Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 51 - 60 of 114

John Fisk Papers, 1774-1897

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 226
Abstract

The John Fisk Papers primarily record Fisk's shipping enterprises and mercantile affairs.

Dates: 1774-1897

John M. Benedict Papers, 1864-1865, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MH 37
Abstract

The John M. Benedict papers include listings of vessels offered for sale by the brokerage firms that he represented. Also included in this collection are some papers from other shipping and commission merchant firms: Cornelius Comstock and Company, Robert Simonson, and Thayer and Peabody.

Dates: 1864-1865, undated

John Newmarch Cushing Papers, 1714-1920, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 186
Abstract

The John Newmarch Cushing papers document the activities of this Newburyport, Massachusetts, merchant, wharfinger, and ship chandler.

Dates: 1714-1920, undated

John Prince Papers, 1759-1887, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 73
Abstract

The John Prince Papers contain personal, shipping, civic, and business papers of John Prince (1762-1848), a Marblehead, Massachusetts, shipmaster, selectman, and justice of the peace.

Dates: 1759-1887

John Wood Papers, 1806-1853, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 162
Abstract

The John Wood Papers mostly consist of letterbooks generated by the commission and shipping merchant business which John Wood established with his sons, John Henry (1810-1841) and Albert (1812-1853), following his financial failure in 1826.

Dates: 1806-1853, undated

Joseph Bowditch Papers, 1699-1941, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 156
Abstract

The Joseph Bowditch Papers record the activities of Joseph Bowditch (1700-1780), a Salem shipping merchant, sheriff, court clerk, and Justice of the Peace.

Dates: 1699-1941, undated

Joseph P. Russell Papers, 1784-1823

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 169
Abstract

The Joseph P. Russell papers contain correspondence, accounts, and crew lists of five vessels owned or mastered by Joseph Russell, a Newburyport, Massachusetts, shipping merchant and master.

Dates: 1784-1823

Joseph Peabody Family Papers, 1721-1938, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MH 178
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Joseph Peabody, his son George, his grandson George Augustus, and his grandnephew William C. Endicott, Jr. It includes correspondence, financial and legal papers, diaries, speeches, scrapbooks, records for Fiske's wharf, photographs, and genealogy.

Dates: 1721-1938, undated

Joseph Vincent Browne Papers, 1774-1874, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 201
Abstract

The Joseph Vincent Browne papers document his varied political and maritime career and contains items documenting Browne's tenure as Boston Navy Agent, his interests in the American Hemp Company and the Western Mining Company, his duties as San Francisco Custom House appraiser, his work in Essex County as Collector of Internal Revenue and Receiver of Commutation Money, and the political interests in which he was avidly involved.

Dates: 1774-1874, undated

Joseph Winn Papers, 1815-1879, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 155
Abstract

The Joseph Winn Papers document Winn's maritime activities and military career and contain some of his wife's papers.

Dates: 1815-1879, undated

Filtered By

  • Subject: Merchants X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
Account books 68
Shipping 68
Salem (Mass.) 54
Merchants -- Massachusetts -- Salem 53
Administration of estates 40
∨ more
Deeds 35
Merchants 34
Diaries 29
Privateering 21
Genealogy 19
Ship's papers 17
Shipbuilding 15
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 14
Marine insurance 13
Letters 12
Merchants -- Massachusetts -- Boston 12
Newburyport (Mass.) 12
Shipping -- Massachusetts -- Salem 11
United States -- History -- Spoliation claims 11
Inventories 10
Photographs 10
Capture at sea 9
Poetry 9
Shipwrecks 9
Farms 8
Investments -- Banking 8
Voyages and travels 8
Boston (Mass.) 7
Decedents' estates 7
Lawyers 7
Lumber trade 7
Marine protests 7
Merchants -- Massachusetts -- Newburyport 7
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
United States -- History -- War of 1812 7
Fishing industry 6
General stores 6
Investments -- Railroads 6
Land titles 6
Leather industry and trade 6
Ship captains 6
Shipping -- India -- Kolkata 6
Abandonment (Maritime law) 5
Cargo handling -- Opium 5
Fisheries 5
Guardian and ward 5
Investments -- Real estate 5
Justices of the peace 5
Letter writing 5
Maps 5
Railroads 5
Shipping -- Africa, West 5
Shipping -- England -- London 5
Shipping -- Spain 5
Shipping -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar 5
Shipping -- West Indies 5
Societies 5
Whaling 5
Wills 5
Banks and banking 4
Clergy 4
Crew lists 4
Freight and freightage -- Opium 4
Lectures and lecturing 4
Shipping -- China -- Canton 4
Shipping -- India -- Calcutta 4
Ships -- Cargo 4
United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763 4
United States -- History, Military 4
Zanzibar -- Description and travel 4
Abolitionists 3
Account books -- Massachusetts -- Salem 3
Almanacs 3
Authors 3
Autobiography 3
Bankruptcy 3
Bills of lading 3
Cargo handling -- Hides 3
Cargo handling -- Ivory 3
Charter-parties 3
Church records and registers 3
Clipper ships 3
Commission merchants 3
Courtship 3
Customs administration 3
Danvers (Mass.) 3
Distilleries 3
Dry-goods 3
Education -- Massachusetts 3
Freight and freightage -- Hides 3
Gardening 3
Great Britain -- Description and travel 3
Hides and skins industry 3
Marblehead (Mass.) 3
Newspapers 3
Pepper (Spice) industry 3
Pharmacists 3
Sailors 3
Ship chandlers 3
Shipping -- Canada 3
+ ∧ less
 
Language
Arabic 2
French 2
Chinese 1
Dutch; Flemish 1
German 1
∨ more  
Names
Sally (Schooner) 15
Polly (Schooner) 10
Betsey (Schooner) 8
Dolphin (Schooner) 8
George (Ship) 7
∨ more
Hope (Schooner) 7
Sally (Brig) 7
Pingree, David, 1795-1863 6
Romp (Brig) 6
William (Ship) 6
Betsy (Brig) 5
Devereux, James, 1766-1846 5
Franklin (Ship) 5
Gambia (Brig) 5
Molly (Schooner) 5
Neptune (Schooner) 5
Peabody, Joseph, 1757-1844 5
Peggy (Brig) 5
Phillips, Stephen C. (Stephen Clarendon), 1801-1857 5
Polly (Sloop) 5
Rebecca (Schooner) 5
Rolla (Brig) 5
Stone, Benjamin W., 1809-1891 5
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 5
Ann Elizabeth (Brig) 4
Argonaut (Ship) 4
Aurora (Ship) 4
Benjamin (Ship) 4
Betsy (Schooner) 4
Camel (Bark) 4
China (Ship) 4
Curlew (Brig) 4
Derby, Elias Hasket, 1739-1799 4
Derby, Richard, 1712-1783 4
Eagle (Schooner) 4
Eliza (Ship) 4
Essex (Schooner) 4
Essex Fire & Marine Insurance Company (Salem, Mass.) 4
Hannah (Brig) 4
Hannah (Schooner) 4
Henry (Ship) 4
Herald (Ship) 4
Janus (Ship) 4
Kimball, Edward Dearborn, 1810-1867 4
Louisa (Brig) 4
Mary (Schooner) 4
Mexican (Brig) 4
Otter (Brig) 4
Peele, Willard 4
Phoenix (Brig) 4
Pingree, T. P. (Thomas P.) 4
Ropes, Emmerton & Co. 4
Shepard, Michael, 1786-1856 4
Silsbee, Nathaniel, 1748-1791 4
Speedwell (Schooner) 4
Stone, Silsbee, and Pickman 4
Swallow (Schooner) 4
Tucker, Gideon, 1778-1861 4
Two Brothers (Schooner) 4
Union (Ship) 4
Alert (Sloop) 3
Alfred (Ship) 3
Arab (Ship) 3
Arno (Ship) 3
Augusta (Brig) 3
Bertram, John, 1796-1882 3
Brown, Nathaniel 3
Catherine (Ship) 3
Cipher (Brig) 3
Columbus (Ship) 3
Comet (Brig) 3
Crowninshield, Clifford, 1762-1809 3
Crowninshield, George, 1766-1817 3
Crowninshield, John, 1771-1842 3
Dawn (Brig) 3
Dean, Thomas, 1787- 3
Derby (Bark) 3
Devereux, Elizabeth Ives, b. 1812 3
Devereux, Nicholas, 1808-1848 3
Dolphin (Sloop) 3
Edwin (Brig) 3
Elizabeth (Brig) 3
Elizabeth (Ship) 3
Emerald (Ship) 3
Emmerton, E. Augustus (Ephraim Augustus), 1827-1901 3
Emmerton, George R., 1836-1888 3
Endeavor (Ship) 3
Essex Bank (Salem, Mass.) 3
Favorite (Brig) 3
Fenelon (Brig) 3
Four Brothers (Schooner) 3
Galen (Bark) 3
Ganges (Brig) 3
General Stark (Brig) 3
George (Brig) 3
George Crowninshield & Sons (Salem, Mass.) 3
Graves, William, 1811-1877 3
Hawk (Schooner) 3
Ingersoll, Nathaniel, approximately 1633-1719 3
Jane (Brig) 3
+ ∧ less