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