Papers, 1791-1834.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Papers, 1791-1834.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21075687

Volumes of Capt. William Smith of Boston, the first being a logbook of the ship Mary, Smith shipmaster, on a voyage from Boston to Calcutta 3 Jan. - 4 April 1818 presumably for trading; the second a letterbook containing letters, 13 Feb. - 31 May 1812, from William, shipmaster of the schooner Cordelia, to Benjamin Smith and Samuel Cooper, owners of the ship, upon his arrival on a trading voyage at North Carolina and Portugal; and accounts (1812-1817), both in the previous volume and in a third, of several ships, including the Cordelia and the schooner Commodore Hull, on various trading voyages. Also included in the volumes are several drawings of ships and poetry, some by Smith's wife Caroline. (Cont'd) The collection also contains a memoir (and photocopy) of the Smith family of Boston, with genealogical information, written by Boston merchant and ship owner Benjamin Smith, Jr. (1769-1834) in 1829, photocopies of Smith's diaries, 1817-34 (1817-23 fragments only), and book of personal expenses, 1791-1834.

1 box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7003183

Massachusetts Historical Society

Related Entities

There are 9 Entities related to this resource.

Smith, Benjamin, active 1826-1837

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xk8d4v (person)

Benjamin Smith was a justice of the peace in Hunterdon County and the Township of Trenton, as well as the town clerk of Trenton, New Jersey. From the description of Benjamin Smith docket, 1788-1792. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 53116283 Farmer, of Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. Apparently not the same person as the Benjamin B. Smith named in the accounts. From the description of Papers, 179...

Mary (Ship : 1860-1865)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pp3d4t (corporateBody)

Cordelia (Ship)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fj7c85 (corporateBody)

Commodore Hull (Ship)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rr6tqv (corporateBody)

Smith, Benjamin, 1769-1834.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x936cv (person)

Cooper, Samuel.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f48jbc (person)

Smith, William C. S., 1823-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x35sck (person)

William Smith ( -1823) was a tailor, first in Concord, briefly in Watertown, and finally in Sutton, Mass. From the description of Account books, 1807-1822. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191286389 ...

Smith, Caroline, b. 1796.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6br9nd5 (person)

Smith family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x154ht (family)