CHS collection of ships' papers, 1726-1881.

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CHS collection of ships' papers, 1726-1881.

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Gathered from numerous accessions, this collection contains customs documents, financial records, ships' manifests, bills of lading, returns of merchandise, depositions, protests, port clearances and seamen's agreements related to vessels sailing from Connecticut ports, primarily to the West Indies with cargoes of horses. A portion of the collection consists of certificates of measurement of vessels at the port of Hartford, 1796-1804. The portion entitled Middletown and Hartford Shipping Papers encompasses customs documents, financial records, manifests and returns of merchandise for such vessels as the Schooners James, Sea Flower, Helen, Sally, and William, under the command of captains George Cotton, Simeon Stillman, Stephen Butler, Horace Church and Benjamin Olmsted. The general ships' papers include the above-named documents plus freight bills for steam ships going to and from Hartford. Also accounts, bills and inventories kept by Dudley Woodbridge, owner of the Brig Minerva and the Schooner Farmer, under the command of Samuel Chapman and David Mumford. Records of the Schooner Sally owned by William Gaylord include bills for repairing and outfitting the vessel.

0.5 linear foot (1 box, 1 folder).

Connecticut Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7271253

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Connecticut Historical Society

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Woodbridge, Dudley W.

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Dudley Woodbridge was born in Stonington, Conn. on Oct. 9, 1747. After graduating from Yale University in 1766, he moved on Norwich, Conn. He married Lucy Backus on Apr. 28, 1774. In 1788 they moved to Marietta, Ohio, where Mr. Woodbridge served as judge of the peace. He died in Marietta on Aug. 6, 1823. From the description of Dudley Woodbridge papers, 1729-1837. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 300017168 Physician of Groton, Conn. From the descript...

Helen (Schooner).

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Mumford, David, 1730-1807

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Merchant, of New London, Conn. From the description of Receipt from David Mumford, 1788 Feb. 8. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 71128677 ...

Minerva (Brig : 1781-1782)

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Sally (Schooner)

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Sea Flower (Schooner)

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Farmer (Schooner)

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James (Schooner).

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Stillman, Simeon.

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Chapman, Samuel Henry, 1799-1830

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Cotton, George.

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