Crowninshield Family Papers, 1697-1909.

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Crowninshield Family Papers, 1697-1909.

This collection of correspondence, business papers, family history, and photographs illustrate the business and personal activities of the Crowninshield Family.

9 boxes (4.25 linear feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7914593

Peabody Essex Museum

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Everett, Edward, 1794-1865

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Voyages: (1) 1795/6 Bengal. Capt Henry Liddell. Portsmouth 31 Jul 1796 - 12 Jan 1797 Vizagapatam - 10 Feb Calcutta - 22 Jul Simons Bay - 11 Sep St Helena - 19 Dec Erith British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : CorporateBody : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000093.0x000072 Steam Iron Pilot Brig. Arrived Calcutta March 1845. John William Lewis. British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : CorporateBody : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000...

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Crowninshield, John, 1771-1842

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Hind (Bark)

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Crowninshield, William.

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Crowninshield, George, 1766-1817

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Crowninshield, Richard, 1804-1830

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Crowninshield, Benjamin, 1782-1864

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Crowninshield, George, 1734-1815

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Hull, Isaac, 1773-1843

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Eustis, William, 1753-1825

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America (Ship : 1795-1815)

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Crowninshield, Jacob, 1770-1808

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Shipping merchant, politician. Jacob Crowninshield, born in 1770, a son of George Crowninshield and Mary Derby, started his career as a sea captain and merchant in the family business. He is remembered as the man who brought the first live elephants to New York, 1796, the same year that he married Sarah Gardner. He later engaged in politics, as a Massachusetts state senator, 1801, and a United States Representative for Massachusetts, 1803-1808. In 1805, he de...

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Crowninshield Family.

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Crowninshield, Maria, 1789-

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John (Ship : 1795-1813)

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Homans, Benjamin, 1765-1823

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Alfred (Ship)

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Gore, Charles.

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Crowninshield, Richard, 1774-1844

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George Crowninshield and Sons (Salem, Mass.)

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Margaret (Ship)

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Trading vessel, out of Boston, Mass., mastered by James Magee, Sr.; owner-agent: James Lamb. From the description of Log/journal, 1791 Oct. 24-1792 May 22. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013622 From the description of Log/journal, 1791 Nov. 24-1792 May 22. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013625 Built at Chittagong, 250 tons. Principal Managing Owner: Downie & Maitland. Voyages: (1) From Bengal 1805. Capt Benjamin Fergusso...

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Graham, John, 1774-1820

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Harriot (Brig)

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Crowninshield, Mary Boardman, 1778?-1840

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Hammet, Alex.

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Story, Joseph, 1779-1845

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Jurist, politician, and professor of law Joseph Story (1779-1845) was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts on September 18, 1779. He received an AB from Harvard in 1798, an AM in 1801, and an LLD in 1821; he also received law degrees from Brown University and Dartmouth College. In 1802, Story married Mary Lynde Oliver. After Mary's death in 1805, Story married Sarah Waldo Wetmore in 1808. Story practiced law in Salem, Mass. and served as a representative in the state legislature before b...

Crowninshield, F. B. (Francis Boardman), 1809-1877

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