Creesy Family Papers, 1810-1900, undated

Collection

Identifier: MSS 1878

Staff Only
Not requestable

Scope and Contents

The Creesy Family papers contains legal papers, and an account book belonging to Josiah P. Creesy. The account book is an account book for two ships, the Oneida and the Flying Cloud. The second half of the account book seems to be an inventory kept by an antiques dealer.

Dates

Creation: 1810-1900, undated

Creator

Creesy, J. P. (Josiah Perkins), 1814-1871 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use.

Biographical / Historical

Josiah Perkins Creesy Jr. was born March 23, 1814, in Marblehead, Massachusetts (Ancestry...Find a Grave). Creesy, a ship captain, married Eleanor Horton in 1841. Eleanor served as a navigator on her husband's ships, and was navigating when the Flying Cloud made its record setting voyage in 1851 (Shaw xxvii). Cressy died June 5, 1871 (Ancestry...Find a Grave).

Extent

.21 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Creesy Family papers contains legal papers, and an account book belonging to Josiah P. Creesy.

Physical Location

Phillips Library Stacks

Provenance

This material was donated by Zulette Potter on September 15, 1960. The account book was purchased from John McInnis Auctioneers with funds from the John Robinson Fund, on August 4, 2022 (Acc 2022.019).

Bibliography and Related Collections

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

Shaw, David W. Flying Cloud: The True Story of America's Most Famous Clipper Ship and the Woman Who Guided Her. Harper Collins Publishers Inc.: NY, NY, 2000.