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Dearden, Robert R. (Robert Rowland),. Early American watermarks: collection, 1695-1937.

Title: Early American watermarks: collection, 1695-1937.

A collection of early American watermarks, 1695-1937, made by Robert R. Dearden and accompanied by a card file of drawings and tracings of watermarks. Most are eighteenth-century, and many are from paper mills in Pennsylvania. The collection includes a file of Dutch watermarks, some in seventeenth-century American documents, and a file of watermarks of unknown origin. As well as papers with original marks, it includes James F. Magee's photostat reproductions of watermarks, ms. notes about paper mills and paper-makers, and some twentieth-century newspaper clippings and ephemera, including two Christmas cards reproducing eighteenth-century watermarks in modern paper.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58671148 View

Moultrie, Thomas, 1740-1780. Letter : Bacon Bridge, S.C., to Major Harleston, Charleston, S.C., 1780 Feb. 29.

Title: Letter : Bacon Bridge, S.C., to Major Harleston, Charleston, S.C., 1780 Feb. 29.

Letter informs Major Isaac Harleston of the loss of the gun ship "Defiance" and other matters.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32141455 View

Melatiah Bourn papers, 1728-1803 (inclusive).

Title: Melatiah Bourn papers, 1728-1803 (inclusive).

Accounts current, bills and other papers of Melatiah Bourn, Silvanus Bourn, Timothy Bourn, Nathaniel Holmes, and Samuel Sturgis, Boston merchants engaged in trade in the U.S., the West Indies, Nova Scotia, and Europe, and in fishing and whaling expeditions off the African coast. Includes references to whalers Friendship, Hannah, and Endeavor, and merchant vessels Wheel of Fortune, Lydia, Betty, and Molly.

ArchivalResource: 6.66 linear ft. (20 boxes)

https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/11/resources/432 View

Great Britain. Royal Navy. Logbooks: British Navy Collection, 1758-1933 (bulk, 1807-1837).

Title: Logbooks: British Navy Collection, 1758-1933 (bulk, 1807-1837).

The collection consists of thirteen volumes of original and transcribed logbooks from British naval vessels.

ArchivalResource: 13 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/480119511 View

H.M.S. Penelope, H.M.S. Defiance, H.M.S. Hamadryad, H.M.S. Boyne, H.M.S. Salisbury, and H.M.S. Raleigh logbooks, 1807-1822

Title: H.M.S. Penelope, H.M.S. Defiance, H.M.S. Hamadryad, H.M.S. Boyne, H.M.S. Salisbury, and H.M.S. Raleigh logbooks 1807-1822

These journals (8 vols.) were kept by Commander George Harnage (alternately called George Blackman) while serving in the British Navy from 1807-1822, advancing through the ranks from midshipman to commander and covering service on board the following ships: H.M. Frigate Penelope (1807-1811) during travels along the coasts of Spain and America, and the West Indies; the H.M.S. Defiance (1811-1813) during travels to the Netherlands; H.M. Frigate Hamadryad (1814-1815) during voyages off the coasts of America and Newfoundland; H.M.S. Boyne (1815-1816) during voyages in the Mediterranean region; H.M.S. Salisbury (1818-1820) during voyages in the West Indies; and H.M. Brig Raleigh (1820-1822) during voyages to Jamaica and the West Indies

ArchivalResource: .84 linear foot (2 boxes)

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Harnage, George. H.M.S. Penelope, H.M.S. Defiance, H.M.S. Hamadryad, H.M.S. Boyne, H.M.S. Salisbury, and H.M.S. Raleigh logbooks, 1807-1822.

Title: H.M.S. Penelope, H.M.S. Defiance, H.M.S. Hamadryad, H.M.S. Boyne, H.M.S. Salisbury, and H.M.S. Raleigh logbooks, 1807-1822.

These journals (8 vols.) were kept by Commander George Harnage (alternately called George Blackman) while serving in the British Navy from 1807-1822, advancing through the ranks from midshipman to commander and covering service on board the following ships: H.M. Frigate Penelope (1807-1811) during travels along the coasts of Spain and America, and the West Indies; the H.M.S. Defiance (1811-1813) during travels to the Netherlands; H.M. Frigate Hamadryad (1814-1815) during voyages off the coasts of America and Newfoundland; H.M.S. Boyne (1815-1816) during voyages in the Mediterranean region; H.M.S. Salisbury (1818-1820) during voyages in the West Indies; and H.M. Brig Raleigh (1820-1822) during voyages to Jamaica and the West Indies.

ArchivalResource: .84 linear foot (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/755090843 View

Kendrick, John, 1819-. Account book, 1853-1858.

Title: Account book, 1853-1858.

Accounts of shipmaster recording expenses of the schooner Pampero in 1853 and ship Defiance between 1854 and 1858 for such items as pilotage, towing, wharfage, sails, white lead, food, and clothing for the sailors. Income was often derived from freightage of thousands of tons of guano.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 34 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45657934 View