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  1. MS002 - New Hampshire Fire & Marine Insurance Company Records, 1801-1825

    Summary Correspondence, financial, shipping, and administration records, insurance policies, and reading room papers of the company. Includes protests and claims relating to losses to ships and cargo from the U.S., and elsewhere; and account books of company secretaries, Thomas Sparhawk, John B. Sewall, and Edward J. Long. Other persons represented include founders James Rundlet, Samuel Ham, William Ballard, and John Gilman, Jr. Scope and C...

    Record Type: Archive

  2. MS002 B01 F01-F46 - Ships A-D

    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. A. Ships F1: Abeona (Brig), 1812. Receipt settling loss with Capt. Oliver Blunt. F2: Adventure (Sloop), 1804. Protest and settlement concerning its capture by a French ...

    Record Type: Archive

  3. S1223b - Mark Laighton account book, 1819-1823

    Day book kept by Mark Laighton from 1819 to 1823. Laighton was a mast and block maker and invented the roller block. He owned Laighton's Wharf and Mast Yard and had a house on Bachelor's Lane (later Green Street). Entries are similar to S1223a (the earlier book kept by Laighton) and include outfitting ships, dry goods and food items, blocks and repairs made to vessels. They also include work on the Portsmouth Aqueduct system and repair to pum...

    Record Type: Archive

  4. S1223c - Mark Laighton account book, 1819-1828

    Account book kept by Mark Laighton from 1819 to 1828. Laighton was a mast and block maker and invented the roller block. He owned Laighton's Wharf and Mast Yard and had a house on Bachelor's Lane (later Green Street). Entries are similar to S1223a (the earlier book kept by Laighton) and include outfitting ships, dry goods and food items, blocks and repairs made to vessels. They also include work on the Portsmouth Aqueduct system and repair to...

    Record Type: Archive

  5. S1772 - John Lowe shipping ledger, 1829-1835

    Shipping ledger belonging to John Lowe (1796-1873). Includes accounting records for various merchants, businesses, and ships in the Portsmouth, New Hampshire, area. Records date from 1829 to 1835. Pages numbered up to 130. About three quarters of the ledger is blank. PEOPLE INDEX Ball, John and Joseph B. 63 Barnes, Lewis 92 Brown, Daniel 22 Caswell, J. M. 110 Caswell, William 65 Clasby, John G. 91 Coffin, Charles 66...

    Record Type: Archive

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