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Box 1

 Container

Contains 13 Results:

Shipping accounts, Revolutionary War record, 1815-1859, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: I.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series I. David Coffin (1763-1838) Papers include a record of Coffin's service in the Revolutionary War as well as shipping accounts and papers from his career as a ship's captain.

Dates: 1815-1859, undated

Shipping bills, accounts, and inventories, 1831-1839

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: II.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series II. Isaac Stone Coffin (1798-1855) Papers include shipping bills, accounts, and inventories for his travels as well as personal bills and accounts for his home in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

Dates: 1831-1839

Personal bills and accounts, 1836-1855

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: II.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series II. Isaac Stone Coffin (1798-1855) Papers include shipping bills, accounts, and inventories for his travels as well as personal bills and accounts for his home in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

Dates: 1836-1855

Plans for improved shipping mechanisms, 1826-1842, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: III.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series III. Ebenezer Stone Coffin (1801-1870) Papers include plans for the improvement of ship manufacturing, business correspondence, patent applications, and correspondence related to patents for his inventions. Also in this series are records confirming Coffin as the Deputy Collector of Penobscot, Maine. Personal papers include drawings, poems, and family correspondence.

Dates: 1826-1842, undated

Business correspondence, 1826-1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: III.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series III. Ebenezer Stone Coffin (1801-1870) Papers include plans for the improvement of ship manufacturing, business correspondence, patent applications, and correspondence related to patents for his inventions. Also in this series are records confirming Coffin as the Deputy Collector of Penobscot, Maine. Personal papers include drawings, poems, and family correspondence.

Dates: 1826-1862

Application for patent materials, 1866-1867

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: III.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series III. Ebenezer Stone Coffin (1801-1870) Papers include plans for the improvement of ship manufacturing, business correspondence, patent applications, and correspondence related to patents for his inventions. Also in this series are records confirming Coffin as the Deputy Collector of Penobscot, Maine. Personal papers include drawings, poems, and family correspondence.

Dates: 1866-1867

Penobscot, Maine deputy, Neapolitan Indemnity material, 1821-1836

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: III.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series III. Ebenezer Stone Coffin (1801-1870) Papers include plans for the improvement of ship manufacturing, business correspondence, patent applications, and correspondence related to patents for his inventions. Also in this series are records confirming Coffin as the Deputy Collector of Penobscot, Maine. Personal papers include drawings, poems, and family correspondence.

Dates: 1821-1836

Personal correspondence, accounts, non-maritime art, 1822-1870, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: III.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series III. Ebenezer Stone Coffin (1801-1870) Papers include plans for the improvement of ship manufacturing, business correspondence, patent applications, and correspondence related to patents for his inventions. Also in this series are records confirming Coffin as the Deputy Collector of Penobscot, Maine. Personal papers include drawings, poems, and family correspondence.

Dates: 1822-1870, undated

Sketchbook and obituary notebook, 1855-1885

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: IV.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series IV. Lucy Stevens Coffin (1831-1907) Papers include two items: a sketchbook started in 1856 filled with landscape, nature, and family scenes; and a notebook, which includes many newspaper obituaries of family members. Some of these she copied in her own handwriting and others remain in their printed form. She also included other notable clippings related to the family.

Dates: 1855-1885

Business correspondence, 1883-1912, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: V.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series V. Edward Foster Coffin (1839-1912) Papers contains primarily business correspondence between Coffin and his lawyer, Richard Badger, related to the failure of Coffin's business. Other materials of note include his conscription papers from 1863. Coffin communicated to the substitute sent to war in his stead, Robert Read; this series includes a photograph of Read. The series also includes bills, accounts, and personal correspondence.

Dates: 1883-1912, undated