Noah Scovell papers, 1783-1819.

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Noah Scovell papers, 1783-1819.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/276840368

Business and family correspondence and financial records of a Saybrook, Connecticut, merchant and ship captain. The collection contains ships' papers, some in French, for such vessels as the brigs Dolphin and Friendship, the ship Patty & Julia, and the schooner Fairplay. Scovell and his son, Noah, Jr., traded along the Eastern seaboard and in the West Indies.

0.5 linear foot (1 box).

Connecticut Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7246031

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Friendship (Brig)

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Trading vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Benjamin Jenkins. From the description of Log/journal, 1770 Apr. 12-May 29. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013254 From the description of Log/journal, 1770 Aug. 28-Oct. 6. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013258 From the description of Log/journal, 1770 Dec. 27-1771 Jan. 24. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013259 ...

Scovell, Noah, b. 1781.

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Patty & Julia (Ship).

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Scovell, Noah, 1759-1821

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Noah Scovell (alternately spelled "Scoville" or "Scovil") was born in Saybrook, Connecticut (now Essex), around 1759, the son of Noah Scovell (1732-1782) and Anna (or Hannah) Pratt (ca. 1732-1815). He and his wife, Desire Pratt (ca. 1759-1819), had five children: Noah (1781-1833), Louis (1783-1806), Seabury or Sebra (b. 1785), Amos (b. 1787), and Maria (1789-1834). Noah Scovell, Jr., acted as his father’s business partner until the elder Scovell's death on February 11, 1821. From the...

Dolphin (Brig)

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U.S. naval vessel launched 1836; first voyage to Bahia (Salvador), Brazil; then to Africa to suppress slave trade; burned at Norfolk, Va., 1861 to prevent capture by Confederate forces. From the description of Logbook, 1858 Oct. 16-1860 Nov. 4. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013653 ...

Fairplay (Schooner).

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