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Catalog Number |
S1812 |
Title |
Gertrude Pickett correspondence, 1973 |
Scope & Content |
Three letters between Mrs. C. Waldo [Gertrude] Pickett in New Castle, New Hampshire, and the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, regarding shipbuilding in Portsmouth. Dated May 1973. Pickett wrote to the museum on May 4 in hopes of acquiring a list of the vessels built by Samuel Badger In Portsmouth from 1832 to 1857. She received a reply on May 21 from Philip Chadwick Foster Smith, curator of maritime history, mentioning the museum's William Badger papers and Fernald and Pettigrew [shipyard] papers. Pickett followed up on May 24, explaining her husband's descendence from William Pettigrew and her research in preparation for publishing her manuscript, Portsmouth's Heyday in Shipbuilding: 1840 to 1860. |
Collection |
Single Items / Small Collections |
Object Name |
Correspondence |
Date |
May 1973 |
Extent of Description |
3 items |
Language of Material |
English |
People |
Badger, Samuel Augustus, 1794-1857 Badger, William, 1752-1830 Fernald, Frederick Waterman, 1810-1855 Locke family Pettigrew, William, 1811-1863 Pickett, Charles Waldo, 1884-1960 Pickett, Gertrude Ella (Maertins), 1900-1984 Smith, Philip Chadwick Foster, 1939-2001 |
Search Terms |
Badger's Island Fernald & Pettigrew Shipyard Kittery Historical Society New Castle (N.H.) Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, Mass.) Pleasant Street Portsmouth (N.H.) Salem (Mass.) |
Subjects |
Archives Correspondence Families Genealogy Letterheads Libraries Manuscripts Museums Shipbuilding Ships Shipyards |