Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
S1833 |
Title |
Kinley Gregg transcriptions of Peter Turner papers, 2010-2011 |
Scope & Content |
Transcriptions and research notes by Kinley Gregg related to the Peter Turner papers (MS096). Dated 2010 to 2011. Papers include Gregg's transcriptions of four of the letterbooks recorded by shipmaster Peter Turner regarding the ships Horace and Tom as well as Gregg's research notes, mainly consisting of annotated photocopies of Portsmouth Athenaeum records. FOLDER CONTENTS 1. Inventory and partial transcription of the papers of the ship Tom, Peter Turner, captain, 1801. Inventory arranged chronologically (papers in original order, not chronological). Transcribed by Kinley Gregg, March 2011. [Corresponds to MS096, box 1, folders 14 and 15.] 2. Four slips of scrap paper with handwritten research notes regarding the letterbook of the ship Horace, 1805-1809. Recorded by Kinley Gregg circa 2010. 3. Transcription of the letterbook of the ship Horace, Peter Turner, captain, 1805-1809. Transcribed by Kinley Gregg, October 2010. [Corresponds to MS096, box 2, folder 11.] 4. Transcription of the letterbook of the ship Tom, Peter Turner, captain, 1802-1805. Transcribed by Kinley Gregg, August-September 2010. [Corresponds to MS096, box 2, folder 6.] 5. Transcription of the letterbook of the ship Tom, Peter Turner, captain, March 29, 1801, to December 17, 1801. Transcribed by Kinley Gregg, July 2010. [Corresponds to MS096, box 2, folder 1.] 6. Five pages of annotated photocopies of Portsmouth Athenaeum records related to the ships Tom and Horace and the Haven family. Annotated by Kinley Gregg circa 2010-2011. |
Admin/Biographical History |
Peter Turner was born in Portsmouth in 1766, the eleventh of twelve children of Lewis Turner and Sarah Luce. By age 21, in 1787, he was captain of the brig Sophia belonging to Aaron Hill. He then became master of the ship Hannah, also owned by Aaron Hill, and ship Caroline, which he co-owned with Elijah Hall. When brothers John and Nathaniel Haven formed a business partnership in 1792, Peter Turner sailed for them as master (and in some cases part owner) of the following vessels: brig Tryall, ship John, ship Hitty Jane, ship Two Brothers, ship Tom, and ship Horace. Turner retired from the sea in 1812, the same year that he married Sarah Smallcorn Stoker Hartwell of Kittery Point (1778-1816). After retiring, he owned a house in Portsmouth and also owned and managed his farm in Wakefield, New Hampshire. He kept a farm diary until his death in 1825. |
Creator |
Gregg, Kinley |
Collection |
Single Items / Small Collections |
Object Name |
Papers, Personal |
Date |
2010-2011 |
Extent of Description |
1 folder (6 items) |
Language of Material |
English |
People |
Dana, Phineas, 1762-1808 Gregg, Kinley Haven, John, 1766-1845 Haven, Nathaniel Appleton, 1762-1831 Haven, Thomas, c1783-1867 Hill, Aaron Sheafe, Jacob, 1745-1829 Smallcorn, Sarah, 1778-1816 Thompson, Thomas, 1741-1809 Turner, Peter, 1766-1825 Wilson, Thomas |
Search Terms |
Horace (Ship) Tom (Ship) Portsmouth (N.H.) |
Subjects |
Businesses Farming Farms Letterbooks Manuscripts Merchants Philadelphia (Pa.) Ship captains Ship's crews Shipmasters Shipping Shipping records Ships Trade Transcriptions (documents) |
Related units of description |
Peter Turner papers, 1787-1825 (MS096). |
Relation |
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