Joseph Winn Papers, 1815-1879, undated
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Not requestable
Scope and Content Note
The Joseph Winn Papers document Winn's maritime activities and military career and contain some of his wife's papers. The collection has been divided into two series.
Series I. Shipping Papers contains letters, accounts, and some ship's papers from his days as a shipmaster, ship owner, and Zanzibar agent for R. Greene & Co. of Providence, Rhode Island. Also included are letters written during the Civil War while Winn was an "acting volunteer lieutenant" on the U.S. Bark James L. Davis. Some of these letters discuss his attempts to market a mechanical sewing machine. Not represented in the papers is Winn's shoe manufacturing partnership with S. Driver & Company.
Series II. Personal Papers includes a deed, receipts, a letter to his sister, his marriage certificate, and Winn's appointment as Justice of the Peace. Hannah Cook (Stimpson) Winn's papers contain school awards, watercolor drawings, a school exercise (ciphering) book, and a diary (1864-1865).
Dates
- Creation: 1815-1879, undated
Creator
- Winn, Joseph, 1805-1880 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Biographical Sketch
Joseph Winn was born on April 4, 1805, in Salem, Massachusetts, the son of Joseph R. Winn and Hanna (Dove) Winn. He became a ship master, ship owner, and agent in Zanzibar for R. Greene & Co. of Providence, Rhode Island. He was a voluntary lieutenant during the Civil War, serving onboard the U.S. bark James L. Davis. Winn was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1853.
He married Hannah (Cook) Stimpson(1806-1894) in 1829. They had one son, Joseph Alonzo (1829-1831) who died at age 22 months. Winn died on August 11, 1880 of an enlarged prostrate.
Extent
0.5 linear feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Joseph Winn Papers document Winn's maritime activities and military career and contain some of his wife's papers.
Series List
SERIES I. Shipping Papers
SERIES II. Family Papers
Physical Location
Phillips Library Stacks
Provenance
The bulk of the Essex Institute collection was donated in 1931 by the estate of Nathan P. Cutler. A box of correspondence, accounts, and ship's papers was placed on deposit at the Peabody Museum of Salem in 1931 by Nathan P. Cutler and William H. Cutler (acc #8821). The two collections were merged in 2016.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Prudence Backman, January 1985. Updated by Tamara Gaydos, September 2016.
Subject
- Eagleston, John H., 1803-1884 (Person)
- Winn, Hannah Cook Stimpson (Person)
- Chamberlain, Joseph (Person)
- Phillips, Stephen C. (Stephen Clarendon), 1801-1857 (Person)
- Whippey, David (Person)
- Catherine (Ship) (Organization)
- Clinton (Schooner) (Organization)
- Coral (Schooner) (Organization)
- Eliza (Ship) (Organization)
- Elizabeth (Ship) (Organization)
- Emerald (Ship) (Organization)
- Heraclide (Ship) (Organization)
- James L. Davis (Bark) (Organization)
- Maryland (Bark) (Organization)
- Nassau (Schooner) (Organization)
- Pontiac (Ship) (Organization)
- Talma (Ship) (Organization)
- Tidal Wave (Bark) (Organization)
- R. Greene & Co. (Providence, R.I.) (Organization)
- United States. Navy (Organization)
- Title
- JOSEPH WINN PAPERS, 1815-1879, undated
- Author
- Processed by: Prudence Backman; Updated by: Tamara Gaydos; machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Processing of this collection was funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the Phillips Library Repository