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Graves, William; 1811-1877. William Graves, Jr. Papers, 1811-1885.

Title: William Graves, Jr. Papers, 1811-1885.

Shipping records of William Graves, his father, William (1785-1851), and brother Alexander (1823-1869) of Newburyport, MA. Collection consists of correspondence, financial papers, investments, etc. Owned ships Josiah L. Hale, Tennyson, and Castilian.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/663157283 View

Lunt, Micajah, 1796-1874. Account book for Micajah Lunt. 1849-1873.

Title: Account book for Micajah Lunt. 1849-1873.

Account book for Micajah Lunt. Contains manifests of freight, cash disbursements, port charges, and other ship related expenses for the ships Castilian and Winona.

ArchivalResource: One 8.5" X 13" account book plus portrait of Micajah Lunt.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318120131 View

Graves, Edward, 1831-1873. Edward Graves Papers, 1855-1862.

Title: Edward Graves Papers, 1855-1862.

Newburyport, MA ship captain. Collection includes letter book (1855-1859) and account book (1851-1862). Letter book contains letters from various ports as well as copies of his negotiated maritime contracts with his employer.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/759994369 View

Young, William Proby, Jr. Diary, 1860.

Title: Diary, 1860.

Kept while employed by the American Colonization Society to treat African slaves confiscated by the U.S. government from slave traders, on their return trip to Africa aboard the ship "Castilian." Includes observations on the slave trade, medical treatments, punishments, concerns for sudden deaths of seemingly healthy Africans, disagreements among Africans and the ship's crew, distribution of water rations and diet, brief character sketches of crew members and some of the Africans, and mortality rates of the Africans. Also includes descriptions of Key West, Fla., and the Liberian communities of Cape Mount, Robertsport, Grand Bassa, and Monrovia, especially the housing, businesses, politics, society, and the economy, a Liberian woman owning twenty slaves, and Liberians desiring to return to American slavery.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (160 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31276726 View