Correspondence from Charles T. Dering to Henry Huntington (includes balance sheets for Bark Barbara), 1845

This collection includes the business correspondence and accounts of Charles T. and Nicoll H. Dering of Sag Harbor and Henry Huntington of Rome, New York relative to the business of whaling. In his correspondence, which makes up the majority of the collection, Charles Dering, a whaling agent, encourages Henry Huntington to invest in his whaling ventures, and sends statements relating to the vessels and Huntington's investments therein, as well as miscellaneous personal and family information. Copies of Huntington's replies to Dering are included, as well as small amounts of other correspondence. Also found in the collection are a bill of sale for 1/8 interest in the Bark Barbara and a subscription receipt to the Whalemen's Shipping List, the trade newspaper of the whaling industry.