Ships -- Equipment and supplies
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Ship's Papers of Mary Frazier of New Bedford
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.
Ship's Papers of Mattapoisett (Bark) of Rochester
Ship's Papers of Minnesota (Bark) of Edgartown
Samuel Osborn, Jr. papers
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.
Ship's Papers of Perry (Bark) of Edgartown
This collection includes the records of the second and third whaling voyages of the Perry including shipping papers, correspondences, protests, bills and receipts, and crew accounts. The bulk of the records reflect the voyage of 1877-1880. Of particular note are details about the death of Master George Nickerson and crew dissatisfaction between his replacement, Master Benjamin F. Nickerson, and the First Mate, Horace Sherman.
Ship’s Papers of President (Bark) of New Bedford
Ship’s Papers of the Robert Morrison (Bark) of New Bedford
Ship’s Papers of the Thomas Hunt (Schooner) of Stonington
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.