Curtis family collection, 1850s-1980s.

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Curtis family collection, 1850s-1980s.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/701322351

Genealogical materials reflecting Curtis, Chase, Colson, and Munson family relationships; photographs; tax records and business documents (1870s) of Captain Frank Curtis as well as reports of Frank Curtis as master of the S.S. Columbian when it was captured and sunk by a German submarine in 1916; composition book (1845-1870) used as an account book by Horatio N. Curtis pertaining to the building of the schooner William (1845) and composition books and time record for the schooner G.W. Pickering, out of Searsport (1847); tax receipts and business records of Eben Curtis; and papers of Rear Adm. Lebbeus Curtis (1880-1964), including Curtis genealogy for seven generations in Prospect and Searsport. Also significant in the collection are the papers of Lebbeus Curtis II (1816-1880) with biographical materials, correspondence, accounts, and business records reflecting his business relationship with R.P. Buck & Co., including information concerning the ships Chandos, Free Trade, Mary Goodell, and E.D. Peters, barks R.P. Buck, Robert Porter, and John Wesley, and other vessels, reflecting details on freight in various ports, cargos, yellow fever, ship repair, etc., and including correspondence with other ship captains, written from various ports such as Boston, New York, New Orleans, Key West, Montevideo, Havana, or San Francisco. Also includes letters from Capt. Robert Porter written to Lebbeus Curtis in Searsport, from Callao, Valencia, and other locations; and correspondence between Curtis and S.B. Swazey & Co. in Bucksport, Me., relating to cargo, the dangerous political situation in the 1860s (Civil War), and the sale of the ship E.D. Peters. Other correspondents of Lebbeus Curtis include Capt. Samuel Patten, master of bark John Wesley; William McGilvery, reflecting Searsport news, investments, and freight transactions; E.S. Linnell, Carmel, Me., relating to the school district of which the captain was an official and the possibility of a teaching job for Linnell; and Levi L. Curtis, brother of Lebbeus Curtis.

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Penobscot Marine Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 8004943

Related Entities

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Free Trade (Ship)

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Curtis, Lebbeus, 1880-1964

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Curtis, Eben E., 1849-1912

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S.B. Swazey & Co. (Bucksport, Me.)

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Columbian (Cargo steamer)

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John Wesley (Bark)

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Munson family.

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G.W. Pickering (Schooner)

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Curtis, Levi L.

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Linnell, E. S.

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William (Schooner)

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Curtis, Horatio N., 1820-1896

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R.P. Buck (Bark)

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Shipping vessel out of Maine. From the description of Logbook of bark R.P. Buck, 1869-1871. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 728710665 ...

Robert Porter (Bark)

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Chandos (Ship)

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Originally built for the Turkey trade, 3 decks, 40/46 guns, 128/132 crew, 660 tons. Voyages: (1) 1684/5 Madras and Bengal. Capt James Bonnell. Downs 31 Dec 1684 - Madras 4 Aug 1686 - 14 Sep Sumatra - 4 Oct Benkulen - 26 May 1687 Downs. (2) 1688/9 Madras. Capt John Bonnell. Downs 6 Mar 1689 - 15 Jul Cape - 5 Nov Madras - 24 May 1690 Mauritius - 8 Oct St Helena - 28 Jan 1691 Downs. British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : CorporateBody : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1000000...

Curtis family.

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Ship captains of Searsport, Me. From the description of Curtis family collection, 1850s-1980s. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 701322351 ...

McGilvery, William, 1814-1876

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Ship captain, merchant, and businessman, of Searsport, Me.; very much involved in shipping and ship building with ventures into the insurance business; Republican, serving several years in Maine State Legislature. From the description of Account book closing estate of William McGilvery, 1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 710994509 From the description of Probate of estate of William McGilvery, 1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 700468050 From the description of ...

Collison family.

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Curtis, Frank Elisha, 1874-1947

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Patten, Samuel M.

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Mary Goodell (Ship)

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R.P. Buck & Co.

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Porter, Robert, 1816-1888

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E.D. Peters (Ship)

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Colson family.

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Curtis, Lebbeus, 1816-1880

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Chase family.

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