John Prince Papers, 1759-1887, undated
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Not requestable
Scope and Content Note
The John Prince Papers contain personal, shipping, civic, and business papers of John Prince (1762-1848), a Marblehead, Massachusetts, shipmaster, selectman, and justice of the peace. The collection also includes miscellaneous papers of other Prince family members and members of the Hooper family. The papers are divided into three series.
Series I. Shipping, Business, and Civic Papers is comprised of correspondence, financial, and legal papers reflecting Prince's role as a Marblehead selectman (circa 1803-1825) and a Justice of the Peace. These papers include letters to him when he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (circa 1810-1817) and accounts of Samuel Horton's estate, of which Prince was administrator. The shipping papers include papers of the schooner Hope, schooner Philanthropist, and brigantine Philanthropist of which Prince was master, as well as miscellaneous merchant correspondence and bills of lading.
Series II. Personal and Family Papers is comprised of correspondence, financial, and legal papers, many of which relate to Prince's land in Marblehead. His personal accounts also include his estate accounts. This series also includes correspondence, accounts, and insurance papers of John Jr., Susan, Cato, and Elizabeth Prince.
Series III. Miscellaneous Papers include correspondence and accounts of Joseph Hooper and the Hooper family.
Dates
- Creation: 1759-1887
Creator
- Prince, John, 1762-1848 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Biographical Sketch
John Prince was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, on January 4, 1762 to John and Anna Prince. He was a ship master, selectman and Justice of the Peace. He sailed on the ship St. Helena, and the schooners Hope, Catherine, Betsey, and Philanthropist, and the brigantine Philanthropist. He was active during the Revolutionary War and sailed on board privateers and Letters of Marque. He was one of the prisoners on the British sloop of war Lively; in fact he led the men in November, 1782 to take control of the ship and sail her safely into the Havana where she was sold. He died on January 29, 1848.
Extent
0.5 linear feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The John Prince Papers contain personal, shipping, civic, and business papers of John Prince (1762-1848), a Marblehead, Massachusetts, shipmaster, selectman, and justice of the peace.
Series List
SERIES I. Shipping, Business, and Civic Papers
SERIES II. Personal and Family Papers
SERIES III. Miscellaneous Papers
Physical Location
Phillips Library Stacks
Provenance
The John Prince Papers are a reorganization and integration of one scrapbook volume and a record book. The bulk of the collection comes from an unknown source. The record book (1805-1835) was purchased in 1931. Removed from the collection are papers of Captain Ashley Bowen (see Separation Sheet). All items removed from the collection are marked with their original location.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Sylvia Kennick, August 1982. Updated by Catherine Robertson, April 2015.
Subject
- Prince, John, 1762-1848 (Person)
- Horton, Samuel, 1745-1817 (Person)
- Hooper family (Family)
- Hope (Schooner) (Organization)
- Philanthropist (Brigantine) (Organization)
- Philanthropist (Schooner) (Organization)
- Title
- JOHN PRINCE PAPERS, 1759-1887, udnated
- Author
- Processed by: Sylvia Kennick; Updated by: Catherine Robertson; machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Processing and conservation for this collection were funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the Phillips Library Repository