Alexander Orr Vietor collection, 1774-1956 (inclusive), 1815-1867 (bulk).

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Alexander Orr Vietor collection, 1774-1956 (inclusive), 1815-1867 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702167470

The collection consists of ships' logs, nineteenth-century cargo manifests of Connecticut ships on fishing voyages, and the papers of ships sailing to the West Indies for rum and sugar and to the Antarctic on sealing expeditions. Also included are miscellaneous legal documents related to ships and shipping and a group of ten letters to Captain George W. Lee or to members of his family (1811-1833). Among the writers is Asa Fitch. Charts, writings on voyages to the Antarctic, including an essay by Alexander O. Vietor, copies of "The Voyage of the Huron and the Huntress" by Edouard A. Stackpole and a small amount of Vietor's correspondence concerning the logbook of the ship, Huron, complete the collection.

3.25 linear ft.

Yale University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8022719

Yale University Library

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Lee, George William

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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 ...

Stackpole, Edouard A., 1905-

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Huron (Ship)

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Whaling vessel, out of Sag Harbor, N.Y., mastered by a Captain Green; owner-agent: L.D. Cook. From the description of Log/journal, 1843 Feb. 28-Sept. 24. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013340 ...

Fitch, Asa, 1809-1879

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The Saratoga Patent was originally granted to Peter Schuyler and others on November 4, 1684. From the description of Map of Saratoga Patent and Margaret Livingston's and Bayard's Lots, Saratoga and Washington Counties, New York, 1849. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122346632 Asa Fitch (1809-1879) of Salem, New York was an entomologist and genealogist. He was the grandson of Jabez Fitch (1737-1812) of Norwich, Connecticut and Hyde Park, Vermont, a soldier in the French and In...