Account books collection, 1763-1921.

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Account books collection, 1763-1921.

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Account books, letter books, journals and diaries, mostly of individuals and businesses on Long Island. Of note are whaling logs of the ships NEPTUNE, SABINA, and NIANTIC, in one volume, 1839-1846, with entries on whales caught, and life in the South Pacific and in New Zealand ports; in the same volume are entries on voyages of the ship HAMILTON from Sag Harbor to Patagonia to collect guano, 1848-1849, and to San Francisco, 1849-1850. Account books of members of the Smith family include those of Philetus Smith, 1763-1795; Paul Theodor Smith, 1793-1810; Elias Smith, 1796-1839, and Caleb Smith II, 1819-1844. Accounts of Sarah Rogers, 1795-1796; Arthur and Richard Blydenburgh, 1792-1804; Samuel Platt, 1812-1813; Samuel Ludlow Thompson, 1839-1847; Leonard W. Lawrence, 1842-1852; and James Halliock, 1849-1876. Also, accounts of William S. McConn of Oyster Bay, N.Y., 1869-1873; accounts of Beriah Petty for shipbuilding and house building in Stony Brook and Drowned Meadow (Port Jefferson), 1801-1813; accounts for farm operations of Edward S. Gillette of Sayville, N.Y., 1903-1904; business letters of James S. Mills, New York City, 1851-1859; receipt book of the Long Island Express Freight Company, 1884-1885; and diaries and accounts of Charles H. Burtis, 1870.

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Smithtown Library. Richard H. Handley Long Island History Room.

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The Smithtown and Port Jefferson Railroad was operated by the Long Island Rail Road. From the description of Long Island railroad collection, 1857-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155535762 Collecting area: History of the Town of Smithtown, N.Y. from colonial times to the present. Will also accept materials on the history of Suffolk County, N.Y. or Long Island in general. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155536539...

Smith, Elias, 1772-1839.

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Neptune (Whaling ship)

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Halliock, James.

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Burtis, Charles H.

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Mills, James S.

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Hamilton (Ship : 1835-1849)

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Whaling vessel; out of Bridgeport, Conn., mastered by John Rose on voyage from 8 July 1837-1 May 1838; owner-agent: Samuel F. Hurd; condemned, 1849. From the description of Logbook of the ship Hamilton, 1837 July 8-1838 May 1. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71129741 ...

Petty, Beriah.

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Long Island Express Freight Company.

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Blydenburgh, Arthur.

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Smith, Caleb, 1763-1831.

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Gillette, Edward, 1854-1936

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Smith, Paul Theodor.

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Platt, Samuel

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Epithet: of Werneth Park Oldham, musical patron British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x000244 Samuel Keise(?) Platt was a resident of Plattsburgh, New York in the early nineteenth century. He also had family on the other side of Lake Champlain, in St. Albans and Burlington, Vermont. From the guide to the Samuel Platt Correspondence, 1834-1842, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse Univers...

McConn, William.

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Lawrence, Leonard

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Rogers, Sarah

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Smith, Philetus, 1730-1800.

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Blydenburgh, Richard.

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Sabina (Whaling ship)

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Thompson, Samuel Ludlow.

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Niantic (Whaling ship)

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