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12216 - Document
1817 shipping document indicating that two boxes containing 4,000 specie dollars had shipped in good order to Calcutta, India, from Boston on the Ship Columbus. The reverse side describes how the money was to be invested in Calcutta.
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13217 - Document
1818 document showing sale of goods from the Ship Columbus following its return from Calcutta. Included is a list of names that the goods were sold to, with item and amount. The cargo included ginger, sugar, indigo, gum copal, cow hides, goat skins Also is a list of charges for advertising, freight, weighing, catalogues, etc.
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16582 - Receipt
A receipt to Samuel Rantoul from Christopher Babbidge for goods purchased in Calcutta, India
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16926 - Log, Ship's
1805 log of the Brig "Hector" which left Bengal bound for Beverly on 17 June 1805, it ends on October 16, 1805. The log was kept by Nicholas Thorndike, Master.
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16927 - Log, Ship's
1834 Log of the Brig "Hope", Captain E. Kilham on a voyage from Salem 28 September 1834 arriving in Santos, Brazil on 5 December 1834, the return journey is from Santos towards Rio Grande and then to Salem. The next part of the log is aboard the Barque "Gov. Endicott" from Salem towards India beginning 23 December 1836, and in 1837 the writer puts the voyage from Salem to Sumatra. These pages have been added. In the next section the "Gov. E...
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16952 - Log, Ship's
1796 - 1797 Log of the Ship "Mary" on a voyage from Beverly to Calcutta, India with Nicholas Thorndike captain and log keeper. The voyage began 23 October 1796 and the log ends 13 June 1797. (See 16953 for the return voyage.) The inside front cover has a list of "goods packt in my black trunk" which includes fabric for gowns, handkerchiefs, fabric for towels, etc. Captain Thorndike notes that they left Beverly at the same time that Captain ...
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16953 - Log, Ship's
1797 - 1803 Log of the Ship "Mary", Captain Nicholas Thorndike bound from Calcutta to Beverly - August 1797 to February 1798. The second part of the log is for the Brig "Rambler" bound from Calcutta to Boston leaving May 29, 1803. The log concludes in August 1803. See notes.
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16955 - Journal
Sea journal by Albert Thorndike, Jr. (b October 1838) on a voyage from Boston to Calcutta aboard the Ship "John Tucker" He returned j to Boston aboard the Ship "Hindostan", leaving on 18 December 1858. Thorndike was nearly 20 years old when they set out and mentions his birthday on October 11. He writes about leaving Boston and having crackers, cheese and whiskey follow by a more "substantial meal beef and ale and the whiskey." He was asked...
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16959 - Log, Ship's
1811 log of the Brig "Vancouver" from Madras toward Boston. No captain is named.
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16967 - Log, Ship's
1829-1830 log of the Barque "Monmouth" on a voyage from Boston to Calcutta, Captain Amos Lefavour, Jr., and of the return voyage. On the last page of the log the measurements of the vessel are noted.
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16968 - Log, Ship's
1830 - 1831 log of the Barque "Monmouth" on a voyage from Boston to Calcutta leaving on July 21 and arriving in mid-November. They delivered a cargo of goods which included sugar, wine, salmon, logs of mahogany. Loaded goats skins, salt petre and cotton cloth. No names listed.
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16969 - Log, Ship's
1831-1832 log of the Barque "Monmouth" on a voyage from Boston to India, Captain Amos Lefavour, Jr., and of the return voyage. The first page of the log lists all the items taken on board the Monmouth. On the last page of the log there is a sketch of a 3 masted sailing vessel.
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16972 - Log, Ship's
1804-1805 log of the Brig "Hector" which left Beverly June 1804 bound for Isle of France and on to Calcutta and the return voyage. The log was kept by Nicholas Thorndike, Master.
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16976 - Log, Ship's
1855 Ship's log of the vessel "Lancaster" on a voyage from Boston to Bombay, India. Departed 16 July 1855 and arrived in Bombay 25 October 1855. Includes a crew list with their positions. Some notes, taken by a researcher, were included.
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16999 - Journal
Sea journal by Albert Thorndike, Jr. (b October 1838) on a voyage from Boston to Calcutta aboard the Ship "John Tucker" He returned to Boston aboard the Ship "Hindostan", leaving on 18 December 1858 - NOTE: the return voyage is 16999, it is in the same volume as 16955. Thorndike was nearly 20 years old when they set out and mentions his birthday on October 11. He writes about leaving Boston and having crackers, cheese and whiskey follow by a...
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17012 - Log, Ship's
1816 log of the Ship Beverly from Boston to Sumatra departing 22 Dec 1816 and arriving 30 March 1817. After arriving in Sumatra in March they discover that there is no pepper available at reasonable cost so they go to Calcutta, India arriving there on April 21, 1817. This log book also is the BHS #16971, 16975, 16998 - voyages on the Ship Alexander Hodgdon.
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17036 - Log, Ship's
1817 - 1822 log of the Brig "Washington" on a voyage to Java, Captain George Abbot; other ports of call on this voyage include Calcutta. In the middle of this log are notes on Java, coffee "gardens", the "dutch" and English planters. He also writes about a volcanic eruption which happened several months before the Washington arrived. Also in this log are BHS #17038 Marselles to Boston, #17056 & and #17057 voyage to St. Petersburgh on the Br...
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17037 - Log, Ship's
1843 - 1844 the log of the Ship Carthage on a voyage from Boston to Calcutta, India. They left Boston on 4 September 1843, the vessel's captain was Henry Archer of Salem and the log was kept by John F. Roundy. They arrived in India in February 1844 and began the journey home in April. The trip terminated 10 October 1844, according to the first page. However, several pages are torn out of the log and the last entry is October 3, 1944. The s...
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17041 - Log, Ship's
1844 - 1847 two journals and logs pertaining to the Bark Frederick Warren and the Bark Francis Stanton, consisting of Volumes I and II Vol I - the first few pages is from the Bark Francis Stanton a note on the cover reads "Left Boston March 2, 1844 and struck bottom off Russell's Island, March 11". Most of the two log/journals are accounts of voyages on the Bark Frederick Warren traveling from Boston to New Orleans and returning to Boston 1...
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