Nautical collection, 1807-1912.

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Nautical collection, 1807-1912.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155567290

Logbooks, accounts, stock certificates, passenger lists, freight receipts and other documents relating to the shipping industry. Items of note include logs, accounts, correspondence and other papers of the brig Little George, involving Henry Harvey, Timothy Green, and Swartout, Dumont & Co., 1807-1809; logs of the yachts Francis and Wanderer, W.T. Cushing, Captain, 1857 and 1859; and papers of the ship Congress, signed by Franklin Pierce, 1856. Items related to whaling include a log of the bark Coral, 1871-1877; and a crew list of the brig Daisy, 1912.

ca. .5 cubic ft.

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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SNAC Resource ID: 6884676

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Museums at Stony Brook (Stony Brook, N.Y.)

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Little George (Brig).

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Wanderer (Ship).

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Cushing, W. T.

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Green, Timothy Cooper

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Harvey, Henry

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Henry Harvey graduated from the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania in 1862. From the description of Excerpt from a speech about the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, ca. 1877. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 32295933 Henry Harvey was a blacksmith and farm laborer in Taunton, Massachusetts. From the description of Henry Harvey daybook, 1790-1839. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 715259446 ...

Congress (Ship)

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Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by John Pitman; owner-agent: Philip H. Folger & Co. From the description of Log/journal, 1839 Aug. 27-1840 Jan. 28. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013815 Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by John A. Castino, on voyage from 31 May 1864-13 May 1867; owner-agent: Edward C. Jones; built at Mattapoisett, Mass., 1823; formerly of Nantucket fleet; sold to New Bedford in 1843. Fr...

Coral (Brig).

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Swartout, Dumont & Co.

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Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

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Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) was the 14th President of the United States (1853-1857). Prior to his presidency he served in both the House of Representatives (1833-1837) and the Senate (1837-1842) as a legislator from New Hampshire. Although a Northerner, he sympathized with the Southern cause during the American Civil War and was good friends with Jefferson Davis....

Daisy (Brig).

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Francis (Boat).

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