Records : of Stewart, Nesbitt, and Company, 1757-1940 (bulk 1782-1796).

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Records : of Stewart, Nesbitt, and Company, 1757-1940 (bulk 1782-1796).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30820805

The collection consists mainly of business and personal correspondence (some in French and Spanish), financial papers, legal documents, materials relating to the ships (including cargo manifests and insurance policies), genealogical papers on the Stewart family and acquaintances, and miscellany. Various ports of call mentioned in the ships' papers include Amsterdam, Bordeaux, Charleston, Dominica, Havana, Hispaniola, Kingston, Liverpool, and Port-au-Prince; sailing ships to these ports include Adventure, Betsy, Don Francisco, Favorite, Greyhound, Hannibal, Hawke, and William. Also, includes receipts of slaves sold, with their first names and prices, and letters during the American Revolution to Nesbitt and Stewart. Photographs of a family carriage said to have carried the Marquis de Lafayette, and of a full length painting of Walter Stewart painted by Charles Wilson Peale in 1784 are included.

6 linear ft.

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Related Entities

There are 11 Entities related to this resource.

Adventure (Brig)

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Nesbitt, John Maxwell, ca. 1730-1802.

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Stewart, Walter, 1756-1796

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Continental Army officer and merchant of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Walter Stewart correspondence and regimental lists, 1783-1795. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980533 Reputedly the most handsome man in the Continental Army, Walter Stewart emigrated to Pennsylvania from Ireland prior to the Revolution. At the age of twenty, he was appointed Captain of the 3rd Pennsylvania Battalion of the Continental Line, and after various assignments, rose to the Colonelc...

Greyhound (Brig)

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Hawke (Schooner)

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Hannibal (Ship)

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Betsy (Brig)

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William (Ship : 1821-1841)

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700 tons. Voyages: (1) 1622/3 Surat and Batavia. Capt Christopher Brown. Downs - Oct 1623 Surat - Bandar Abbas - Mar 1624 Surat - Bandar Abbas - Batavia Sep 1624 - Surat - back in England by Sep 1625. (2) 1625/6 Surat and Batavia. Capt Christopher Brown. Downs Apr 1626 - Johanna - 3 Oct Surat - 27 May 1627 Batavia - Surat 17 Dec - Bandar Abbas - Jun 1628 Surat - Jan 1629 Downs. (3) 1629/30 Surat and Bantam. Capt Matthew Wills. Downs 15 Mar 1630 - 20 May Trinidade - 14 Jul St Augustine's Bay - 7 ...

Stewart, Nesbitt, and Company.

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John Maxwell Nesbitt and Walter Stewart of Philadelphia organized a business, 1782-1796, in which they owned various sailing vessels. From the description of Records : of Stewart, Nesbitt, and Company, 1757-1940 (bulk 1782-1796). (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 30820805 ...

Don Francisco (Brig)

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Favorite (Ship)

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