Franklin S. Phelps & Company Records, 1853-1888, undated
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Not requestable
Scope and Content Note
The Franklin S. Phelps and Company Records document the business of this Boston-based insurance agency. It dealt mostly, but not exclusively with marine insurance. The collection contains correspondence and ships' papers and is divided into two series. There are three folders of personal papers.
Series I. Correspondence contains letters arranged by correspondent (insurance companies, shipping companies, ship brokers, bankers, attorneys, and individuals) and then chronologically. Most of the correspondence is letters received, with a few outgoing letters from Franklin S. Phelps as well. It also includes telegrams.
Series II. Ships' Papers includes affidavits, statements, reports, bills, depositions, protests, disbursements for repairs, and correspondence.
Series III. Personal Papers contains personal letters to Phelps and letters to Phelps' wife, "Meggie."
Phillips Library Stacks
Dates
- Creation: 1853-1888, undated
Creator
- Franklin S. Phelps & Company (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Historical/Biographical Sketch
Franklin S. Phelps and Company was a Boston, Massachusetts, based insurance agency with an office on State Street. The owner and agent, Franklin S. Phelps, was born in Fort Covington, New York, on September 15, 1833, to James and Rebecca (Willard) Phelps. In 1863, he married Mary Elizabeth Richardson (born 1829) and they lived in Lynn, Massachusetts. They had three sons: John Franklin (born 1864), John Samuel (born 1866), and Willard Schetky (born 1868). Franklin died on March 5, 1898 in Lynn.
Extent
3.75 linear feet (6 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Franklin S. Phelps and Company Records document the business of this Boston-based insurance agency.
Series List
SERIES I. Correspondence
SERIES II. Ships' Papers
SERIES III. Personal Papers
Provenance
This material was donated by the estate of John and James Phelps in 1948 (acc #11,920).
Processing Information
Collection processed by Tamara Gaydos, November 2016.
Subject
- Phelps, Mary Elizabeth (Richardson) (Person)
- A. W. Stevens (Bark) (Organization)
- Afton (Brigantine) (Organization)
- Ann Mcrae (Brig) (Organization)
- Arthur Pickering (Bark) (Organization)
- Atalanta (Ship) (Organization)
- Batavia (Bark) (Organization)
- Contest (Ship) (Organization)
- Cosmopolite (Ship) (Organization)
- Dolphin (Ship) (Organization)
- Ella (Brigantine) (Organization)
- Emeline (Schooner) (Organization)
- Emily Fisher (Brig) (Organization)
- Frances (Schooner) (Organization)
- Frank W. (Brig) (Organization)
- Game Cock (Schooner) (Organization)
- Iris (Brig) (Organization)
- Jamestown (Ship) (Organization)
- Lizzie Billings (Brig) (Organization)
- Martha Riordan (Schooner) (Organization)
- Mary Jane Wilber (Brigantine) (Organization)
- Minnie K. (Brig) (Organization)
- Norway (Ship) (Organization)
- Orion (Ship) (Organization)
- Peri (Brigantine) (Organization)
- Regina (Vessel) (Organization)
- St. Lawrence (Ship) (Organization)
- St. Mary (Bark) (Organization)
- Sarah Louisa (Schooner) (Organization)
- Star Castle (Whaling Brig) (Organization)
- Tasmanian (Ship) (Organization)
- Varnum H. Hill (Brig) (Organization)
- W. D. (Whaling Schooner) (Organization)
- White Star (Schooner) (Organization)
- Yosemite (Ship) (Organization)
- Boyd and Arnton (Organization)
- Importers and Traders Insurance Company (Organization)
- Maine Mutual Marine Insurance Company (Organization)
- Merrimack Suspender Company (Organization)
- Narragansett Fire and Marine Insurance Company (Organization)
- National Insurance Company (Organization)
- Newport Fire and Marine Insurance Company (Organization)
- Pacific Mutual Insurance Company (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- FRANKLIN S. PHELPS & COMPANY RECORDS, 1853-1888
- 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