William Law papers 1800-1818

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William Law papers 1800-1818

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1698

William Law, Jr. was a merchant of New York City and Connecticut. Papers consist of correspondence and financial accounts, 1807-1817, generated while Law acted as agent and supercargo for the merchant firm of Minturn & Champlin of New York City. Bulk of the papers consists of letters, accounts, and notebooks relating to the cargo and voyage of the ship Lion from New York to Canton, China, December 1815 to June 1816, and its return, December 1816 to April 1817. Included is Law's correspondence with Minturn & Champlin and the ship's owner, Thomas C. Butler; list of the crew; extracts from the ship's log; and notebooks, manifests, account books, sales receipts, and invoices recording goods shipped to and purchased in China, such as tea, textiles, chinaware, opium, and furs. Other papers include Law's accounts with Minturn & Champlin, 1807-1814; claims against Denmark for the ships Resolution, Nimrod, and Swift which were captured by privateers, 1810-1811; affadavits relating to a mutiny aboard the Lion, 1816; and some correspondence and accounts regarding the sale of the Lion's cargo in New York City.

.6 linear foot (2 boxes)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6311626

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Law, William

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Epithet: Reverend; Author of the ' Serious Call.' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000133.0x000153 William Law (ca. 1750-ca. 1835), a grandson of early Connecticut Governor Jonathan Law (1674-1750), resided in Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut. He purchased several tracts of land from the Connecticut Land Company and made his first visit to the Western Reserve in the spring and summer of 1798. His son, Wil...

Swift (Ship : 1805-1863)

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Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Frederick Vincent; owner-agent: Thomas S. Hathaway; lost 13 July 1863 at Roratonga. From the description of Log/journal, 1853 Nov. 17-1856 Dec. 3. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013473 Whaling vessel (321 tons); out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Lewis Tobey on voyage from 22 Feb. 1837-31 Aug. 1841; owner-agent: Thomas S. Hathaway; built at New Bedford, 1805. From the description of R...

Butler, Thomas C.

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Nimrod (Ship)

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Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass.; mastered by Willis Howes, on voyage from 18 Sept. 1857-14 July 1861; owner-agent: William Gifford; built at Dartmouth, Mass., 1841. From the description of Logbook of the ship Nimrod, 1857 Sept. 18-1861 July 14. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71014383 Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Nehemiah P. Baker; later rerigged to a bark; captured and burned by the Shenandoah in 1865. ...

Lion (Ship : 1841-1849)

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Whaling vessel, out of Providence, R.I, mastered by Charles F. Howland, on voyage 16 June 1841-18 Sept. 1844 to the Western Island, Coast of Chile, near Callao, On Shore, Off Shore, On the Line, French Rock, Vasquez, and Charleston whaling grounds; owner-agent: Edward Carrington, Jr.; built at Wickford, R.I., in 1821. From the description of Logbook, 1841 June 12-1844 Sept. 18. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70968141 Built 1614, name changed ...

Resolution (Ship)

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Minturn & Champlin

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