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  1. MS002 B04 F01-F52 - Ships O-S

    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 4 F1: Ohio (Brig), 1811-1815. Correspondence concerning insurance coverage in Jamaica. William Hoseason. William Banks. George Sinclair, jr. Nathaniel A. Haven. Edward J....

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  2. MS002 B05 F01-F20 - Ships W-Z, List of Insured Ships

    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 5 F1: Thomas Wilson (Ship), 1810-1820. Bilged on the Isles of Shoals. Joshua Haven. Benjamin Brierley. F2: Tom (Ship), 1806-1807. Cast ashore in Portsmouth. Peter Turner...

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  3. MS002 B13 F17-F26 - Share Certificates, Adams-Haven

    Arranged alphabetically by shareholder. F17: Shareholders are Nathaniel Adams, Joshua Ballard, William Ballard, Samuel Barnard, Lewis Barnes, Anna Bartlett, George F. Blunt, Langley Boardman, Samuel Bordman, William Boyd, F18: Shareholders are Harriet Bradbury, Oliver Briard, Benjamin Brierley, Elihu D. Brown, Nathan Brown, Thomas Brown. F19: Shareholders are Samuel Calder, Samuel Chauncey, Samuel Chamberlain, Charles W. Chauncey, B...

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  4. MS002 Flat Box 1 - Ship and house insurance policies

    F61: Insurance policies for vessels Adventure (sloop), Agenonia(barque), Alert (brig), Alfred (ship), Alligator (brig), Almira (brig), Amily (sloop), Ann (brig), Aurora (ship), Betsey (brig), Bristol Packet (ship), Brutus (ship), Cato (ship), Ceres (ship), Charles (brig), Charles (ship), Columbia (schooner). Masters: Seward Porter, William Marshall, John Tilton, Games Greenough, John Rice, Michael Beck, Joseph A. Ellery, George McClean, Leonard...

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  5. MS002 OV B03 F60 - Ships

    Protests and statements of loss of the brig Sarah Ann (1815), ship Thomas Wilson (1815), schooner Union (1816), and ship Watson (1806). Jeremiah Banks, William Boyd, James Harvey, Peter Cushing jr, Andrew Frisbie, Richard Billings, Samuel Haley, Joshua Neil, Joseph Swett, Edmund S. Weeks.

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  6. S0050 - Portsmouth Aqueduct Petition, 1797

    Petition (1797 Nov. 27) from the inhabitants of Portsmouth, N.H., to the New Hampshire General Court for an aqueduct to bring water for firefighting. Petitioners requested that persons sharing the expense of building the structure could incorporate. Includes note (1797 Dec. 5) from the General Court that petitioners could "bring a bill".

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    Portsmouth Aqueduct Petition, 1797
  7. S0101 - Aaron Harrison Cragin to J. C. Cutts Letters, 1885

    Two letters dated October 10 and 18, 1885 from Aaron Harrison Cragin in Washington, D.C. to J. C. Cutts concerning a claim by Joseph Cutts against the French for the loss of the Brig Betsies in 1799. Lists various individuals with interest in the vessell or the claim including: Peter Wilson, Capt. Robert Blunt, William Boyd, Capt. Martin Parry, Mark H. Wentworth and Joseph Cutts. Also mentions Samuel Moore of the Brig Resolution.

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    Aaron Harrison Cragin to J. C. Cutts Letters, 1885
  8. S0143 - Portsmouth Ship List, 1804-1806

    Three lists of ship names, owners, tonnage, when registered (1804-1806), and occasionally when built (ca. 1785-1806). Documents are presumed to be customs documents although they are not so labeled. List of ships with date built and owner: Five Friends (Schooner), 1803, Christopher Amazeen Dolphin (Schooner), 1794, J. Ayers Grand Turk (Ship), 1806, Lewis Barnes Driver (Schooner), 1796, Abner Blaisdel Ferdinand (Brig), 1798, Abner Blais...

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    Portsmouth Ship List, 1804-1806
  9. S1181 - Ship Orozembo Legal Documents

    Documents related to the capture of the Ship Orozembo by the British in 1807. The Ship Orozembo was owned by William Boyd of Portsmouth with Captain William Brewster during the voyage of capture. In the documents Brewster states that the ship was seized by the British "off the Rocks of Lisbon" because there were French passengers on board. The ship was captured after being chartered to carry passengers from Lisbon to Macao. Along with original...

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  10. S1223a - Mark Laighton account book, 1804-1813

    Account book was kept between 1804 and 1813. The handwriting changes several times, suggesting several people were keeping the records over the time period. The book is part of a three volume set presumed to be owned by Mark Laighton, a mast and block maker, who also invented the roller block. Entries include various specialized ship elements, such as spars, blocks, and tackles. Sometimes the records list ship work by the owner or captain of ...

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