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Inventory of the Jonathan Bourne Jr. Business Records
In the New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library
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| Title: |
Jonathan Bourne Jr. Business Records |
| Date Span: |
1836-1899 |
| Creator: |
Jonathan Bourne Jr., 1811-1889 |
| Mss Number: |
Mss 18 |
| Extent: |
7.5 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Financial records, correspondence, and related records of a New Bedford, Mass., whaling agent and merchant, 1836-1899. |
| Repository: |
New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library
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Whaling Museum: (508) 997-0046 |
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Maritime Curator/Librarian: (508) 717-6837 |
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Biographical Note
Jonathan Bourne Jr. (1811-1889), was one of New Bedford's most prosperous whaling agents and merchants. Born in the Monument (now Bourne) section of Sandwich, Massachusetts, he entered the grocery business in New Bedford, Massachusetts, at the age of seventeen. He eventually bought the store from the owner and began investing in whaling vessels. He made his first investment in the Roscoe (Bark) in 1836 and by 1838 left the grocery business to devote his energies to financing whaling voyages. Before his death in August 1889, Bourne acted as agent for and owned substantial shares in twenty-four vessels as well as having interest in twenty-two others.
In addition to his activities as a whaling agent, Bourne was an alderman for the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, for five years, served on the Governor's Council also for five years, was elected State director of the Boston and Albany Railroad, acted as the director for numerous banks, companies, and manufacturing firms, and invested in various other companies and industries.
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Scope and Content Note
The bulk of material in this collection consists of ships' papers for twenty-five vessels for which Jonathan Bourne Jr. acted as agent or in which he had an interest between 1836-1889. Of particular note among these papers are letters from Charles Fisher, captain of the Alaska (Bark), 1886-1889, concerning his voyage to the South Pacific; agent/owner accounts which include information on outfitting and settling individual whaling ventures; crew papers, including Whalemens' Shipping Papers, accounts, crew agreements relieving Bourne of responsibility if a crew member should prove to be a minor; Sea Letters; consular records, primarily consisting of protests, surveys, and financial records concerning damage sustained by vessels; and a deposition from a crew member of the President (Bark) concerning removing articles from a shipwreck. Other ships' papers in this collection include bills of sale; insurance policies; customs records; legal records, including a court case involving the Marengo (Ship), and agreements of sale and freight; bills and receipts for outfits and recruits; and memoranda concerning supplies, catches, and sales. These records have been arranged under name of the vessel by type of document.
Additional materials in this collection include general accounts, 1836-1868, for vessels and individuals; legal documents, 1861-1880, including guardianship records and Bourne's appointment as New Bedford, Massachusetts, Port Warden; a time book for carpentary work on Bourne's house and on the Hunter (Ship), 1856-1859; insurance records, 1841, 1849, concerning the shipment of oil; bills and receipts, 1841-1889; and incoming and outgoing business correspondence, 1848-1889. The outgoing correspondence includes letters addressed to investors, merchants, ship captains, and business associates throughout the United States, South America, Europe, and in Bermuda and New Zealand, and letters concerning the settlement of Bourne's estate by his son, 1889-1899.
Arrangement of Collection
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Information for Researchers
Unrestricted. Consult librarian for an appointment.
New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library Mss 18 [sub-group, series, sub-series, folder/volume as appropriate], [item]
All rights reserved to the Old Dartmouth Historical Society - New Bedford Whaling Museum. Manuscript holdings may not be reproduced in any format without the expressed written consent of the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
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Separations List
Removed to Printed Collection: MacLean, Maris & Co.'s Price Current, 31 January 1863
Removed to Log Book Collection:
Abbie Bradford (Schooner), 1884; ODHS #491
Adeline Gibbs (Bark), 1866; ODHS #495
Adeline Gibbs (Bark), 1870; ODHS #496
Alaska (Bark), 1885; ODHS #501
Andrews (Bark), 1867; ODHS #504A
Ansel Gibbs (Bark), 1867; ODHS #500A
George & Mary (Bark), 1877; ODHS #502
George & Mary (Bark), 1879; ODHS #504B
George & Mary (Bark), 1883; ODHS #503B
George & Mary (Bark), 1885; ODHS #503C
Hunter (Bark), 1878; KWM #969
Lagoda (Bark), 1868; ODHS #494
Napoleon (Bark), 1878; ODHS #505
Northern Light (Bark), 1876; ODHS #497
Northern Light (Bark), 1877; ODHS #498
Northern Light (Bark), 1879; ODHS #499
President (Bark), 1875; ODHS #503A
Sea Breeze (Bark), 1865; ODHS #490
Sea Breeze (Bark), 1871; ODHS #493
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Administrative Information
The bulk of this collection was given to the Old Dartmouth Historical Society from the estate of Jonathan Bourne Jr. through Benjamin Baker in 1925 and through Mrs. Benjamin Baker on 20 October 1930. Additional volumes and papers were gifts of Jonathan Bourne Jr. on 4 November 1936; Wilbur G. Sherman on 24 October 1941; the estates of Benjamin and Anna Wheaton Baker, 12 May 1951; the estate of Jonathan Bourne Jr. through Bryant Prescott, 12 January 1960; the estate of William H. Tripp on 2 April 1960; A. M. Peckham on behalf of Annie Bowie Peckham on 18 September 1963; and Charles R. Phillips, Sr., on 30 April 1965.
Processed by: Barbara E. Austen, ca. 1982
Encoded by: Mark Procknik, 17 December 2010
Funds for processing this collection were provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Description
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| Series B: Ship's Papers, 1836-1890 [6 linear feet] |
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Ship's papers consists of records for twenty-five vessels for which Jonathan Bourne Jr. acted as agent or in which he had an interest. |
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Sub-series 1: Abbie Bradford (Schooner) Records, 1872-1888 |
Box 2 |
Folder 1 |
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Agent/Owner accounts, 1879-1888 |
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Volume 1 |
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Crew accounts, 1872-1888 |
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Include outfitting accounts. |
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Folder 2-3 |
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Crew papers, 1874-1888 |
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Include Whalemens' Shipping
Papers. |
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Volume 2 |
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Crew accounts, 1880-1881 |
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Folder 4 |
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Bill of sale, 1884 |
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Sub-series 2: Adeline
Gibbs (Bark) Records, 1861-1888 |
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Folder 1 |
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Correspondence from crew members concerning
insurance, 1862,
1866 |
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Folder 2 |
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Agent/Owner accounts, 1879-1883 |
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Volume 1 |
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Crew accounts, 1861-1885 |
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Include outfitting accounts. |
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See
also Sub-series 14, Volume 1 for additional crew accounts relating to
the Adeline Gibbs
(Bark). |
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Folder 3-4 |
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Crew papers, 1861-1885 |
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Include Whalemens' Shipping Papers. |
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Volume 2 |
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Crew accounts, 1878-1888 |
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Include outfitting accounts. |
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Volume 3 |
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Crew Accounts, 1880-1885 |
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Include outfitting accounts as well as lists of stores and provisions. |
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Folder 5-6 |
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Consular Records, 1868, 1881 |
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Consist of a 1868 protest by crew against the treatment received from the captain, and 1881 records concerning the damage sustained to the vessel by a hurricane. |
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Folder 7 |
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Insurance Records, 1880-1881 |
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Consist of correspondence concerning a survey and explanation of a claim for damages to the vessel. |
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Folder 8 |
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Bill, 1881 |
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Sub-series 3: Alaska (Bark) Records, 1867-1890 |
Box 3 |
Folder 1-4 |
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Correspondence, 1881-1889 |
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Include typescripts of letters from
1886-1887 and 1889. |
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Folder 5-6 |
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Agent/Owner Accounts, 1876-1885 |
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Include a sketch of the
vessel. |
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Folder 7-9 |
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Crew Papers, 1867-1889 |
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Include Whalemens' Shipping
Papers. |
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Volume 1 |
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Crew Accounts, 1867-1890 |
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Include outward and inward
accounts. |
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Folder 10 |
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Letter, 1889 |
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Removed from Volume 1 |
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Volume 2 |
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Crew Accounts, 1871-1875 |
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Include lists of provisions and
stores. |
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Folder 11 |
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Sea Letter, 1867 |
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Sub-series 4: Alaska (Steamer) Records, 1885 |
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Folder 1 |
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Protest, statement of loss, survey report,
and financial account concerning damage to vessel, 1885 |
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Sub-series 5: Alexander Coffin (Ship) Records, 1844-1862 |
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Folder 1 |
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Agent/Owner Accounts, 1844 |
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Volume 1 |
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Agent/Owner Accounts, 1844-1850 |
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See also Sub-series 25, Volume 1 for
additional agent/owner accounts, 1844-1850, relating to the Alexander Coffin (Ship). |
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Folder 2 |
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Crew Papers, 1851 |
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Volume 2 |
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Crew Accounts, 1851-1862 |
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Include outfitting
accounts. |
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Folder 3 |
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Consular Records, 1857 |
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Consist of an abstract of a protest, a
survey, and financial account of damages to the
vessel. |
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Folder 4 |
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Insurance Policy, 1844 |
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Folder 5 |
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Memorandum concerning settlement of voyage,
ca. 1849 |
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Sub-series 6: Andrews (Bark) Records, 1862-1869 |
Box 4 |
Folder 1 |
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Correspondence, 1866 |
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Volume 1 |
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Crew Accounts, 1862-1869 |
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Include outfitting accounts. |
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See
also Sub-series 18, Volume 1 for additional crew accounts relating to
the Andrews (Bark). |
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Folder 2 |
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Crew Papers, 1864-1866 |
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Sub-series 7: Ansel
Gibbs (Ship/Bark) Records, 1861-1877 |
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Folder 1 |
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Crew Papers, 1861-1868 |
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Volume 1 |
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Crew Accounts, 1861-1870 |
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Include outfitting accounts. |
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See
also Sub-series 20, Volume 1 for additional crew accounts, 1861-1870,
relating to the Ansel Gibbs
(Ship/Bark). |
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Volume 2 |
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Crew Accounts, 1870-1877 |
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Include outfitting
accounts. |
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Sub-series 8: Chandler Price (Bark) Records, 1863 |
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Folder 1 |
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Owner's authorization for insurance,
1863 |
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Sub-series 9:Draco (Bark) Records, 1843-1880 |
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Folder 1 |
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Agent/Owner Accounts, 1843, 1875-1879 |
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Volume 1 |
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Crew Accounts, 1845-1875 |
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Include outfitting
accounts. |
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Folder 2 |
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Items removed from Volume 1 |
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Folder 3-5 |
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Crew Papers, 1847-1880 |
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Include Whalemens' Shipping
Papers. |
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Folder 6-7 |
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Consular Records, 1880 |
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Consist of a protest, depositions, a
survey, and bills concerning damage resulting from stormy
weather. |
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Folder 8 |
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Insurance Policies, 1843-1846 |
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Sub-series 10: Eliza (Bark) Records, 1856-1885 |
Box 5 |
Folder 1 |
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Letter concerning insurance, 1865 |
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Folder 2 |
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Agent/Owner Accounts, 1865, 1882 |
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Folder 3-5 |
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Crew Papers, 1856-1883 |
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Include Whalemens' Shipping
Papers. |
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Volume 1 |
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Crew Accounts, 1865-1885 |
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Include both outfitting and inward
accounts as well as shipments. |
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Sub-series 11: George
and Mary (Bark) Records, 1874-1888 |
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Folder 1-2 |
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Agent/Owner Accounts, 1877-1884 |
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Include a sketch of the
vessel. |
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Volume 1 |
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Crew Accounts, 1874-1888 |
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Inlcude accounts of repairs and
outfits. |
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Folder 3-4 |
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Crew Papers, 1879-1885 |
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Include Whalemens' Shipping
Papers. |
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Volume 2 |
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Crew Accounts, 1883-1884 |
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Inlcude lists of provisions and
stores. |
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Sub-series 12: Hibernia (Ship) Records, 1857-1861 |
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Folder 1 |
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Letter concerning insurance, 1860 |
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Volume 1 |
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Crew Accounts, 1857-1861 |
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Include outfitting accounts. |
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See
also Sub-series 18, Volume 1 for aditional crew accounts relating to
the Hibernia (Ship). |
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Sub-series 13: Hunter (Ship/Bark) Records, 1851-1884 |
Box 6 |
Folder 1 |
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Letter from captain, 1862 |
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Folder 2 |
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Agent/Owner Accounts, 1864, 1868, 1873 |
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Volume 1 |
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Crew Accounts, 1851-1875 |
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Include outfitting
accounts. |
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Folder 3-5 |
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Crew Papers, 1851-1884 |
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Include Whalemens' Shipping
Papers. |
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Volume 2 |
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Crew Accounts, 1875-1884 |
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Inlcude outfitting
accounts. |
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Volume 3 |
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Crew Accounts, 1882-1883 |
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Folder 6 |
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Consular Records, 1877 |
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Folder 7 |
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Customs Records, 1874 |
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Folder 8 |
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Bill, 1864 |
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Folder 9 |
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Memoranda, 1863-1864 |
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Consist of whaling grounds and
extracts from the ship's log. |
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Sub-series 14: King
Fisher (Ship/Bark) Records, 1852-1864 |
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Volume 1 |
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Crew Accounts, 1852-1864 |
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Include outfitting
accounts. |
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Folder 1 |
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Crew Agreement, 1856 |
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Folder 2 |
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Consular Records, 1855 |
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Consist of a protest, correspondence,
and bills concerning damage from a storm. |
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Sub-series 15: Lagoda (Ship/Bark) Records, 1841-1888 |
Box 7-8 |
Folder 1 |
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Letter from captain, 1870 |
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Folder 2-3 |
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Agent/Owner Accounts, 1841-1882 |
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Volume 1 |
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Crew Accounts, 1850-1878 |
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Include outfitting
accounts. |
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Folder 4-6 |
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Crew Papers, 1853-1856 |
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Inlcude Whalemens' Shipping Papers
along with Hawaiian Shipping Articles. |
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Volume 2 |
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Crew Accounts, 1861-1862 |
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Volume 3 |
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Crew Accounts, 1868-1873 |
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Volume 4 |
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Crew Accounts, 1877-1881 |
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Volume 5 |
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Crew Accounts, 1877-1888 |
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Include outfitting
accounts. |
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Volume 6 |
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Crew Accounts, 1882-1886 |
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Folder 7 |
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Sea Letters, 1843, 1868 |
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Folder 8-9 |
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Consular Records, 1855, 1865-1868, 1883 |
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Include protests, surveys, and repairs
on vessel due to damage from storms and striking
reef. |
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Folder 10 |
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Customs Records, 1856, 1882 |
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Include a protest and estimate of
claim for partial loss made in New Bedford, Mass., for storm
damage. |
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Folder 11 |
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Authorization to purchase share of vessel,
1862 |
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Folder 12 |
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Insurance Policies, 1841-1864 |
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Folder 13 |
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Bill of Lading, 1865 |
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Folder 14 |
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Bills of Sale, 1853, 1860 |
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Folder 15-22 |
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Bills and Receipts, 1881-1882 |
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Folder 23 |
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Memoranda on sails, stores, insurance, and
related matters, 1861-1882 |
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Sub-series 16: Marengo (Ship) Records, 1845-1866 |
Box 9 |
Folder 1 |
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Agent/Owner Account, 1857 |
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Volume 1 |
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Crew Accounts, 1845-1851 |
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Include both outfitting and settlement
accounts as well as owners' accounts. |
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Folder 2 |
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Crew Papers, 1848-1863 |
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Volume 2 |
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Crew Accounts, 1851-1863 |
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Include outfitting
accounts. |
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Folder 3 |
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Customs Records, ca.
1860 |
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Folder 4 |
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Lawyer's argument and judge's decision in
case concerning owners outfitting vessel, 1866 |
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Folder 5 |
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Agreement concerning shipping oil, 1863 |
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Folder 6 |
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Sales Agreement, 1866 |
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Folder 7 |
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Insurance Policies, 1845, 1847 |
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Sub-series 17: Napoleon (Bark) Records, 1874-1883 |
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Folder 1 |
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Agent/Owner Accounts, 1875-1878 |
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Folder 2-3 |
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Crew Papers, 1874-1882 |
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Include Whalemens' Shipping
Papers. |
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Volume 1 |
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Crew Accounts, 1874-1883 |
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Include outfitting
accounts. |
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Volume 2 |
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Crew Accounts, 1878-1882 |
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Include lists of provisions, stores,
and oil shipped home. |
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Sub-series 18: Newton (Bark) Records, 1843-1858 |
Box 10 |
Folder 1 |
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Agent/Owner Account, 1843 |
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Volume 1 |
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Crew Accounts, 1849-1858 |
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Include outfitting and settlement
accounts. |
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Folder 2 |
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Insurance Policy, 1845 |
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Folder 3 |
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Bill of Sale, 1853 |
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Sub-series 19: Northern Light (Ship/Bark) Records, 1861-1886 |
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Folder 1 |
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Agent/Owner Account, 1874 |
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Volume 1 |
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Crew Accounts, 1861-1881 |
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Include outfitting accounts. |
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See
also Sub-series 5, Volume 2 for additional crew accounts, 1861-1881,
relating to the Northern Light
(Ship/Bark). |
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Folder 2-6 |
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Crew Papers, 1861-1882 |
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Include Whalemens' Shipping
Papers. |
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Volume 2 |
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Crew Accounts, 1880-1886 |
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Include outfitting
accounts. |
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Folder 7 |
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Sea Letter, 1867 |
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Folder 8-9 |
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Consular Records, 1877 |
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Consist of a protest, survey,
financial loss statement, claims, and related material concerning
damage from striking rocks. |
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Folder 10 |
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Bill, 1879 |
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Sub-series 20: Pantheon (Bark) Records, 1845-1853 |
Box 11 |
Folder 1 |
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Agent/Owner Accounts, 1841 |
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Volume 1 |
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Crew Accounts, 1849-1853 |
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Include outfitting
accounts. |
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Volume 2 |
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Crew Accounts, 1850-1853 |
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Include lists of provisions, sails,
slops, as well as a list of whales taken by the Coral (Ship), 1846-1847. |
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Folder 2 |
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Insurance Policies, 1845 |
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Folder 3 |
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Bill, 1853 |
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Folder 4 |
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Memorandum, ca.
1849 |
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Sub-series 21: President (Bark) Records, 1874-1880 |
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Folder 1 |
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Agent/Owner Accounts, 1878, 1880 |
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Folder 2-3 |
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Crew Papers, 1874-1879 |
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Include Whalemens' Shipping
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Volume 1 |
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Crew Accounts, 1874-1881 |
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Include outfitting accounts. |
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See
also Sub-series 7, Volume 2 for additional crew accounts relating to
the President (Bark). |
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Folder 4-5 |
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Consulaar Records, 1876-1878 |
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Consist of a protest, survey, and
claims adjustments from storm damage. |
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Folder 6 |
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Deposition and list concerning articles
removed from the wreck of the Orray Taft
(Bark), 1874-1875 |
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Sub-series 22: Roscoe (Bark) Records, 1836-1859 |
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Folder 1 |
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Agent/Owner Accounts, 1836-1846 |
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Volume 1 |
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Crew Accounts, 1836-1846 |
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Include outfitting
accounts. |
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Folder 2 |
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Crew Papers, 1842-1849 |
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Volume 2 |
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Crew Accounts, 1846-1853 |
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Include outfitting and settlement
accounts as well as accounts of oil sent home. |
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See also
Sub-series 16, Volume 1 for additional crew accounts (1846-1853)
relating to the Roscoe
(Bark). |
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Volume 3 |
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Crew Accounts, 1853-1859 |
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Include outfitting accounts. |
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See
also Sub-series 20, Volume 1 for additional crew accounts (1853-1859)
relating to the Roscoe
(Bark). |
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Folder 3 |
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Survey request and report on storm damage,
1856 |
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Folder 4 |
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Insurance Policies, 1841-1846 |
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Folder 5 |
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Memoranda concerning whales sighted or
taken, ca. 1849 |
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Sub-series 23: Sea
Breeze (Bark) Records, 1865-1881 |
Box 12 |
Folder 1 |
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Agent/Owner Account, 1877 |
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Folder 2-4 |
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Crew Papers, 1865-1881 |
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Inlcude Whalemens' Shipping Papers as
well as a crew list. |
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Volume 1 |
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Crew Accounts, 1865-1881 |
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Include outfitting accounts as well as
descriptions of repairs. |
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Folder 5-7 |
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Consular Records, 1869-1878 |
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Consist of a marine note of protest,
protests, surveys, and financial records concerning damage resulting
from storm and ice. |
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Sub-series 24: Stephania (Ship/Bark) Records, 1847-1870 |
Box 13 |
Volume 1 |
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Crew Accounts, 1847-1870 |
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Include outfitting
accounts. |
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Folder 1 |
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Account, 1864 |
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Removed from Volume 1 |
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Folder 2 |
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Crew Papers, 1850-1864 |
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Folder 3-5 |
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Consualr Records, 1857-1865 |
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Consist of 1857 records of protests,
surveys, and financial records concerning damage to vessel from
striking bottom, 1862 records of the vessel running aground, and 1865
records concerning the loss of an anchor in storm and
ice. |
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Folder 6 |
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Insurance Policy, 1847 |
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Sub-series 25: Washington (Ship/Bark) Records, 1838-1870 |
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Agent/Owner Accounts, 1838-1844 |
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Agent/Owner Accounts, 1838-1851 |
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Crew Papers, 1844-1865 |
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Crew Accounts, 1850-1870 |
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Include outfitting
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Consular Records, 1854-1865 |
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Consist of 1854 records of protests
along with a survey concerning the loss of an anchor, while records
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Insurance Policies, 1842-1847 |
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Memoranda concerning cargoes and settlements, 1847, 1850, 1856 |
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| Series C: Legal Documents, 1861-1880 [15 items] |
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Legal documents consist of guardianship records; appointment as Port Warden; certificates of purchase and sale; and agreements. |
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Guardianship Records, 1861-1880 |
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Concern the children of Captain Martin Palmer. Also included in the records is an explanatory note by Benjamin Baker. |
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Appointment of Bourne as New Bedford, Mass., Port Warden, 1862 |
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Certificates of Purchase and Sale, 1862, 1865 |
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Agreements, 1863, 1867 |
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| Series E: Insurance Records, 1841, 1849 [2 items] |
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Insurance records consist of an insurance policy along with a request for insurance. |
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Folder 1 |
Insurance policy for transporting oil, and request for insurance on oil aboard Bolina (Schooner) bound for Philadelphia, 1841, 1849 |
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| Series G: Correspondence, 1848-1899 [1 linear foot] |
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Series G consists of incoming and outgoing business correspondence |
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Sub-series 1: Incoming, 1850, 1886 |
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1850, 1886 |
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Sub-series 2: Outgoing, 1848-1899 |
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The contents of this volume consist of a letterbook of outgoing correspondence from the years 1848-1851. Online transcriptions of these years are also available through the New Bedford Whaling Museum's website. |
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Volume 2 |
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1851-1856 |
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The contents of this volume consist of a letterbook of
outgoing correspondence from the years 1851-1856. Online
transcriptions are available through the New Bedford Whaling Museum
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Volume 3 |
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1856-1861 |
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This volume consists of outgoing correspondence from the
years 1856-1861. Online transcriptions are available through the New
Bedford Whaling Museum website. |
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Box 17 |
Volume 4-5 |
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Added Entries
Account books--New Bedford, Mass.--1836-1890
Business records--Mass.--New Bedford
Businessmen--Mass.--New Bedford
Commercial agents--Mass.--New Bedford
Decendents' estates--Mass.--New Bedford
Insurance, Marine--Mass.--New Bedford--Policies
Marine protests
Merchant seamen--Mass.--New Bedford--Salaries, pensions, etc.
Merchants--Mass.--New Bedford
New Bedford--Mass.--Commerce
Ship's papers
Shipmasters--Mass.--New Bedford
Shipwrecks--Mass.--New Bedford
Whale-oil
Whalers
Whaling--Mass.--New Bedford
Whaling--Mass.--New Bedford--agents
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Abbie Bradford (Schooner)
Adeline Gibbs (Bark)
Alaska (Bark)
Alaska (Steamer)
Alexander Coffin (Ship)
Andrews (Bark)
Ansel Gibbs (Bark)
Ansel Gibbs (Ship)
Chandler Price (Bark)
Draco (Bark)
Eliza (Bark)
George and Mary (Bark)
Hibernia (Ship)
Hunter (Bark)
Hunter (Ship)
King Fisher (Bark)
King Fisher (Ship)
Lagoda (Bark)
Lagoda (Ship)
Marengo (Ship)
Napoleon (Bark)
Newton (Bark)
Northern Light (Bark)
Northern Light (Ship)
Pantheon (Bark)
Pantheon (Ship)
Roscoe (Bark)
Sea Breeze (Bark)
Stephania (Bark)
Stephania (Ship)
Washington (Bark)
Washington (Ship)
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