Alexander Orr Vietor Maritime Collection 1750-1849, 1935-1964, n.d..

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Alexander Orr Vietor Maritime Collection 1750-1849, 1935-1964, n.d..

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/668431774

Collection includes 20th century correspondence written to and from Vietor pertaining to maritime research questions posed to him while at the Yale University Library; photographic prints of swivel guns; maritime manuscripts, which include listings of ships registered (1800-1802) in Providence, RI, list of officers in the District of Salem and Beverly Collectors Office, Port of Salem, MA (1865), poetry on maritime subjects, bill of sale and receipts, a cargo manifest for the Ship Mount Vernon entering the Port of Salem, MA, and sheet music entitled, "Friendship Put to the Test or Saving of a Sinking Friend;" and five volumes, which include a memo book of William Sever, a journal of Alexander Vietor, a journal kept by Samuel Reid, a New York City Harbor Master, a signal flag book kept by Anna Louise Nicholl in 1795, and a volume entitled "Code of Signals of the Merchant Service, kept by Captain Frederick Marryat of the Royal Navy in 1818.

1 box (.5 linear feet)

Peabody Essex Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 7962328

Peabody Essex Museum

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Vietor, Alexander O.

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Alexander O. Vietor (1913-1981): associate of naval architecture firm of Cox & Stevens in New York, 1937-1940; in 1941 became assistant to Yale University director of Art Gallery; in 1943 named curator of maps at Yale; from 1948-1950, secretary of Yale Council on Libraries and Museums. From the description of Alexander Orr Vietor collection, 1774-1956 (inclusive), 1815-1867 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702167470 ...

Betsy (Sloop)

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Sever, William.

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Nicholl, Anna Louise.

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George (British Brig)

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Ship Owners Society (London, England)

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Endicott, Samuel, 1795-1828

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Tucker, Gideon, 1778-1861

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Mount Vernon (Ship : 1799)

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Smith, Almerien P.

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Reid, Sam.

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Various.

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Peabody, Joseph, 1757-1844

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Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848

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Frederick Marryat (1792-1848), British naval captain and author of novels, essays and articles. From the description of Frederick Marryat papers, 1830-1842. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863317 English naval officer and novelist. From the description of Mr. Midshipman Easy : [n.p.] : autograph manuscript unsigned of the novel, lacking the first five chapters, ca. 1835. (Morgan Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 83187870 From the description o...