Testimony of Captains Involved in the North Atlantic Commercial Fisheries, 1873-1879
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Not requestable
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of 22 handwritten depositions of captains involved in North Atlantic commercial fishing, written out by a clerk and notarized. There are also 36 other depositions of fishing firms which are printed questionnaires filled out in manuscript, with a manuscript narrative of about 100 words attached to each. Captains are from the United States' East coast, Maine to Cape Cod and fish on George's, St. Lawrence Bay, and other locations for herring, mackerel, cod, etc. There is a large amount of detail about how each fisherman goes about his business and about the changes in the various fisheries over the past decades. This was probably gathered as testimony for the Halifax Commission, but covers much more than Canadian-American relations. There is also a folder of miscellaneous financial documents (1873-1879).
Dates
- Creation: 1873-1879
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Extent
0.5 linear feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of 22 handwritten depositions of captains involved in North Atlantic commercial fishing, written out by a clerk and notarized.
Series List
SERIES I. Depositions
SERIES II. Miscellaneous Financial Documents
Physical Location
Phillips Library Stacks
Provenance
This material was purchased on August 1, 2007 (acc # 2007.012).
Processing Information
Collection processed by Tamara Gaydos, January 2008.
Subject
- Collins, Joseph W. (Person)
- McNeil, Daniel (Person)
- Babson, Horatio (Person)
- Parkhurst, Charles E. (Person)
- Glenn, John (Person)
- Warren, Nicholas (Person)
- Hardy, Henry (Person)
- Tarr, Zebulon (Person)
- Rowe, William T. (Person)
- Jameson, John S. (Person)
- Farmer, Samuel (Person)
- Goman, John E. (Person)
- Lewis, Jesse (Person)
- Hannan, Richard (Person)
- Anderson, James L. (Person)
- Sinclair, Peter (Person)
- Hutchinson, John P. (Person)
- McIssac, James (Person)
- McDonald, Alexander (Person)
- Wilkins, Edward N. (Person)
- Corey, Alonzo (Person)
- Howard, Oliver F. (Person)
- Seth Webb (Organization)
- B. Maddocks and Company (Organization)
- Leighton and Company (Organization)
- Smith and Golt (Organization)
- Rowe and Jordan (Organization)
- Wonson Brothers (Organization)
- James G. Tarr & Bro. (East Gloucester, Mass.) (Organization)
- W.S. Jordan and Company (Organization)
- Jordan B. Blake (Organization)
- C. and H. Trefthen (Organization)
- Charles A. Dyer (Organization)
- William T. Maddocks (Organization)
- Mercantile Wharf Company (Organization)
- E. H. Chase (Organization)
- Freeman Orne (Organization)
- Abraham H. Tower (Organization)
- Thomes Chase and Company (Organization)
- Moses E. Peirce and Company (Organization)
- F. M. Freeman (Organization)
- John Bates (Organization)
- J.W. Sawyer and Company (Organization)
- Chase and Cushing (Organization)
- C. N. Weaver (Organization)
- Nelson and Harlow (Organization)
- Manter and Blackmer (Organization)
- James Fitch (Organization)
- David Conwell (Organization)
- Freeman and Williams (Organization)
- Lewis Whittier and Company (Organization)
- H. and S. Cook Company (Organization)
- Central Wharf Company (Provincetown, Mass.) (Organization)
- B.A. Lewis and Company (Organization)
- George Trefethen and Company (Organization)
- William Parsons 2nd and Company (Organization)
- E. G. Willard (Organization)
- Title
- TESTIMONY OF CAPTAINS INVOLVED IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC COMMERCIAL FISHERIES, 1873-1879
- Author
- Processed by: Tamara Gaydos; machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Phillips Library Repository