Ship's papers
Published: 1827
Language: eng
Subjects: West Dennis (Schooner); Commerce; Matilda Sears (Bark); Samuel Obei (Schooner); Whaling; Katie P. Lunt (Schooner); Gurnit (Schooner); Union (Sloop : ca. 1805- ); Ships; Cape Horn Pigeon (Bark); Shipping; Joseph G. Dean (Schooner); Barks (Sailing ships); Carpenter (Schooner); International trade; Harbors; Abbie Bursley (Schooner); Port charges; Transportation; American Diplomatic and consular service; Billow (Schooner); Commodore Morris (Bark); Martha (Sloop); Marine insurance; Dartmouth (Bark); Henry Clay (Schooner); Sloops; Ella F. Crowell (Schooner); Taylor Small (Schooner); Consuls; Sunbeam (Bark); Equipment and supplies; Maintenance and repair; Business, industries, and trades; Merchant mariners; Charles & Edward (Schooner); Undaunted (Ship); Salaries; Foreign relations; Schooners
Description: Sales agreements and bills of sale; bills for repairs, supplies, equipment, towing, harboring, and other items; papers relating to the hiring, pay, and conditions of crew members; marine insurance records; shipping articles; accounts, whaling inventories, and agreements relating to the division of proceeds of voyages; bills of lading; landing certificates; affidavits of U.S. consuls in various world ports; and other materials. Vessels, sailing from Massachusetts ports (many in Barnstable County), represented include schooners Abbie Bursley, Billow, Carpenter, Charles & Edward, Ella F. Crowell, Gurnit, Henry Clay, Joseph G. Dean, Katie P. Lunt, Samuel Obei, Taylor Small, West Dennis, Western Star, and William F. Miller; ship Undaunted; barks Cape Horn Pigeon, Commodore Morris, Dartmouth, Matilda Sears, and Sunbeam; and sloops Martha and Union.
Notes: Finding aid for the Ship's Papers Collection may be found at the Nickerson Room Web Page http://www.capecod.edu/web/nickerson/finding-aids.