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Box 2

 Container

Contains 10 Results:

Malay (Brig), 1830, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: Series I.
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Shipping Papers comprise the bulk of the collection. The ships' papers document the shipping activities and concerns of a shipmaster, and include manifests, letters of instruction, provision lists, and crew lists. Of particular interest in this series is a protest for the ship Endeavor, which ran aground in the Straits of Magellan in October, 1824. A significant amount of information regarding the Sumatran pepper and...
Dates: 1830, undated

William (Ship), 1826-1828

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: Series I.
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Shipping Papers comprise the bulk of the collection. The ships' papers document the shipping activities and concerns of a shipmaster, and include manifests, letters of instruction, provision lists, and crew lists. Of particular interest in this series is a protest for the ship Endeavor, which ran aground in the Straits of Magellan in October, 1824. A significant amount of information regarding the Sumatran pepper and...
Dates: 1826-1828

Shipping account book, 1822-1834

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: Series I.
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Shipping Papers comprise the bulk of the collection. The ships' papers document the shipping activities and concerns of a shipmaster, and include manifests, letters of instruction, provision lists, and crew lists. Of particular interest in this series is a protest for the ship Endeavor, which ran aground in the Straits of Magellan in October, 1824. A significant amount of information regarding the Sumatran pepper and...
Dates: 1822-1834

Vessel departure list, 1835

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Identifier: Series I.
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Shipping Papers comprise the bulk of the collection. The ships' papers document the shipping activities and concerns of a shipmaster, and include manifests, letters of instruction, provision lists, and crew lists. Of particular interest in this series is a protest for the ship Endeavor, which ran aground in the Straits of Magellan in October, 1824. A significant amount of information regarding the Sumatran pepper and...
Dates: 1835

Accounts and invoices, 1821-1834, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: Series II.
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Business Papers include accounts, invoices, and business correspondence relating to the consignment of Gillis' own merchandise on the vessels he mastered. Included are reports written by and for Captain Gillis regarding tradable materials. Also included is a document titled "Remarks on Mocha," which discusses the port of Mocha in what is now Yemen. This report includes information on the state of Mocha at the time and the tradable materials...
Dates: 1821-1834, undated

Correspondence, 1833-1835, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: Series II.
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Business Papers include accounts, invoices, and business correspondence relating to the consignment of Gillis' own merchandise on the vessels he mastered. Included are reports written by and for Captain Gillis regarding tradable materials. Also included is a document titled "Remarks on Mocha," which discusses the port of Mocha in what is now Yemen. This report includes information on the state of Mocha at the time and the tradable materials...
Dates: 1833-1835, undated

Reports on trade, 1850, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Identifier: Series II.
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Business Papers include accounts, invoices, and business correspondence relating to the consignment of Gillis' own merchandise on the vessels he mastered. Included are reports written by and for Captain Gillis regarding tradable materials. Also included is a document titled "Remarks on Mocha," which discusses the port of Mocha in what is now Yemen. This report includes information on the state of Mocha at the time and the tradable materials...
Dates: 1850, undated

Personal and household accounts, 1820-1835, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Identifier: Series III.
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Personal Papers consist mainly of personal and household accounts of James Gillis and his wife, Lydia. Of interest is a bill from Charles Osgood for painting a portrait of James Gillis. It also includes correspondence from Gillis to his brother-in-law George D. Richardson, which provide a detailed description of his life at sea, his various personal shipping ventures, (including his investments on the ship Senator)...
Dates: 1820-1835, undated

Correspondence, 1832-1864, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Identifier: Series III.
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Personal Papers consist mainly of personal and household accounts of James Gillis and his wife, Lydia. Of interest is a bill from Charles Osgood for painting a portrait of James Gillis. It also includes correspondence from Gillis to his brother-in-law George D. Richardson, which provide a detailed description of his life at sea, his various personal shipping ventures, (including his investments on the ship Senator)...
Dates: 1832-1864, undated

Military papers, 1814-1815

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: Series III.
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Personal Papers consist mainly of personal and household accounts of James Gillis and his wife, Lydia. Of interest is a bill from Charles Osgood for painting a portrait of James Gillis. It also includes correspondence from Gillis to his brother-in-law George D. Richardson, which provide a detailed description of his life at sea, his various personal shipping ventures, (including his investments on the ship Senator)...
Dates: 1814-1815