, regarding Corlis' merchant business in Providence; and a family Bible, including genealogical information onf the Corlis, Russell, and Respess families.

ArchivalResource: .33 cu. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49211629 View

Gray family. Papers, 1742-1904.

Title: Papers, 1742-1904.

Chiefly military papers (1776-77) of Capt. James Gray, of New Hampshire, relating to his service in the Revolution, including returns and rolls for his company in the Continental Army's 10th Massachusetts Regiment under Col. Thomas Marshall at Boston, orders and communiques relating to the fortification of Noddles Island in Boston Harbor, Sept. 1776, including the capture of the ship Abigail, orderly book and accounts for supplies of quartermaster stores at Medford, Mass., 1776, journal of march to Ticonderoga and the retreat to Skenesborough (now Whitehall), N.Y., and rolls and arms inventories of Gray's company in the 3rd New Hampshire Regiment of 1777 under Col. Alexander Scammell. (Con't) Also correspondence of Gray's son, Moses Parsons Gray, with his parents while a mariner during voyages from Boston to European and domestic ports (1797-1805), including an ill-fated voyage as master of the ship Diana to Havana, and ship's papers issued by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison; correspondence and journals (1742-83) of Rev. Moses Parsons, of Byfield, Mass. Correspondents include Theophilus Parsons and Benjamin Lincoln.

ArchivalResource: 1 box, 2 v., and 1 oversize container.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17156481 View

Carrington Papers, 1798-1911, (bulk 1802-1860)

Title: Carrington Papers Carrington Papers 1798-1911 (bulk 1802-1860)

Edward Carrington (1775-1843) was born in New Haven, Connecticut. As a young man, he came to Providence, R.I., where he worked as a clerk and supercargo for local merchants Seth Wheaton, Samuel Butler, and Richard Jackson. He resided in Canton, China from 1802 to 1810, serving as American Consul, acting as an agent for other American merchants, and amassing a considerable fortune by trading on his own behalf. The collection documents his mercantile and shipping activities in China, South America and Europe during 1802-1857. It also documents his other business enterprises in the textile industry in Rhode Island with the Hamlet Mill and Manufacturing Company, 1834-1860 and the Blackstone Canal Company, 1823-1831. The collection also contains the personal papers of Edward Carrington, his son Edward II, and Edward II's wife Candace (Dorr) Carrington.

ArchivalResource: 122 linear feet

http://library.brown.edu/riamco/render.php?eadid=US-RHi-mss333&view=title View

Carrington Papers, 1798-1911, (bulk 1802-1860)

Title: Carrington Papers Carrington Papers 1798-1911 (bulk 1802-1860)

Edward Carrington (1775-1843) was born in New Haven, Connecticut. As a young man, he came to Providence, R.I., where he worked as a clerk and supercargo for local merchants Seth Wheaton, Samuel Butler, and Richard Jackson. He resided in Canton, China from 1802 to 1810, serving as American Consul, acting as an agent for other American merchants, and amassing a considerable fortune by trading on his own behalf. The collection documents his mercantile and shipping activities in China, South America and Europe during 1802-1857. It also documents his other business enterprises in the textile industry in Rhode Island with the Hamlet Mill and Manufacturing Company, 1834-1860 and the Blackstone Canal Company, 1823-1831. The collection also contains the personal papers of Edward Carrington, his son Edward II, and Edward II's wife Candace (Dorr) Carrington.

ArchivalResource: 122 linear feet

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Lund, Jonathan P.,. Papers, 1830-1862.

Title: Papers, 1830-1862.

Ships' accounts, accounts relating to Acushnet Paper Mill and candle paper works, bills of sale for shares in New Bedford, Mass., whaling vessels, indentures (tinplate working), and insurance policies for both whaling vessels and paper mill and stock.

ArchivalResource: ca. 150 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70955797 View

Vernon family. Records, 1738-1829.

Title: Records, 1738-1829.

The material in this collection records imports, exports, and orders of goods generated and/or received by the Vernons. Such products as rum,sugar, molasses, wine, cheese, indigo, nails, glass bottles and flasks, wigs, cotton, cloth, candles, flour, chocolate, coffee, dry goods, and kitchenware are represented. Import fees and percentages received by commission merchants are often recorded. Letters detail such facets of trade as problems with credit, payments lost in the mail, spoilage of food products, and transportation of goods. Other items in the collection document costs associated with operating ships and brigs. Some of the bills and receipts are for personal products needed by members of the Vernon family, including clothing, shoes, lighting equipment, a coffeepot, and items for the kitchen. There are two bills for schools attended by Vernon children.

ArchivalResource: ca. 240 items (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84665687 View

Abigail (Ship). Logbook, 1853 Apr. 16-1854 Aug. 28.

Title: Logbook, 1853 Apr. 16-1854 Aug. 28.

Log, keeper unknown, relating to a whaling voyage to the North Pacific Ocean, Okhotsk Sea, and Bering Sea.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70976316 View

Morgan, Charles W. Business records, 1820-1865 (inclusive) [microform].

Title: Business records, 1820-1865 (inclusive) [microform].

Correspondence and other papers of a merchant of New Bedford, Mass. Receipt books, ships' accounts, and letter books relating to whaling, 1831-1838. Among the whalers of which Morgan was agent or owner were the ships Condor, Hector, Hesper, President, Magnolia, Rodman, Pioneer, Frances Henrietta, Clarice, Abigail, Maria, Benezet, Troy, Wareham, and Charlestown Packet. There is also a receipt book, 1834-1835, for supplies for lighthouses and unbound papers, 1820-1865, including bills of lading, accounts current, bills, letters, and miscellany. Also included are two letter books relating to Duncannon Iron Works, Clark's Ferry, Pa., 1841-1850. The iron works were owned by Morgan and William L. Fisher. These private letter books deal with many interests, mainly in Pennsylvania. They are particularly interesting in their reflection of the business depression of the period, and show the hope the manufacturers had in the tariff.

ArchivalResource: .75 linear ft. (7 v., 1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269585809 View

Abigail (Ship). Logbook of the ship Abigail, 1839 Apr. 2-July 7.

Title: Logbook of the ship Abigail, 1839 Apr. 2-July 7.

Partial log, kept by James V. Cox, relating to a whaling voyage to the Atlantic Ocean.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (242 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/680796553 View