James Lowell Papers, 1808-1850, undated
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Not requestable
Scope and Content Note
This collection documents the voyages Captain James Lowell made from Bath, Maine, to Charleston, New Orleans, Liverpool, Glasgow, Marseilles, Martinique, the West Indies, and the Bahamas. The majority of the collection is in English, with some papers of the ship Pleiades in French. Each series is arranged chronologically.
Series I. Vessel Records contains records relating to the brigs Sarah and Pleiades, the schooner William, and the ships Ceylon and Roger Sherman; an 1823 agreement with Gilbert Trufant for the building of a new vessel; and correspondence written after Captain James Lowell's death that references the vessels Sea Gull, James Henry, and Butler.
Series II. Business and Personal Papers consist of correspondence and financial papers. These papers include an 1831 letter by Freeman Clark about his severed connection with an abolition society and a document appointing Freeman Clark, William D. Sewall, and Thomas H. Donnell to a committee for the appraisal of Captain James Lowell's estate in 1843.
Dates
- Creation: 1808-1850, undated
Creator
- Lowell, James (Person)
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Biographical Sketch
James Currier Lowell (d. circa 1843) was a shipmaster and ship owner from Bath, Maine. His parents were John Lowell and Rachel (Curtis) Lowell. James's siblings were William Lowell; John Lowell, who died young; and Truxton Lowell. He also had two half-siblings from his father's second marriage: Mary Ann Lowell (1813-1900), who married William Heath (1814-1896) in 1843; and John Currier Lowell (1822-1867), also a sea captain. James Lowell's papers indicate that he did business with ship-builder Gilbert Trufant and with the ship-building firm Clark & Sewall owned by Freeman Clark and William D. Sewall. William Heath became the administrator of James Lowell's estate in 1843.
Extent
0.25 linear feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection documents the voyages Captain James Lowell made from Bath, Maine, to Charleston, New Orleans, Liverpool, Glasgow, Marseilles, Martinique, the West Indies, and the Bahamas.
Series List
SERIES I. Vessel Records
SERIES II. Business and Personal Papers
Physical Location
Phillips Library Stacks
Provenance
The James Lowell Papers are a reorganization and integration of folders from the Andrew and William Heath Papers and several items removed from the Phillips Family Papers and the Churchill, Brown & Manson Company Records.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Sylvia Kennick, July 1982. Updated by Jennifer Prentice, July 2012.
Subject
- Lowell, James (Person)
- Clark, Freeman, 1795-1867 (Person)
- Trufant, Gilbert (Person)
- Clark and Sewall (Organization)
- Ceylon (Ship) (Organization)
- Pleiades (Brig) (Organization)
- Roger Sherman (Ship) (Organization)
- Sarah (Brig) (Organization)
- William (Schooner) (Organization)
- Title
- JAMES LOWELL PAPERS, 1808-1850, undated
- Author
- Processed by: Sylvia Kennick; Updated by: Jennifer Prentice; machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Phillips Library Repository