Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
MS106 |
Title |
Haven family papers, 1797-1845 |
Scope & Content |
Material covers various aspects of the business dealings of John (1766-1845) and Nathaniel (1762-1831) Haven and John Haven's son George Wallis Haven (1808-1895). Their interests primarily included shipping, trade, and real estate in the Portsmouth area. Books 1 through 11 include correspondence and account books of the brothers John and Nathaniel Haven, who were business partners. Books 12 through 15 reflect the business interests of George W. Haven. Folder Listing (Contents of Box 1 are arranged chronologically) Box 1 FF01: Mousam Canal / Mousam Harbor Society, 1792-1795 Box 1 FF02: Clearance paper, Ship Industry, Capt. Robert Oram, 1794 Box 1 FF03: Shipping papers, Ship Industry, Capt. Robert Oram, 1796 Box 1 FF04: Shipping papers, Ship Industry, Capt. Robert Oram, 1797 Includes protest (claim) regarding the British impressment of sailor Peter Gruard in Grenada, claim against French for capture of the Industry, and a claim against the British for burning the Industry. Box 1 FF05: Court Street, widening of, 1803-1805. Includes signatures of prominent businessmen. Box 1 FF06: Insurance policy and claims list, 1804 and n.d. Box 1 FF07: Deeds: Samuel Morey to J. & N.A. Haven, 1806-1807 Box 1 FF08: Deeds: Pierce & McClintock to John Haven, 1808-1809 Box 1 FF09: Straightening the fence between NA & J. Haven, 1809 Box 1 FF10: Account of James Greenough, 1811-1820 & n.d. Box 1 FF11: Clement March, 1812-1814 Box 1 FF12: Portsmouth Library shares, 1813 Box 1 FF13: Jacob Sheafe's note for loss of ship Horace, 1813 Box 1 FF14: Deeds: Evans, Haven, & Halliburton, 1813-1820 Box 1 FF15: Tax for Nathaniel Haven's chaise, 1814 Box 1 FF16: Gifts of John Haven to his children, 1814-1832 Box 1 FF17: Lease: John & N.A. Haven to William Boyd, 1814 Box 1 FF18: Taxes & donations, South Parish Church & parish house, 1814-1844 Box 1 FF19: Receipt from NH Fire & Marine Insurance Co., 1815 Box 1 FF20: Taxes paid by Havens, 1815-1822 & 1835 Box 1 FF21: Bill of sale: Portsmouth Marine Society buildings to N.A. Haven, 1821 Box 1 FF22: Promissory note: Duties on Schnr Olive Branch, 1821 Box 1 FF23: Records: Ship Hamilton, Capt. James Greenough, 1821 Box 1 FF24: Estate of Capt. James Greenough, ship Hamilton, 1822 Box 1 FF25: Deeds: Brick store on Fore Street, 1822 Box 1 FF26: Salmon Falls Manufacturing Company, 1822-1847 Box 1 FF27: Estate of Capt. James Greenough, 1823-1824 Box 1 FF28: Power of Attorney Reuben Shapley to J. & NA Haven 1823 Box 1 FF29: Shares in Portsmouth Bank, 1823-1850 Box 1 FF30: Shares in Exeter Bank, 1825 Box 1 FF31: Louisville and Portland Canal Company, 1825-1834 Box 1 FF32: Waterfall and dam, Lee, New Hampshire, 1825 & 1838 Box 1 FF33: Accounts: James Noble, 1826 Box 1 FF34: Correspondence: Ship Hamilton, 1826-1830 Box 1 FF35: Agreement: John Haven and A.W. Bell, 1836 Box 1 FF36: Records: Ship Ann Parry, Capt. Kennard, 1839-1845 Box 1 FF37: Records: Ship Bolivar, 1840 Box 1 FF38: Statement of account: John Haven & Haven & Co., 1844 Box 1 FF39: Statement of account: Haven and Ladd Wharf, 1844 Box 1 FF40: Insurance claim for fire damage, 1840 Box 1 FF41: Deed: Hammond to Haven & Cheever, 1846 Box 1 FF42: Grant of right-of-way: Freeman to John Haven et.al. 1848 Box 1 FF43: Spalding Lyman: Proprietor's Share #75, Portsmouth Athenaeum, 1850 Box 1 FF44: Bonds relating to Haven farm in Lee, NH, 1842 & 1870 Box 1 FF45: Miscellaneous Book 1: John and N.A. Haven Letterbook, 1797-1801. Business correspondence to individuals, shipmasters, and trading companies regarding purchase and sale of goods. Includes orders for freight, orders to captains, and letters to customers and shipping agents. Names include: Thomas Wilson, Peter Turner, John Appleton, James Prince, William Haven, Nathaniel Appleton, Thomas Perkins, Captain John Adams, George Appleton, Robert Lenox, Captain Robert Oram, Captain Keyron Walsh, Peter C. Brooks, John Parker, Captain George Huntress, Joseph Dearborne, John Rowe, Francis Thompson, Captain Matthias Rich, Salmon Chase, Captain Moses Brown, Jacobn Winchester, Joseph Ripley, William Wilson. Book 2: John and N.A. Haven Letterbook, 1801-1807 Correspondence to Haven shipmasters, shipping agents and others regarding the business enterprises of John and N.A. Haven. Names: John Appleton, N.W. Appleton, Jonathan Barrell, Capt. Lewis Barnes, Samuel Briard, Salmon Chase, Phineas Dana, Luther Dearborn, James Greenough, Thomas Haven, William Haven, Eleazer Johnson, Robert Lenox, Joseph Manson, Ann Naismith, James Prince, Thomas Perkins, Joseph Ripley, N.P. Russell, William Stavers, John H. Seaward, Peter Turner, Charles Treadwell, Francis Thomason, Thomas Wilson, Isaac Winslow, jr. Book 3: John and N.A. Haven Financial Records, 1825-1837 Shows value of the Haven's farms and lands, rents, profit and loss from their businesses, wharves and shops, and shares they owned in such enterprises as the Eastern Stage, Sanbornton Turnpike, and the Portsmouth Pier. Last entry covers the estate of N.A. Haven, who died in 1831. Book 4: John and N.A. Haven Account Book, 1825-1840 Shows rents collected from houses and shops, sundry expenses, suspended debts, some taxes, sales of vessels, bank shares, cash to the petty ledger, bills payable, and loans. N.A. Haven died in 1831, so last part of the account book is solely in John Haven's name. Mentions ship Hamilton. Book 5: John Haven Daybook, 1826-1839. Includes farm expenses, ship expenses, costs for cargo, rents, and shares in businesses. Names ship Milo, brig Elvira, Bark Isabella, ship Hamilton, brig Margaretta, ship Apollo, Piscataqua Bridge Company, Salmon Falls Manufacturing Company. Book 6: John Haven Account Book, 1826-1845 Accounts of ships owned or partially owned by John Haven and their cargoes and stock records, real estate, shares in Rockingham Bank and other banks, shares in manufacturing business, and value of stock in his stores. Many of the farms and houses were owned 50/50 with Nathaniel Haven. Includes patrimonial accounts. Lists Portsmouth Academy, ship Ann Parry, ship Pontiac, ship Apollo, ship Milo, ship Hamilton, brig Elvira, bark Isabella, ship Howard, brig Margaret, ship Martha, ship Arabella. Book 7: John and N.A. Haven Letterbook, 1827-1842 (bulk dates 1827-1830) Business correspondence to various business connections including several other members of the Haven family. Names: Nathaniel Appleton; Charles Bulkeley; D.A. Buck; Daniel Cressey, jr.; Charles Drake; Samuel Emerson, C.W. Faber; Jeremiah Goodwin; David Greene; Haven and Smith; John A. Haven; Samuel Harding; Joshua Haven; Thomas Haven; Jonathan Locke, Samuel Lang; Moses Neal; James Noble; John Shackford; Thomas Wilson. Book 8: John Haven Letterbook, 1833-1845 Business correspondence to various business connections including several other members of the Haven family. Correspondence to Thomas Albert Haven, John Shackford, Henry Thatcher, Briard Appleton, Charles Bradbury, Captain Woodbury Langdon, Daniel R. Rogers, John Appleton Haven, John Porter, Rufus Davenport, William W. Stickney, Thomas Burley, Charles C. Haven, David Ellis, Charles Vaughan, William Emerson. Book 9: John Haven Daybook, 1839-1845, This is a continuation of Book 5. Includes expenses paid out for rent, stocks, land purchases, ship repairs, store repairs, disbursements to ship captains and sundry expenses. Names ship Apollo, ship Milo, ship Arabella, ship Pontiac, Robert Rice. Book 10: Estate of John Haven, Ledge A, 1845-1852 Includes bank stock, bonds and mortgages, partial ownership of distillery, docks and wharves, farms in Greenland & Brookfield, dividends, stores, notes receivable, notes payable, church pews, shares in Portsmouth Academy, railroads, ships, Portsmouth Steam Factory, New Hampshire Turnpike, Portsmouth Aquaduct and the Portsmouth Bathhouse. Book 11: Account Book, 1846-1849. Expense accounts regarding the estate of John Haven, accounts in Portsmouth Exchange Bank and other accounts. Estate of Ann Haven, deceased January 3, 1849, begins on page 23. Book 12: George Wallis Haven, Ledger A, !840-1852. Variety of business records includes notes receivable, bank shares, income and expenses from real estate, shares in railroads, canal companies and manufacturing companies, dividents from Portsmouth Academy, expense accounts, estate of John Haven, estate of Mrs. John Haven, and balances for Haven and Co., New York. Names Robert Rice, Joseph Bell, Rufus Choate, Benjamin Cheever, J. Woodward Haven, John Haven, Geore Pendexter, Mrs. Sarah Rand, Samuel Shackford, Meshach Trundy, Edward Winslow, Gideon Walker. Book 13: George Wallis Haven, Journal A, 1840-1852 Expenses, as well as accounts of farm income, income from other real estate, stocks and loans. Book 14: Estate of Joseph Bell, G.W. Haven, Guardian, 1851-1854. 'Being the interests of my two wards of the value of all the personal property of the late Hon. Joseph Bell, as ascertained and entered upon the books of the Administrators.' Book 15: Estate of Joseph Bell, G.W. Haven, Guardian, 1851-1855. Continuation of Book 14. |
Admin/Biographical History |
John Haven (1766-1845), born in Portsmouth, son of Mehitable Appleton and Reverend Samuel Haven. Shipmaster and later merchant in partnership with his brother Nathaniel Haven. Athenaeum proprietor. Married in 1791 to Ann Woodward. Father of ten children, the youngest of whom was George Wallis Haven. Nathaniel A. Haven (1762-1831), also born in Portsmouth, was the brother and business partner of his brother John Haven. Graduated in medicine from Harvard in 1779. Was a physician in Portsmouth and also a merchant and shipowner. Married Mary Tufton Moffatt and had thirteen children. Served as a member of the 11th US Congress as a Federalist (1809-1811). Proprietor at the Portsmouth Athenaeum. George Wallis Haven (1808-1895), born in Portsmouth, son of John Haven and Ann Woodward. Married 1. Susan Bell, which whom he had four children, and 2. Mrs. Susan Halliburton. Director of the Rockingham Bank for forty years. Athenaeum proprietor. Travelled extensively and lectured in the Portsmouth area. Books 13, 14 and 15 in this collection are records of the estate of Joseph Bell, George W. Haven's father-in-law. |
Collection |
Haven family papers, 1797-1845 |
Object Name |
Papers, Family |
Date |
1797-1845 |
Extent of Description |
0.5 lin. ft. (1 box), plus 15 volumes |
People |
Adams, John, c1760-1802 Appleton, Briard Appleton, George, dfl 1800 Appleton, John Appleton, Nathaniel, Jr., 1731-1798 Barnes, Lewis, 1776-1856 Barrell, Jonathan L. Bell, Joseph, dfl. 1845 Bradbury, Charles Briard, Samuel, c1762-1806 Brooks, Peter Chardon, 1767-1849 Brown, Moses, 1742-1804 Buck, D.A. dfl.1830 Bulkeley, Charles, dfl 1830 Burley, Thomas, dfl. 1840 Chase, Salmon, fl. 1800 Cheever, Benjamin, 1804-1894 Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859 Cressey, Daniel, jr., dfl. 1830 Dana, Phineas, 1762-1808 Davenport, Rufus, dfl. 1840 Dearborn, Luther, 1771-1844 Dearborne, Joseph, dfl. 1800 Drake, Charles, dfl. 1830 Edgerly, Jonathan, dfl. 1837 Ellis, David, dfl. 1840 Emerson, Samuel, dfl 1798 Faber, C.W., dfl 1830 Goodwin, Jeremiah, 1785-1857 Green, David Greenough, James H. Capt. d.1822 Gruard, Peter, dfl. 1797 Harding, Samuel, 1809-1891 Haven, Ann (Woodward), 1771-1849 Haven, Charles Chauncey, b. 1787 Haven, George Wallis, 1808-1895 Haven, John, 1766-1845 Haven, John, 1766-1845 Haven, Joseph Woodward, b. 1803 Haven, Joshua, c1779-1830 Haven, Nathaniel Appleton, 1762-1831 Haven, Thomas Albert, dfl. 1840 Haven, Thomas, c1783-1867 Haven, William, 1770-1856 Huntress, George (Capt.), 1779-1841 Johnson, Eleazer Lang, Samuel, dfl. 1830 Langdon, Woodbury, 1802-1842 Lenox, Robert, 1759-1839 Locke, Jonathan Manson, Joseph March, Clement, dfl.1814 Naismith, Ann, dfl. 1805 Neal, Moses, dfl. 1830 Noble, James, dfl. 1830 Oram, Robert (Capt.), d. 1813 Parker, John, dfl. 1800 Pendexter, George W., 1807-1890 Perkins, Thomas Handasyd, 1764-1854 Porter, John, dfl. 1840 Prince, James Rand, Sarah, fl. 1845 Rice, Robert, 1780-1853 Rich, Matthias (Capt.), dfl. 1800 Ripley, Joseph, dfl. 1800 Rogers, Daniel Rindge, 1801-1867 Rowe, John Russell, N. P., dfl. 1805 Seaward, John, 1775-1843 Shackford, John E., 1786-1837 Shapley, Reuben, 1750-1825 Stavers, William, 1775-1863 Stickney, William Wier, 1801-1888 Thacher, Henry S., 1794-1866 Thompson, Frances, dfl. 1800 Treadwell, Charles, 1767-1843 Trundy, Meshach Bell, 1787-1858 Turner, Peter, 1766-1825 Vaughan, Charles Walker, Gideon Walsh, Keyron, c1755-1807 Wilson, Thomas C., 1907-1980 Wilson, Thomas, dfl 1810 Wilson, William Winchester, Jacob, dfl. 1800 Winslow, Edward, dfl. 1845 Winslow, Isaac, Jr. |
Search Terms |
Eastern Stage Company Sanbornton Turnpike Portsmouth Pier Company Hamilton (Ship) Milo (Ship) Elvira (Brig) Isabella (Bark) Salmon Falls Manufacturing Company Hamilton (Ship) Margaretta (Brig) Apollo (Ship: 1831) Piscataqua Bridge Corp. Portsmouth Academy Ann Parry (Bark; Portsmouth, 1825) Pontiac (Ship) Apollo (Ship) Howard (Ship) Margaret (Brig) Martha (Ship) Arabella (Ship) Portsmouth Steam Factory Portsmouth Aqueduct Portsmouth Bathhouse New Hampshire Turnpike Road Portsmouth Exchange Bank Portsmouth Exchange Bank Industry (Ship) Portsmouth Library South Church Bolivar (Ship) Horace (Ship) New Hampshire Fire & Marine Insurance Company Olive Branch (Schooner) |
Subjects |
Correspondence Business enterprises Business & finance Shipmasters Shipping Trade Account books Ledgers Canals Insurance Taxes |