Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries A. Ships’ Papers represents ships owned or chartered by Pingree. Merchant expeditions that were chartered by Pingree were referred to as “adventures” whereas ships journeyed under the ownership of Pingree were referred to as “voyages.” This subseries includes documents that were bundled by ship and voyage. Records include: bills of lading; accounts; receipts/invoices; cargo lists; bills of health; debenture certificates; insurance policies; impost bonds; Chinese linguists’...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries A. Ships’ Papers represents ships owned or chartered by Pingree. Merchant expeditions that were chartered by Pingree were referred to as “adventures” whereas ships journeyed under the ownership of Pingree were referred to as “voyages.” This subseries includes documents that were bundled by ship and voyage. Records include: bills of lading; accounts; receipts/invoices; cargo lists; bills of health; debenture certificates; insurance policies; impost bonds; Chinese linguists’...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries A. Ships’ Papers represents ships owned or chartered by Pingree. Merchant expeditions that were chartered by Pingree were referred to as “adventures” whereas ships journeyed under the ownership of Pingree were referred to as “voyages.” This subseries includes documents that were bundled by ship and voyage. Records include: bills of lading; accounts; receipts/invoices; cargo lists; bills of health; debenture certificates; insurance policies; impost bonds; Chinese linguists’...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries B. Miscellaneous Shipping Papers is divided into six sub-subseries. Included are Accounts, Bills and Receipts; Cargo and Sales Records; Bills of Lading; Prices Current; Correspondence, and Miscellaneous. The Miscellaneous sub-subseries includes papers of various captains of Pingree ships including Thomas O. Holmes, Francis Quarles, Jr., and Emory Johnson. There are also papers relating to the Ysabelita, a Spanish schooner, bills of sale, and customs forms. There is some...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries B. Miscellaneous Shipping Papers is divided into six sub-subseries. Included are Accounts, Bills and Receipts; Cargo and Sales Records; Bills of Lading; Prices Current; Correspondence, and Miscellaneous. The Miscellaneous sub-subseries includes papers of various captains of Pingree ships including Thomas O. Holmes, Francis Quarles, Jr., and Emory Johnson. There are also papers relating to the Ysabelita, a Spanish schooner, bills of sale, and customs forms. There is some...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries B. Miscellaneous Shipping Papers is divided into six sub-subseries. Included are Accounts, Bills and Receipts; Cargo and Sales Records; Bills of Lading; Prices Current; Correspondence, and Miscellaneous. The Miscellaneous sub-subseries includes papers of various captains of Pingree ships including Thomas O. Holmes, Francis Quarles, Jr., and Emory Johnson. There are also papers relating to the Ysabelita, a Spanish schooner, bills of sale, and customs forms. There is some...

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Subseries C. Real Estate Records consists of two volumes of books, deeds, leases, street plans, and papers relating to the sale of property by the estate of Amos Sheldon. Within the deeds folders are memorandums of agreement and rights of redemption.

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Subseries C. Real Estate Records consists of two volumes of books, deeds, leases, street plans, and papers relating to the sale of property by the estate of Amos Sheldon. Within the deeds folders are memorandums of agreement and rights of redemption.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries E. Family Member Papers contains some papers of Pingree’s uncle, Thomas Perkins, including bills and receipts and documents related to French spoliations. There are personal, financial, and estate papers for his sister Annar Pingree (1797-1875); real estate documents of his second cousin Asa Bixby Pingree (1818-1871); and receipts for his daughter Annar P. Peabody. This subseries also contains six memo books kept by an unidentified member of the extended Pingree family. The...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries D. Other Estates includes documents pertaining to the estates of Pingree’s uncle, Thomas Perkins (1758-1830) and his legacy to benefit Augustus W. Perkins and Abigail B. (Perkins) Bateman; his sister, Annar Pingree (1797-1875) and his brother Asa Pingree (1807-1869); and the settlement of Pingree’s oldest son, Thomas Perkins Pingree with his wife, Harriet E. (Dodge) Pingree. In addition documents relating to the estates of Emery Johnson and a memorandum of the estate settlement...