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James Koopman Papers, 1844-1879, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MH 144

Scope and Content Note

The James Koopman papers contain ships' papers and some personal correspondence. The collection has been divided into two series.

Series I. Ships' Papers contains bills of lading, disbursements, charter party agreements, invoices and receipts, articles of agreement, and miscellaneous ships' papers. These appear to be from vessels of which Koopman was master.

Series II. Personal Correspondence contains correspondence between Koopman and his wife.

Dates

  • Creation: 1844-1879, undated

Creator

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research use.

Biographical Sketch

James Koopman was born on June 3, 1817 in Sweden. He later lived in Freeport, Maine, where he worked as a ship master and captain. James was married to Alice S., presumably until her death in 1856; he then married Mary M. He died on April 10, 1894.

Extent

2.25 linear feet (2 boxes; 1 flat file)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The James Koopman papers contain ships' papers and some personal correspondence.

Series List

SERIES I. Ships' Papers

SERIES II. Personal Correspondence

Physical Location

Phillips Library Stacks

Provenance

This material was purchased in 1944 (accession #11,194).

Bibliography

Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2010.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Hilary Streifer, August 2015.

Subject

Title
JAMES KOOPMAN PAPERS, 1844-1879, undated
Author
Processed by: Hilary Streifer; machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan.
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Phillips Library Repository

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