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Bills of sale

 Subject
Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Ship's Papers of Eunice H. Adams (Brig) of Edgartown

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 003-02-02
Scope and Contents The records in this collection represent four voyages of the brig Eunice H. Adams while under the management of Samuel Osborn, Jr. of Edgartown, Massachusetts. The records include articles of agreement, correspondence, crew lists, bills & receipts and crew accounts. Several voyages include records of activities of particular note. The voyage of 1884-1885 includes records related to ship repair due to leaks, regular shipping business and bills related to medical treatment for...
Dates: 1883-1895
Found in: Providence Public Library / Ship's Papers of Eunice H. Adams (Brig) of Edgartown

Ship’s Papers of Lion (Ship) of Providence

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31116021976425]
Identifier: 003-02-18
Scope and Contents

This collection contains minimal documentation for the first and last voyages of the Lion, with better, though decidedly incomplete, documentation for the middle two voyages from Providence. Papers include correspondence, bills and receipts, gauges of oil, financial records including interest and deposits, crew lists and expenses, stockholders’ meeting minutes, and legal documents.

Dates: 1841-1857
Found in: Providence Public Library / Ship’s Papers of Lion (Ship) of Providence

Ship's Papers of Mary Frazier of New Bedford

 File — Flat file case Flat File
Identifier: 003-02-28
Scope and Contents

This collection contains fairly complete documentation, excluding correspondence,for the four voyages between 1865-1876 under the management of Charles Tucker of New Bedford. There are scant papers remaining for the voyages managed by Samuel Osborn, other than the account books in the PPL collection.

Dates: 1865 - 1890
Found in: Providence Public Library / Ship's Papers of Mary Frazier of New Bedford

Ship's Papers of Minnesota (Bark) of Edgartown

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31116021976227]
Identifier: 003-02-04
Scope and Contents The collection contains correspondence between Master Charles S. Downs and agent Samuel Osborn, Jr. relating to the business of whaling and the condemnation and sale of the vessel. Also included are permissions for crew members to go whaling, signed crew agreements, outfitting notes, and a crew list. Bills and receipts are included from the time of outfitting until the sale of the vessel and return of its oil. Documents and consular copies of the transactions relating to survey, maintenance,...
Dates: 1880 - 1883
Found in: Providence Public Library / Ship's Papers of Minnesota (Bark) of Edgartown

Samuel Osborn, Jr. papers

 File — Box Multi-Collection Box: [Barcode: 31116021976532]
Identifier: 003-02-25
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence to and from Samuel Osborn, Jr., business records including notes on whales and lots of sperm oil, bills and insurance documents, and a small number of miscellaneous personal papers.

Of particular note are correspondences related to the Arctic whaling disaster of 1871 requesting compensation for the owners of the lost vessels.

Dates: 1845 - 1894; 1999
Found in: Providence Public Library / Samuel Osborn, Jr. papers

Edward Penniman papers

 File — Box Multi-Collection Box: [Barcode: 31116021976532]
Identifier: 003-02-26
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a small number of Penniman’s personal papers and ephemera, mostly unrelated to his whaling career, including a receipt for homebuilding materials, a menu, and a visiting card.

Dates: 1882
Found in: Providence Public Library / Edward Penniman papers

Ship’s Papers of President (Bark) of New Bedford

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 003-02-27
Scope and Contents This collection contains papers from two of the President’s whaling voyages: 1865-1869 under master Edmund Kelley, and 1869-1872 under master Eber C. Almy. The papers for the second of these voyages are scant. The collection also includes papers regarding the ship’s building and maintenance history which are unrelated to any specific voyage. Of additional note in this collection is a volume of sailing directions for Buzzards Bay published in New Bedford in 1821, which has since been...
Dates: 1821 - 1875; Majority of material found within 1865 - 1873
Found in: Providence Public Library / Ship’s Papers of President (Bark) of New Bedford

Ship’s Papers of the Robert Morrison (Bark) of New Bedford

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 003-02-19
Scope and Contents This collection contains captain Andrew J. Mosher’s correspondence from a voyage of the Robert Morrison from 1880 to 1884, along with agent’s and owner’s memoranda and information about shipments of oil from this same time period. It also contains crew papers including accounts and permissions, government documents, a significant number of bills and receipts, and documents related to the condemnation and sale of the Robert Morrison. Researchers will also note diagrams of the bark’s cask...
Dates: 1879-1890
Found in: Providence Public Library / Ship’s Papers of the Robert Morrison (Bark) of New Bedford

Ship’s Papers of the Thomas Hunt (Schooner) of Stonington

 File — Flat file case Flat File
Identifier: 003-02-17
Scope and Contents

The collection includes the records of ten voyages of the Thomas Hunt between 1872 and 1884, including receipts and bills of sale, shareholders’ agreements, insurance certificates, crew lists and crew agreements, supplies and slops accounts, shipping papers, governmental documents such as foreign manifests and customs documents, and correspondence with ship’s agent Joseph N. Hancox.

Dates: 1872 - 1884
Found in: Providence Public Library / Ship’s Papers of the Thomas Hunt (Schooner) of Stonington

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