Boston Port and Seamen's Aid Society records, 1829-1977.

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Boston Port and Seamen's Aid Society. Boston Port and Seamen's Aid Society records, 1829-1977.

Boston Port and Seamen's Aid Society records, 1829-1977.

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Records of the Boston Port and Seamen's Aid Society, 1829-1977, a charitable society that operated Seamen's Bethel, a church for sailors, and Mariner's House, a sailor's boardinghouse. Boston Port and Seamen's Aid Society records, 1832-1977, include annual reports, minutes, committee records, accounts, and rent records. Annual reports include those for the Boston Port and Seamen's Aid Society as well as its two predecessors, the Boston Port Society and the Seamen's Aid Society. Seamen's Bethel records, 1829-1879, include church records, minutes, membership records, and vital records including marriage, birth and death records. Some marriage records provide personal and demographic information on sailors in Boston, including country of origin and race. Mariner's House records, 1852-1973, include registration records, a baggage check, cashbooks, comparative cash statements, a credit ledger, a floor plan and miscellaneous volumes. Personal and demographic information on sailors in Boston can be found in registration records, the baggage check, most cashbooks, and the credit ledger.

16 cartons (stored offsite), 3 microfilm reels.

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