Loring shipbuilding collection, 1842-1910 (bulk 1890-1910).

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Loring shipbuilding collection, 1842-1910 (bulk 1890-1910).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70958151

Records (21 v., 1874-1894) of City Point Works, including journals, ledgers, account books, letterpress copybooks, payroll records, labor accounts, and other items; general business papers, including information for contract work on the U.S.S. Marblehead (Cruiser #11) and three sea-going tugboats and family papers relating to Bay Farm Co., the family estate and dairy farm in Island Creek, Mass.; and correspondence, printed testimony, transcripts, petitions, and other items (ca. 1902-1907) pertaining to the involvement of Harrison Loring, Jr., and his brothers in claims against the U.S. Navy totaling over $170,000 for monies owed in the construction of the monitor Canonicus during the Civil War.

2521 items.

G. W. Blunt White Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8052339

G. W. Blunt White Library

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Marblehead (Protected cruiser)

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Loring family

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Loring, Harrison

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Canonicus (Monitor)

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Loring, Harrison, 1822-1907

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Shipbuilder, of Duxbury and South Boston, Mass.; owner of City Point Works, one of the first shipyards in the U.S. devoted to the construction of iron steamships, engines, and boilers. From the description of Loring shipbuilding collection, 1842-1910 (bulk 1890-1910). (Mystic Seaport Museum, G W Blunt White Library). WorldCat record id: 70958151 From the description of Harrison Loring collection, 1842-1910 (bulk 1890-1910). (Mystic Seaport Museum, G W Blunt White Library). W...

Bay Farm Co. (Island Creek, Mass.)

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City Point Works

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...