Connecticut -- Business, industries, and trades -- Whaling
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Ship's Papers of America II (Ship) of Stonington
The collection contains the records of two whaling voyages by America II out of Stonington, Connecticut including shipping papers, correspondence, crew lists, bills and receipts, and crew accounts.
Nicholson Whaling Collection Logbooks
The collection includes nearly 800 logbooks, documenting over 1,000 voyages and ranges from the 18th to the 20th century.
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.
John Turner papers
This collection includes 56 items, chiefly business correspondence, related to the John Turner's business investments and shares in various whaling voyages out of New London, Connecticut for vessels including the McDonough, Palladium, Mentor, Spark and Indian Chief.