Riley Sweet papers, 1801-1886.

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Riley Sweet papers, 1801-1886.

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Includes land deeds (New London, 1801-1847); copy of Wm. D. Smith's will (1866); deed for share in ship Mentor from Benj. Brown (1843); insurance (policy?) on Mentor by Protection Insurance Co. (Hartford, Conn., 1845); deed for half schooner Sea Breeze from Silas E. Buchanan (1853); agreement of four men to pay their share of cost of building schooner (1848); copy of attachment on goods of Henry Skinner, Colchester, to satisfy Mary C Buell (1848), to be served on all owners of the ship Mentor; bills and receipts; letters (1845-1851), while whaling, to wife Abby, mother-in-law Polly Jerome; letters to P. Jerome from grandson Riley Sweet while at camp in New Orleans; Sweet's discharge papers (1863); widow's pension papers of Polly Jerome; letters to parents (1885-1886) from Christopher (surname unknown), officer in army, stationed at Ft. Bridger (Wyo.) and Ft. Apache (Ariz.); and a printed copy of an 1840 act governing shipment and discharge of seamen.

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New London County Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6864002

New London County Historical Society

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Sea Breeze (Schooner)

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Skinner, Henry

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Sweet, Abby Jerome, active 1839-1851

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Protection Insurance Company

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Mathew Stacey was an agent for this company in Jacksonville, Illinois. He sold fire policies in Jacksonville and the surrounding area in Morgan County. From the description of Ledger, 1841-1853. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 49700224 ...

Sweet, Riley, 1785-

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Ship captain. From the description of Riley Sweet papers, 1801-1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154690930 ...

Buell, Mary C.

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Jerome, Polly

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Mentor (Ship : 1830-1848)

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Smith, Wm. D. (William D.), active 1866

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Brown, Benj. (Benjamin), active 1843

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Buchanan, Silas E.

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