Series I. Ships' Papers contains ships’ papers for vessels owned or managed by Carleton, Norwood & Co. Many of these materials document the activities of vessels built in Carleton, Norwood & Co.’s own shipyard, with particularly strong focus on Adelia T. Carleton (Schooner), Edgar W. Murdock (Schooner), Emma Knowlton (Schooner), Hattie C. Luce (Schooner), Jennie Harkness (Bark), S. D. Carleton (Ship), and William H. Macy (Ship). Materials include telegrams, bills and receipts, protests, shipping articles, charter parties, manifests, and accounts of sales. Ships’ papers are arranged alphabetically by vessel name and chronologically within each folder. A complete list of vessels named in the collection is available in Appendix I. Ship Index.