Ships' papers
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Articles of Agreement for the Ship Crescent
Brig John and the Schooner Morning Star Records
Includes account of wages, cost of goods and services at ports, pen drawing of ship inside cover.
Albert S. Eells Papers
The collection contains records from Albert Eells's grocery business in Camden, Maine and his shipyard in Rockport, Maine.
A. L. Harman Ledgers
One ledger is a surveyor's ledger of timber lots by type and quantity from Dec. 18, 1869 to July 3, 1891. It includes a church ledger, Machiasport, Maine, 1905-1907. The second ledger is an account book for the schooner Beta from April 1892 to August 1896. It includes a church ledger, Machiasport, Maine, 1907-1908.
Benjamin Hatch Account Book
Account book kept by Benjamin Hatch for schooners Paragon and James Bliss.
Edwin F. Littlefield Papers
Business and personal papers of Edwin F. Littlefield, a ship captain from Winterport, Maine. Very little biographical information is available about Littlefield, but it appears that he was a ship owner, captain and agent between 1854 and 1897, the year of his death.
Ships' Fees Ledger
The ledger includes ships' fees for endorsements, oaths, insurance, and other official papers. Includes names of schooners, barks, brigs, and other vessels and destinations. Harbor where these fees were collected is not known.
Stuart Family Shipping and Banking Records
The papers of a ship-owning family, Stephen W. Stuart, William H. Stuart and John B. Stuart. Some papers relate to the Richmond National Bank (1878-1884), mostly receipts. Also includes correspondence, financial records, and cargo lists.
True and Sweetser Day Book
Includes accounts relating to the schooner Lizzie Brewster primarily for labor aboard the schooner.
United States Custom House Fee Ledger
First entry dated April 19, 1886; last entry dated April 13, 1891. Harbors included in the district of Castine were Castine, Bucksport, Deer Isle, and Sedgwick.
James B. Vickery Manuscript Collection
Schooner Vigilent Logbook and Ship's Papers
Logbook of the Schooner Vigilent during a cod fishing voyage from Cutler to the Grand Manan Banks. The logbook was kept by Samuel H. Brown and the names of the fishermen were Andrew Ramsdale, Amos Brann, and Joseph Ramsdell.