Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
MS002 B03 F01-F41 |
Title |
Ships J-N |
Scope & Content |
Protests and claims, for losses to ships and cargo, from the United States, Havana, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Demerary, and other countries. Includes correspondence from captains and owners, bills, receipts, and accounts. Arranged alphabetically by ship’s name. Box 3 F1: James (Brig), 1804-1805. Settlement for two statements of loss: one for a deckload of cattle, another for cargo of molasses. George Cutts. F2: James (Sloop), 1818. Cargo sold at auction in New Orleans. Vessel had dragged anchor in a gale. Robert Blunt; John Bowles, jr.; Jacob Green. F3: Jane (Brig), 1823. Total loss of vessel caught in gale in passage from Portsmouth to Puerto Rico. Loss of life. John Amazeen; John White; Nathan White, jr.; John Card. F4: Jane (Schooner), 1807-1809. Loss of cargo when vessel captured on voyage from New York to Smyrna. John Thompson; John James; Jacob Patch; Samuel Ward; Josiah Bragdon; Robert Rice. F5: Jason (Ship), 1807, nd. Letter regarding late payment. John B. Sewall; Thomas Webster. F6: Jefferson (Ship), 1803-1805. Vessel with cargo of sugar and coffee seized by pirates on voyage from Demerara to Portsmouth. Samuel Vennard; Nathaniel Pierce; Lewis Barnes; John Wardrobe; W.S. Young. F7: Jefferson (Ship), 1804. Ship damaged in gale; to be sold at public auction in Demerara. Edmund S. Young. F8-9: John Langdon (Brig), 1815-1816. Stranded in a gale on Seabrook Beach with cargo of fish, lumber, and sheep. George Kennard; John Hardy; Thomas Johnson; John Grant; William Locke; John Thomas; David Anderson; Richard Fernald; Nathaniel Folsom, John H. Shortridge; Margaret Tredick; Nathaniel A. Haven; Ebenezer Thompson; Zachariah Beales; James Sheafe; John Lake; Thomas Haven; Mark Laighton; O.C.Blunt; Thomas Lovering; John Grant; David Currier; Ephraim Wadleigh; Robert Mendum; Elisha Whidden; Thomas Brown; Abner Haines; Noah Marston; Joshua M.. Prince; Edmund Roberts; John Tuckerman; William Cate; Samuel Scriggins; William Walsh; John Badger; Josiah Beal; Samuel Hill; Francis Pettigrew; Stephen Dickson; Thomas Swasey; Joseph Stevens; Thomas Sherburne. F10: John Vining (Schooner), 1804. Captured by a French privateer in passage from Porte au Prince to New York. Walter Simonton; Thomas Aderton; Amasa Prentis; Peter Lamore. F11: Joseph (Brig), 1803-1804. Loss of deck load of cattle in voyage from Portsmouth to Demerara. Henry Salter; Jeremiah Rawlins; Thomas Thompson; Edward Cutts. F12: Juno (Brig), 1804. Purchase of $3000 insurance on vessel sailing to Jamaica. Eben Stocker; John Wardrobe; Oliver Putnam; Eliazer Johnson; Isaac Rowe. F13: Kitty (Brig), 1803. Loss of deckload of sheep in squalls on passage to Demerary. Samuel Moore; Hugh Clarkson. F14: Lewis (Ship), 1820. Ship's crew deserted in New Orleans after vessel ran aground. Daniel K. Hammond; Robert Pearson. F15: Little Cherub (Brig), 1803-1804. Vessel captured in Martinique by the British. John Underwood; Isaac Rindge; William Sheafe; William Gerrish; Joshua Neal; Samuel Hutchings, jr. F16: Liverpool Packet (Ship), nd. Statement of losses on cargo and vessel. F17: Madeira (Brig), 1817. Loss of brig and cargo of molasses in Martinique. F18: Magnet (Ship), 1805-1810. Seized by Danish pirates near Copenhagen on passage from Cadiz to St. Petersburg with cargo of sugar and wine. Also incurred losses in a gale off Scotland. Joseph Swett; David B. Nones; Thomas Hussey; Thomas Sheafe; Jacob Barney; John Bowles, jr.; Martin Ackers; Edward J. Long. F19: Mahala Windsor (Ship), 1804-1805. Purchase of insurance. Thomas Sparhawk; Seth Sweetser; Thomas Kimball; Samuel Ham; Phineas Adams. F20: Margaret (Brig), 1822. Brig sold as salvage at Ensenada. Cargo damaged or lost. Capt. Storer. F21: Maria Jane (Brig), 1805-1806. Cargo of sugar and coffee suffered water damage in passage from Portsmouth to Amsterdam. Titus Salter. Peter Coffin. F22: Mariner (Brig), 1812. Freight list and invoice for loss of cargo. Nathaniel A. Haven. Thomas Haven. F23: Mars (Brig), 1810. Vessel seized by Danish privateers off Copenhagen. George W. Balch. Joseph Clark. William Brewster. William Plasted. F24: Martha (Ship), 1821. Purchase of insurance policy on vessel for voyage to Ireland. Nathaniel A. Haven. Samuel Shale. William Shale. F25: Martha and Jane (Schooner), 1818. List of estimated expenses for repairs on the vessel. Jacob Sheafe. G.S. Blunt. F26: Marvin (Brig), 1812. Warranty of license, protecting vessel from British capture. Abel Harris. Thomas A. Harris. F27: Mary (Barque), 1805-1806. Two incidents: 1.) Plundered by French privateer off Savannah; 2.) Grounded in a gale near Cadiz, Spain. George W. Balch. Jacob Williams, jr. Truman Snow. William Forbes. John Wite. F28: Mary (Brig), 1821. Questions on purchase of a return premium. John B. Sewell. Thomas Smith. F29: Mary (Brig), 1821. Damaged paper goods from the brig Mary sold at auction. F30: Mary (Schooner), 1806-1809. Two incidents: 1.) Damaged cargo of apples, cider, and potatoes in a gale off Cape Cod; 2.) Struck a reef in a gale in the Bahamas. Jonathan Dyer. Jonathan R. Bell. John Thompson. John Chipman. Enoch Nash. Joseph Davis. F31: Mary (Russian) (Ship), 1807. Inquiry about insurance coverage for cargo. J.B. Sewall. J.W. Smith. F32: Mary and Francis (Schooner), 1812-1815. Arrived in New York with storm damage on passage from Madeira . Nathaniel Cushing. Thomas March. Joseph W. March. John Shapley, Captain Randall. Walter Brown. John Saunders. Clement Marsh, jr. Moses Russell. John Stevens. William Roberts. F33: Mary Ann (Brig), 1822. Estimates for repairs on the vessel. William Rice. John L. Thompson. Isaac Nelson. William P. Nixon. F34: May Flower (Brig), 1804-1805. Correspondence concerning insurance on the vessel. James Rundlett. Edward J. Long. Thomas Sparhawk. Samuel Ham. N. & W. Smith. F35: Minerva (Brig), 1805. Letter of inquiry regarding insurance on cargo. Gilman and Langdon. F36: Nancy (Brig), 1803. Loss of vessel and cargo of cattle, lumber, and fish in a gale. Simon Fernald. Alexander Dunlap. George Cutts. Thomas Sparhawk. Bouchez DeLaneau. John Clark. F37: Nancy (Schooner), 1804-1805. Vessel and cargo lost in gale near Eastport, Maine. Daniel Ramsdell. F38: Nancy (Ship), 1804. Letters concerning vessel's arrival in Gibralter and her next destinations. William H. Boardman. John Crocker. Bussey and Ingalls Company. F39: Narcissa (Ship), 1804. Damaged in squall. Mate and two sailors drowned. Deckload of cattle lost and cargo in hold ruined. Drifted forty days. William Sheafe. Daniel Waldron. Thomas Sanderson. John Frances. James Cummins. John Seaward. F40: Niagra (Ship), 1822. Vessel and cargo damaged by gale on voyage from Savannah to Liverpool. Nathaniel Gookin. William Walden. Sampson and Stewart, Shipwrights (Liverpool). F41: Norfolk (Brig), 1812-1813. Bond from Edmund Roberts to NH Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Vessel sailed from Brazil and was never heard from again. |
Admin/Biographical History |
Insurance company in Portsmouth, N.H., established in 1801; in 1823 assets and debts assumed by Portsmouth Athenaeum. |
Creator |
New Hampshire Fire & Marine Insurance Company. |
Collection |
New Hampshire Fire & Marine Insurance Company |
Object Name |
Records |
Date |
1803-1823 |
Extent of Description |
8.5 linear ft. |
Archival History |
Gift. |
People |
Ackers, Martin Adams, Phineas Aderton, Thomas Amazeen, John Anderson, David, fl. 1785-1789 Badger, John Balch, George W., d. 1826, d. 1826 Balch, George W., d. 1826, d. 1826 Barnes, Lewis, 1776-1856 Barney, Jacob Beal, Josiah Beales, Zachariah Bell, Jonathan R. Blunt, G. S. Blunt, Oliver Cromwell, 1774-1844 Blunt, Robert Whipple (Capt.), 1763-1825 Boardman, William H. Bowles, John, Jr. Bowles, John, Jr. Bragdon, Josiah Brewster, William Brown, Thomas, c1763-1822 Brown, Walter Card, John, 1795-1850 Cate, William, 1790-1815 Chipman, John Clark, Joseph Clarkson, Hugh Coffin, Peter Crocker, John Cummins, James Currier, David Cushing, Nathaniel Cutts, Edward, 1763-1824 Cutts, George Davis, Joseph DeLaneau, Bouchez Dickson, Stephen Dunlap, Alexander Dyer, John Fernald, Richard Fernald, Simon Folsom, Nathaniel, 1782-1866 Forbes, William Hathaway Francis, John Gerrish, William Gookin, Nathaniel (Capt.), 1774-1842 Grant, John, b. ca. 1785 Green, Jacob Haines, Abner, dfl. 1815 Ham, Samuel, 1741-1825 Hammond, Daniel Hardy, John Harris, Abel, 1763-1829 Harris, Thomas Aston, 1786-1824 Haven, Nathaniel Appleton, 1762-1831 Haven, Nathaniel Appleton, 1762-1831 Haven, Thomas, c1783-1867 Hill, Samuel, 1773-1813 Hussey, Thomas Hutchings, Samuel, 1774-1846 James, John Johnson, Eleazer Johnson, Thomas Kennard, George Kimball, Thomas Laighton, Mark, 1780-1832 Lake, John (Capt.), 1803-1850 Lamore, Peter Locke, William Long, Edward Jennings, 1771-1824 Lovering, Thomas March, Joseph W. March, Thomas Marsh, Clement, Jr. Marston, Noah Mendum, Robert, c1777-1850 Moore, Samuel, dfl. 1791-1806 Nash, Enoch Neal, Joshua, 1756-1840 Nixon, William P. Nomes, David Patch, Jacob Peary, Robert Peirce, Nathaniel Sargent, 1779-1833 Pettigrew, Francis Plasted, William Prentis, Amasa Prince, Joshua M. Putnam, Oliver Ramsdell, Daniel Randall, Captain Rawlins, Jeremiah Rice, Robert, 1780-1853 Rice, William, 1766-1851 Rindge, Isaac, 1735-1805 Roberts, Edmund, 1784-1836 Roberts, William Rowe, Isaac Rundlet, James, 1772-1852 Russell, Moses Salter, Henry Salter, Titus, 1764-1840 Sanderson, Thomas Saunders, John, b. c1792 Scriggins, Samuel Seaward, John H., Jr., c1759-1845 Sewall, John Barnard 1780 - 1845 Sewall, John Barnard 1780 - 1845 Shale, Samuel Shale, William Shapley, John, 1759-1815 Sheafe, Jacob Sheafe, James Sheafe, Thomas, 1752-1831 Sheafe, William, 1758-1839 Sherburne, Thomas Shortridge, John Hart, 1788-1845 Simonton, Walter Smith, J. W. Smith, N. Smith, Thomas Assheton, 1776-1858 Smith, W. Snow, Truman Sparhawk, Thomas, 1773-1806 Stevens, John Stevens, Joseph Stocker, Ebenezer, b. 1757 Storer, Clement, 1760-1830 Swasey, Thomas Sweetser, Seth Swett, Joseph Thomas, John Thompson, Ebenezer, 1762-1828 Thompson, John Thompson, Thomas, 1741-1809 Tredick, Henry, 1766-1815 Tredick, Margaret Tuckerman, John Underwood, John (Capt.), d.1810 Vennard, Samuel, dfl. 1804 Wadleigh, Ephraim Walden, William Waldron, Daniel, 1775-1821 Walsh, William Ward, Samuel Wardrobe, John, c1762-1804 Webster, Thomas Whidden, Elisha, 1769-1835 White, John, dfl. 1823 White, Nathan, 1769-1838 Williams, Jacob, Jr. Wite, John Young, Edmund S. Young, W. S. |
Search Terms |
New Hampshire Fire & Marine Insurance Company James (Brig) James (Sloop) Jane (Brig) Jane (Schooner) Jason (Ship) Jefferson (Ship) John Langdon (Brig) John Vining (Schooner) Joseph (Brig) Juno (Brig) Kitty (Brig) Lewis (Ship) Little Cerub (Brig) Liverpool Packet (Ship) Madeira (Brig) Magnet (Ship) Mahala Windsor (Ship) Margaret (Brig) Maria Jane (Brig) Mariner (Brig) Mars (Brig) Martha (Ship) Martha and Jane (Schooner) Marvin (Brig) Mary (Barque) Mary (Brig) Mary (Schooner) Mary (Russian) (Ship) Mary and Francis (Schooner) Mary Ann (Brig) May Flower (Brig) Minerva (Brig) Nancy (Brig) Nancy (Schooner) Narcissa (Ship) Niagra (Ship) Norfolk (Brig) Sampson and Stewart, Shipwrights (Liverpool) |
Subjects |
Portsmouth (N.H.) Insurance companies Insurance Shipping International trade Marine insurance |