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Connecticut -- Business, industries, and trades -- Whaling

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Ship's Papers of America II (Ship) of Stonington

 File — Flat file case Flat File
Identifier: 003-02-15
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1844 - 1847

Nicholson Whaling Collection Logbooks

 Collection — Wh Folio Shelves
Identifier: 003-02-01
Scope and Contents

The collection includes nearly 800 logbooks, documenting over 1,000 voyages and ranges from the 18th to the 20th century.

Dates: circa 1762-1931

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

John Turner papers

 File — Box Multi-collection box: [Barcode: 31116021976540]
Identifier: 003-02-34
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1824 - 1856