Series LVIII Ships' Papers
This series contains accounts, receipts, invoices, bills of lading, crew lists, insurance policies, and memoranda pertaining to ships in which members of the Barry, Hayes, Somers and/or Keen families and their associates had interests. Ships Dorothea, George Washington, Margaret, Emma, Superior and Tontine are particularly well represented. Of note is a “Memorandum relating to the Trade at Canton” in an unidentified hand, which describes business practices foreign traders face upon arrival in China (oversize volume).
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Hayes, Patrick, 1770-1856
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Moran, Blas
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Kirby, Thomas
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Warner, Joseph M.
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Burton, Robert
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Donaldson & Lang
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Feinour, Joseph
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Harris, George L.
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Snyder & Myers
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Clarkson, Jacob
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Tiers, Cornelius
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Hawks, William, fl. 1824
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Hill, Joseph
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Swartz & Louderback
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Hobart, R. E.
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Ord, George
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Robinson & Toler
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Seamy, John
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Tontine (Ship)
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Beatman, John
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Cummings, William
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Earl, Caleb, fl. 1824
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Lee, David
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Nones, Benjamin, 1757-1826
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Pritchett William, fl. 1809
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Samuel Lehman & Sons
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Smith, Stevenson
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Thomson, John
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Voigt, Henry
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Boone, Jeremiah, 1765-1833
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Philadelphia (Pa.)
367
Receipts -- Specimens
322
Hayes, Patrick, 1770-1856
231
Receipts
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Freight and freightage
168
Receipts (Acknowledgments)
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156
Tontine (Ship)
131
Ships -- Cargo
128
Havana (Cuba)
97
Guangzhou (China)
71
Margaret (Brig)
61
Bills of lading
61
Superior (Brig)
55
Accounting
54
Dorothea (Ship)
48
Invoices
45
Accounts
43
Moran, Blas
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George Washington (Ship)
38
Heyl, William
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Merchant mariners -- United States
28
Commodore Barry (Brig)
24
Higbee, Charles
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Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
21
Latimer, James
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Warner, Joseph M.
19
Second Attempt (Brig)
16
Murdock, James W., fl. 1811
16
Notaries
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Marseille (France)
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