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Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon Maritime Collection: Finding Aid
Finding aid prepared by Charla DelaCuadra.The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical GardensPrints and EphemeraThe Huntington Library1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, California 91108Phone: (626) 405-2191Email: [email protected]: http://www.huntington.org© 2016The Huntington Library. All rights reserved.
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Overview of the CollectionTitle: Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon Maritime CollectionDates (inclusive): approximately 1700-1990Bulk dates: 1800-1935Collection Number: priTECCreator: Congdon, Eleanor S. ; Congdon, Theodore G.Extent: 190 itemsRepository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Prints and Ephemera1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, California 91108Phone: (626) 405-2191Email: [email protected]: http://www.huntington.orgAbstract: The Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon Maritime Collection contains 190 items that pertain to commercial,naval, and recreational maritime-related activities primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. Materials datefrom approximately 1700 to 1990, with the bulk dating from 1800-1935. The collection consists of prints (engravings,etchings, aquatints, and lithographs), photographs, manuscript materials, publications, portfolios and bound volumes, and asingle painting. The items deal primarily with whaling, yachting, and naval battles, and the vessels and people involved inthese activities.Language: Primarily English, with some French.Note:Finding aid last updated on January 27, 2016.Publication RightsThe Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of thismaterial, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one,and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.Preferred Citation[Identification of item]. Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon Maritime Collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino,California.ProvenanceThis collection was donated to the Huntington Library by Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon in August 2006 and February2008. Most of the items in the collection were donated in 2008; the 2006 donation consists of the following 26 items: priTEC0165-priTEC 0190.AccessOpen to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contactReader Services.Biographical NoteTheodore G. Congdon (1929-2012) lived in the Pasadena area of southern California with his wife Eleanor, where he workedas an accountant. He grew up in New England, one of five sons of the socially prominent Congdon family that foundedCongdon & Carpenter Co. in 1790. The firm dealt in iron, steel, hardware, carriage and saddlery goods, and paints and oils,and was one of the oldest family-owned and operated businesses in the United States until it was sold in 1977.Ted Congdon's deep interest in maritime history led him to amass a variety of prints, documents, periodicals, and artifactsrelated to whaling, yachting, and naval history, the bulk of which forms the Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon MaritimeCollection.Scope and ContentThe Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon Maritime Collection contains 190 items that pertain to commercial, naval, andrecreational maritime-related activities primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. Materials date fromapproximately 1700 to 1990, with the bulk dating from 1800-1935. The collection consists of prints (engravings, etchings,aquatints, and lithographs), photographs, manuscript materials, publications, portfolios and bound volumes, and a singlepainting. The items deal primarily with whaling, yachting, and naval battles, and the vessels and people involved in theseactivities.
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Materials are arranged in three series: Commercial, Naval, and Recreational. These series are further divided into subseriesbased on format. All items are fully inventoried, and all printers, artists, and publishers are indexed by name.The collection contains materials as diverse as early 18th-century engravings of whaling expeditions, letters from sailorsworking on whaling vessels during the 19th century, photographs of yachts competing for the America's Cup in the early20th century, 19th-century lithographs of naval ships engaged in battle, and letters of marque and safe conduct signed bypresidents of the United States, from George Washington to James Buchanan. These items offer a wealth of informationregarding the vessels that operated throughout three centuries, as well as the fishermen, sailors, and sportsmen whomanned them.Alternative Form of Materials AvailableVisit the Huntington Digital Library to view digitized items from this collection.Related materials in the Huntington LibraryPeriodicals donated by Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon as part of the Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon MaritimeCollection:
• The Blue Peter : a magazine of sea travel • Nautical Quarterly
Manuscript volumes donated by Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon as part of the Theodore G. and Eleanor S. CongdonMaritime Collection:
• A Treatise Concerninge the Navye Royall, of England, Wrytten by John Montgomery, with an Addic[i]on thereto, InAnno: 1588 (mssHM 70177)
• James Bradley remarks on Board HMS Ajax From July the 18th, 1809 (mssHM 70178) • Watch Station and Quarter Bill of His Majesty's Sloop Harlequin, John Weeks, Esq. Commander., ca. 1820 (mssHM
70179) • Horatio Thomas Austin log of the HMS Salamander (Steam Sloop) and the HMS Medea (Steam Sloop), 1833-1834
(mssHM 70180) • Richard Malone log of the HMS Harrier, 1835-1839 (mssHM 70181)
Related collections:• Jay T. Last Collection of Maritime Prints and Ephemera • John Haskell Kemble Maritime Collection
ArrangementThe collection is arranged in the following three series, which are further divided into subseries by genre:
Series I. CommercialSubseries A. ManuscriptsSubseries B. PrintsSubseries C. Publications
Series II. NavalSubseries A. ManuscriptsSubseries B. Prints
Series III. RecreationalSubseries A. PaintingsSubseries B. PhotographsSubseries C. PrintsSubseries D. Publications
Items are arranged numerically by call number and described in the following format:Title. DateArtist(s) (when known and when applicable). Printer(s). Publisher(s)
Items are housed individually in folders, and are located in flat files or (when noted in the collection contents list) in oneflat-top box.A number of brief notes made by the donor regarding several items in the collection is available in Box 1.Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog. SubjectsBoats and boating -- Pictorial works.Hunting -- Pictorial works.Lighthouses -- Pictorial works.Naval battles -- Pictorial works.Ships -- Pictorial works.Shipwrecks -- Pictorial works.Whales -- Pictorial works.Whaling -- Pictorial works.Yachts -- Pictorial works.Forms/GenresChromolithographs.Contracts.Ephemera.Engravings.Handbills.Intaglio prints.Leaflets (printed works)Lithographs.Manuscripts.Passenger lists.Paintings.Periodical illustrations.Periodicals.Photographs.Printed ephemera.Promotional materials.Relief prints.Alternate AuthorsHathaway, William H. Jr., 1798-1885, recipient.Aaron Ashley, Inc.Ackermann and Co.Alder, Frederick T.American Sunday-School Union.Arthur Ackermann Ltd.Ballou, Maturin Murray, 1820-1895.Bolles, Charles E.Boydell, John, 1720-1804.Bradford, William, 1823-1892.Bunnell, Charles Beecher.Burns, Milton J., 1853-1933.Burton, James.Buttersworth, James Edward, 1817-1894.Charles Schweinler Press.Colnaghi Son & Co.Couche, Francois-Louis, 1782-1849.Cross, Roy.
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Davidson, Julian Oliver, 1853-1894.Day & Haghe.Day, William, 1797-1845.Dodd, Robert, 1748-1815.Duncan, Edward, 1804-1882.Dusacq et cie.Dutton, Thomas Goldsworth, active 1855.Fittler, James, 1758-1835.Foster, Wm. (Publisher)Fournier (Firm)Fox-Graphics Editions, Ltd.Frederick Warne and Co.Garneray, Louis, 1783-1857.Gaul, Gilbert William, 1855-1919.Gilbert, Pierre-Julien.Gleason, J. Duncan (Joe Duncan), 1881-1959.Goupil & Vibert.Haden, Francis Seymour, 1818-1910.Haghe, Louis, 1806-1885.Harper & Brothers.Havell, Robert, 1793-1878.Headley Brothers (Firm)Hinton, A.Huggins, William John, 1781-1845.Hughes, J. (Artist)Hunt, Charles, active 1825-1857.Imprimerie Lemercier et cie.Imprimerie royale (France)J.H. Bufford's Lith.Jackson, Willard B.Judge Company.Keystone View Company.Laan, Adolf van der, active 1717-1740.Lai, Sung, active 1850-1885.Lane, Fitz Henry, 1804-1865.LeBreton, Louis, 1818-1866.Lerpiniere, Daniel, 1745-1785.Leslie-Judge Company.Litho-Craft of New England.Loeffler, A. (August)Margary, Harry.Maritime Heritage Prints, Inc.Martens, Frederic.Mayer, A. (Lithographer)McFarlane, D.Mecray, John.Meriden Gravure Company.Meulen, Sieuwert van der.
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Mill Pond Press.Morris Rosenfeld & Sons.Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.Mystic Seaport Museum.Nerney, Dan.Newell, John Perry, 1831-1898.Nimrod Press.Orme, Edward.Parker Gallery (London, England)Paterson, Robert F.Paton, Richard, 1717-1791.Paul Gaj/Classic Graphics (Firm)Peabody Museum of Salem.Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951.Pocock, Nicholas, 1740?-1821.Pollard, Robert, 1755-1838.Rawle, S.Rease, W. H.Rosenfeld, Morris, 1884-1968.Rosenfeld, Stanley, 1913-2002.Russell, Benjamin, 1804-1885.Samuel L. Lowe, Jr., Antiques.Savage, Edward, 1761-1817.Schetky, John Christian, 1778-1874.Serres, John Thomas, 1759-1825.Short, Robert (Artist)Sign of the Gosden Head.Silva, Joseph de (Artist)Smith, Elder, and Co.Snell, George S.Snell, Henry B. (Henry Bayley), 1858-1943.Stebbins, N. L. (Nathaniel Livermore), 1847-1922.Stobart, John, 1929-.Sutherland, Thomas, approximately 1785-approximately 1825.Taylor, Josiah (Artist)Taylor, Josiah (Lithographer)Toulza, J. Etne.Travies, Edouard, 1809-.Underwood & Underwood.Vernon, H. John.Wade, William, active 1844-1852.Wagner & M’Guigan.Wagner, F. H.Wales, George Canning, 1868-1940.Wellstood & Co.Wellstood, William, 1819-1900.West & Son.Wilcox, L. A. (Leslie A.)
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Yachting Publishing Co.Yankee Accent, Inc.
Series I. Commercial approximately 1700-1981Physical Description: 74 itemsScope and ContentThis series contains 74 items pertaining to commercial maritime activities (primarilywhaling) from the early 1700s through the middle of the 19th century, with reproductionsfrom as late as 1981. The series is comprised mainly of prints of whaling ships, sailors inboats engaged in the acts of hunting and harvesting whales, and manuscript letters sentduring or regarding these whaling expeditions. Notable items include a series of engravedhand-colored Dutch whaling prints by Adolf van der Laan and Sieuwert van der Meulendating from approximately 1700-1730 (priTEC 0032-0037), and a series of lithographsprinted by J.H. Bufford's Lith. illustrating the great whaling disaster of 1871, in which 33American whaling ships were trapped in Arctic ice off the coast of Alaska, and subsequentlyabandoned (priTEC 0052-0056).
Box 1 Subseries A. Manuscripts 1798-1866 Box 1, priTEC0004
Bill of sale between John C. Whitridge of New Bedford, Mass., and WilliamHathaway, of New Bedford, for part of the profiteer Potomka [printed form filledin, 4 pages]. 1854
Box 1, priTEC0005
Bill of sale between Lot Phinney of Osterville, Mass., and William Hathaway, forpart of the ship Niger [printed form filled in, 4 pages]. 1865
Box 1, priTEC0006
Bill of sale between Robert Farley of Boston, Mass., and William Hathaway, andMatthew Luce of New Bedford, for part of the ship Statira [printed form filled in, 4pages]. 1848
Box 1, priTEC0007
An outward entry of goods entitled to drawback, intended to be shipped ... byHenry Prince and Nathaniel Bowditch in the Ship Astrea [printed form filled in, 1leaf]. 1798
Box 1, priTEC0008
Whaling signals on board ship J. Perry [handwritten document with name of 4thOfficer Gifford, 1 leaf]. after 1852
Box 1, priTEC0009
Letter from Frank Richardson, Cumberland Inlet, to his mother in Lawrence, Mass.[3 pages]. 1866 October 10
Box 1, priTEC0010
Letter from Captain Richard Luce, Jr., New Bedford, Mass., to Dr. Leroy M. Yale,Holmes Hole, Mass. [1 page]. 1847 November 20
Box 1, priTEC0011
Letter from Captain Richard Luce, Jr., on the Ship Margaret Scott, to Dr. Leroy M.Yale [2 pages]. 1849 July 10
Box 1, priTEC0012
Letter from Captain Richard Luce, Jr., on the Ship Margaret Scott at sea, to Dr.Leroy M. Yale [1 page]. 1849 August 17
Box 1, priTEC0013
Letter from Captain Richard Luce, Jr., on the Ship Margaret Scott, to Dr. Leroy M.Yale [2 pages]. 1849
Box 1, priTEC0014
Letter from Captain Thomas Burdett, off Paita, to William Hathaway [3 pages].1854 October 22
Box 1, priTEC0015
Letter from Captain Thomas Peakes, Ship Julian [?] at sea, to William Hathaway [3pages]. 1856 March 30
Box 1, priTEC0016
Letter from Royal Thurber to William Hathaway about recruiting ship crews [1page]. 1856 [July] 20
Box 1, priTEC0017
Letter from E. Wyszynski, Louisville, Kentucky, to William Hathaway about hisson, Eustace Wyszynski [3 pages]. 1864 April 4
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Letter from Captain Jacob L. Cleveland to William Hathaway [3 pages]. 1857 March27
Series I. Commercial approximately 1700-1981Subseries A. Manuscripts 1798-1866
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Letter from Captain Jacob L. Cleveland, on the Barque Luce, at Talcahuano, toWilliam Hathaway [4 pages]. 1860 February 13
Box 1, priTEC0020
Letter from S. P. Hinegar, Honolulu, Hawaii, to William Hathaway [2 pages]. 1860October 13
Box 1, priTEC0021
Letter from Captain Jacob L. Cleveland, Talcahuano, to William Hathaway [4pages]. 1861 March 18
Box 1, priTEC0022
Letter from William Standish Fuller to Mallichi Ellis [i.e. Malachi Ellis?],Mattapoisett, Rochester, Mass. [2 pages]. 1834 August 19
Subseries B. Prints approximately 1700-1981 priTEC 0023 The chase. 1855 January 20
Artists: Wade, William, active 1844-1852 Publishers: Ballou, Maturin Murray,1820-1895
priTEC 0024 Lowering the boats. 1855 January 20
Artists: Wade, William, active 1844-1852 Publishers: Ballou, Maturin Murray,1820-1895
priTEC 0025 Laying on. 1855 January 20
Artists: Wade, William, active 1844-1852 Publishers: Ballou, Maturin Murray,1820-1895
priTEC 0026 The flurry. 1855 January 20
Artists: Wade, William, active 1844-1852 Publishers: Ballou, Maturin Murray,1820-1895
priTEC 0027 Cutting in. 1855 January 20
Artists: Wade, William, active 1844-1852 Publishers: Ballou, Maturin Murray,1820-1895
priTEC 0028 Trying out. 1855 January 20
Artists: Wade, William, active 1844-1852 Publishers: Ballou, Maturin Murray,1820-1895
priTEC 0029 The Greenland whale. 1894
Publishers: Frederick Warne and Co. priTEC 0030 2ème Ordre Cétacés : Pêche de la Baleine franche (Balæna mysticetus, L.) 1849
Artists: Travies, Edouard, 1809- Printers: Fournier (Firm) priTEC 0031 Pêche de la baleine, harponnement. 1827
Artists: Couche, Francois-Louis, 1782-1849 priTEC 0032 Running from the whale the pike being fast in her, or sitting upon the Spanish
wheel-barrow. approximately 1700-1730Artists: Laan, Adolf van der, active 1717-1740; Meulen, Sieuwert van der
priTEC 0033 Shooting, beating, and sticking a great fish with tusk. approximately 1700-1730
Artists: Laan, Adolf van der, active 1717-1740; Meulen, Sieuwert van der priTEC 0034 The ship sailing out of the ice. approximately 1700-1730
Artists: Laan, Adolf van der, active 1717-1740; Meulen, Sieuwert van der
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priTEC 0035 The ice bear taken and kill'd with pikes. approximately 1700-1730Artists: Laan, Adolf van der, active 1717-1740; Meulen, Sieuwert van der
priTEC 0036 They stand ready to stick ye whale upon her head her tail being upwards.
approximately 1700-1730Artists: Laan, Adolf van der, active 1717-1740; Meulen, Sieuwert van der
priTEC 0037 The whale is troubled and turns her self whilst people are sticking her.
approximately 1700-1730Artists: Laan, Adolf van der, active 1717-1740; Meulen, Sieuwert van der
priTEC 0038 The perils of the whaler : harpooning the great sea monster from the bow of a
frail boat. ©1910Artists: Gleason, J. Duncan (Joe Duncan), 1881-1959 Publishers: Leslie-JudgeCompany; Charles Schweinler Press
priTEC 0039 Mitchell & Croasdale successors to G. W. Ridgway & Co. dealers in sperm, whale,
lard & tanners oil, candles, rice, &c. no. 30 Nth Wharves, above Arch St.,Philadelphia. approximately 1856-1858
Artists: Rease, W. H. Publishers: Wagner & M’Guigan priTEC 0040 Wild Ranger. approximately 1901
Artists: Hughes, J. (Artist) priTEC 0041 Devonshire. approximately 1901
Artists: Silva, Joseph de (Artist) priTEC 0042 Young America. approximately 1901 priTEC 0043 Sweepstakes. approximately 1901
Artists: McFarlane, D. priTEC 0044 Resolute. approximately 1901
Artists: Lai, Sung, active 1850-1885 priTEC 0045 Isaac Webb. approximately 1901
Artists: Hughes, J. (Artist) priTEC 0046 Courier (built in 1822). approximately 1901 priTEC 0047 Harvest Queen. approximately 1901
Artists: Hughes, J. (Artist) priTEC 0048 Sovereign of the Seas. approximately 1901 priTEC 0049 Niagara. approximately 1901
Artists: Buttersworth, James Edward, 1817-1894 priTEC 0050 Northern Light. approximately 1901
Artists: Lane, Fitz Henry, 1804-1865 priTEC 0051 Pêche au cachalot sur les côtes du Méxique. approximately 1837-1866
Artists: LeBreton, Louis, 1818-1866 Printers: Imprimerie Lemercier et ciePublishers: Dusacq et cie
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priTEC 0052 Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 1. ©1872
Artists: Newell, John Perry, 1831-1898 Printers: J.H. Bufford's Lith. Publishers:Russell, Benjamin, 1804-1885
priTEC 0053 Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 2. ©1872
Artists: Newell, John Perry, 1831-1898 Printers: J.H. Bufford's Lith. Publishers:Russell, Benjamin, 1804-1885
priTEC 0054 Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 3. ©1872
Artists: Newell, John Perry, 1831-1898 Printers: J.H. Bufford's Lith. Publishers:Russell, Benjamin, 1804-1885
priTEC 0055 Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 4. ©1872
Printers: J.H. Bufford's Lith. Publishers: Russell, Benjamin, 1804-1885
priTEC 0056 Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 5. ©1872
Printers: J.H. Bufford's Lith. Publishers: Russell, Benjamin, 1804-1885
priTEC 0057 South Sea Whale Fishery. A representation of the ships Amelia Wilson & Castor off
the Isle of Bouro, with their boats & crew in the various process of fishing,showing the manner the spermacetti [sic] whales are caught, also the mode ofcutting them into the ship, & boiling the oil upon deck. 1825 January 1
Artists: Huggins, William John, 1781-1845; Sutherland, Thomas, approximately1785-approximately 1825 Publishers: Huggins, William John, 1781-1845
priTEC 0058 South Sea Whale Fishery. A representation of boats attacking a sperm whale from
descriptions given by experienced masters and officers in the South Sea Fishery.1834
Artists: Huggins, William John, 1781-1845; Duncan, Edward, 1804-1882 Publishers:Huggins, William John, 1781-1845
priTEC 0059 Northern Whale Fishery. A representation of the ship Harmony of Hull, & other
vessels with their boats & crews in the various process of attacking and killing thewhale in Davis Straits and Greenland, with the mode of flinching & taking in theblubber. 1829 March
Artists: Huggins, William John, 1781-1845; Duncan, Edward, 1804-1882 Publishers:Huggins, William John, 1781-1845
priTEC 0060 A ship on the north-west coast cutting in her last right whale. after 1843
Artists: Russell, Benjamin, 1804-1885; Mayer, A. (Lithographer) Printers: ImprimerieLemercier et cie
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priTEC 0061 [Sailing vessel in Arctic ice.] approximately 1880-1890Artists: Bradford, William, 1823-1892
priTEC 0062 New York: the Black Ball packet "Orpheus" leaving the East River in 1835 by John
Stobart. ©1969 ; ©1979Artists: Stobart, John, 1929- Printers: Litho-Craft of New England Publishers:Maritime Heritage Prints, Inc.
priTEC 0063 Whaling in the Arctic : the Charles W. Morgan 'cutting in' in 1884 by John Stobart.
©1978Artists: Stobart, John, 1929- Printers: Litho-Craft of New England Publishers:Maritime Heritage Prints, Inc.
priTEC 0064 Pêche de la Baleine. Whale-Fishery. approximately 1835
Artists: Garneray, Louis, 1783-1857; Martens, Frederic Printers: Goupil & VibertPublishers: Goupil & Vibert
priTEC 0065 Pêche du Cachalot. Chachalot Fishery. approximately 1835
Artists: Garneray, Louis, 1783-1857; Martens, Frederic Printers: Goupil & VibertPublishers: Goupil & Vibert
priTEC 0066 Right whaling in Behering Straits & Arctic Ocean with its varieties. ©1871
Artists: Russell, Benjamin, 1804-1885 Publishers: J.H. Bufford's Lith.
priTEC 0067 Sperm whaling with its varieties. ©1870
Artists: Russell, Benjamin, 1804-1885 Publishers: J.H. Bufford's Lith.
priTEC 0135 Brig "Diomede" of Salem - 1809. ©1978
Artists: Cross, Roy priTEC 0136 Eliza of Providence January 1802. 1802-1840 ([reproduction] ©1981)
Artists: Toulza, J. Etne. Printers: Meriden Gravure Company Publishers: PeabodyMuseum of Salem
priTEC 0137 The American clipper Comet, 2477 tons. 1977
Artists: Wilcox, L. A. (Leslie A.) Publishers: Parker Gallery (London, England) priTEC 0138 Sovereign of the Seas. ©1978
Artists: Wilcox, L. A. (Leslie A.) Publishers: Mill Pond Press priTEC 0146 Gloucester schooner "L. A. Dunton" off Soundings. ©1978
Artists: Mecray, John Printers: Litho-Craft of New England Publishers: MysticSeaport Museum
priTEC 0150 Sailing day, Nantucket, in 1841. ©1974 ; [reproduction] ©1979
Artists: Stobart, John, 1929- Printers: Litho-Craft of New England Publishers:Maritime Heritage Prints, Inc.
Series I. Commercial approximately 1700-1981Subseries B. Prints approximately 1700-1981
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priTEC 0151 Hudson River sloop Phillip R. Paulding. ©1973Artists: Buttersworth, James Edward, 1817-1894 Publishers: Aaron Ashley, Inc.
Subseries C. Publications 1788-1855 Box 1, priTEC0001
Arrêt du Conseil D'État du Roi, portant prohibition, à l'entrée dans la Royaume,des Huiles éstrangères provenant de la Pêche de la Baleine. 1788
Publishers: Imprimerie royale (France) Box 1, priTEC0002
An account of the loss of the Essex, from having been struck by a whale in theSouth Seas ; with some particulars of the sufferings of her crew. 1825
Author: Chappel, Thomas Publishers: American Sunday-School Union Box 1, priTEC0003
"An American Whaling Voyage". 1855 January 20Booklet containing pasted newspaper clipping "Whaling" (6 pages) from Ballou'sPictorial Drawing Room Companion Publishers: Ballou, Maturin Murray, 1820-1895
Series II. Naval 1703-1977
Physical Description: 42 itemsScope and ContentThis series contains 42 items pertaining to naval vessels and battles, primarily related to theUnited States Navy, the Royal Navy of Great Britain, and privateering vessels representingboth entities from the early 1700s through the middle of the 19th century, withreproductions from as late as 1977. The series is comprised mainly of printed letters ofmarque and letters of safe conduct signed by presidents of the United States from GeorgeWashington through to James Buchanan, and printed images of famous ships and navalbattles. Of note are five letters related to British naval matters from 1703-1804 including twofrom Admiral Horatio Nelson (priTEC 0184-0188), a British order of battle and sailing withhand-colored flag charts from maneuvers near Alicante, Spain, in 1811 (priTEC 0068), and abound King William IV association copy of a series of views illustrating the clash between theShannon and the Chesapeake during the War of 1812 (priTEC 0082).
Subseries A. Manuscripts 1703-1811 priTEC 0068 Order of battle and sailing. 1811 December 20Box 1, priTEC0184
Order from Sir Evan Nepean, Admiralty Office, to Sir Richard Bickerton to "detainin the Mediterranean all the line of Battle Ships ..." [6 pages]. 1802 August 4
Marked "Duplicate, Most Secret." Box 1, priTEC0185
Order from Horatio Nelson to Sir William Hamilton [2 pages]. 1800 February 28
Box 1, priTEC0186
Order from Horatio Nelson to Richard H. Moubray to take command of theThunder [2 pages]. 1804 July 16
Box 1, priTEC0187
Order from the Great Britain Privy Council to Wriothesley, Duke of Bedford, LordLieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the County of Middlesex, concerningdeserting seamen [1 page]. 1703 May 4
Box 1, priTEC0188
Order from the Great Britain Admiralty to Lord Shuldham [1 page]. 1778 March 16
Subseries B. Prints 1776-1977
Series II. Naval 1703-1977Subseries B. Prints 1776-1977
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priTEC 0069 H. M. S. Carysfort, 26 guns. approximately 1838-1845Artists: Vernon, H. John Printers: Day & Haghe Publishers: Hinton, A.; Ackermannand Co.
priTEC 0070 Breaking up of the Agamemnon. 1870
Artists: Haden, Francis Seymour, 1818-1910
priTEC 0071 American ships X frigates Constellation 38 and Boston 28, 1800. 1927
Artists: Wales, George Canning, 1868-1940 priTEC 0072 A view of the grand fleet in the order of sailing under the command of Adm. Earl
Howe, in 1790 is dedicated by permission to his most gracious majesty Williamthe fourth. 1834 June 1
Artists: Havell, Robert, 1793-1878 Publishers: Colnaghi Son & Co.
priTEC 0073 This representation of His Majesty's Ship Majestic, 57 guns, John Hayes, Esq.
Captain, meeting with two French frigates, - an American private ship of war, aSpanish Lima ship, - & a brig on the 3rd of Feby. 1814, in Latde. 37 N. and Longde.20 W. - and capturing one of the frigates : is by gracious permission dedicated tohis most excellent majesty William IVth, by his majesty's faithful subject andservant, John Haynes, Capt., R.N., C.B. approximately 1830-1837
Artists: Gilbert, Pierre-Julien; Hunt, Charles, active 1825-1857 Publishers:Ackermann and Co.
priTEC 0074 The memorable engagement of Captn. Pearson of the Serapis, with Paul Jones of
the Bon Homme Richard & his squadron, Sep. 23, 1779. 1780 December 12 ; 1781Artists: Paton, Richard, 1717-1791 Printers: Fittler, James, 1758-1835; Lerpiniere,Daniel, 1745-1785 Publishers: Boydell, John, 1720-1804
priTEC 0075 To the memory of the brave Capt. John Harvey... of His Majesty's Ship the
Brunswick this print representing the Brunswick after breaking the enemy's line... on the first of June 1794 grappled to, and engaging Le Vengeur with herstarboard guns, and totally dismasting L' Achille in an attempt to board on thelarboard quarter is respectfully inscribed by Nicholas Pocock. 1796 February 16
Artists: Pocock, Nicholas, 1740?-1821; Pollard, Robert, 1755-1838 Publishers:Pocock, Nicholas, 1740?-1821
priTEC 0076 Spoils of war : portraits of the French and Spanish ships taken by Lord Anson,
Captain Buckle and Sir E Hawk in the year 1747. 1748-1751 ([reproduction]©1977)
Artists: Short, Robert (Artist) Printers: Headley Brothers (Firm) Publishers: Boydell,John, 1720-1804; Margary, Harry
priTEC 0077 Battle of the Nile, the attack at sunset. 1799 February
Artists: Dodd, Robert, 1748-1815 Publishers: Dodd, Robert, 1748-1815
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priTEC 0078 Battle of the Nile, at 10 o'clock at night. 1799 FebruaryArtists: Dodd, Robert, 1748-1815 Publishers: Dodd, Robert, 1748-1815
priTEC 0079 Battle of the Nile, near midnight. 1799 February
Artists: Dodd, Robert, 1748-1815 Publishers: Dodd, Robert, 1748-1815
priTEC 0080 Battle of the Nile, on the ensuing morning. 1799 February
Artists: Dodd, Robert, 1748-1815 Publishers: Dodd, Robert, 1748-1815
priTEC 0081 Six engraved outlines of ships of war, from a first-rate to a cutter. 1815
Artists: Pocock, Nicholas, 1740?-1821; Rawle, S. Publishers: Pocock, Nicholas,1740?-1821View the Huntington Online Catalog record.
priTEC 0082 [A series of four views, to illustrate the naval action fought on the first day of
June, 1813, between the English frigate Shannon, and the American frigateChesapeake.] 1830
Artists: Schetky, John Christian, 1778-1874; Haghe, Louis, 1806-1885 Printers: Day,William, 1797-1845 Publishers: Smith, Elder, and Co.View the Huntington Online Catalog record.
priTEC 0164 [Liber nauticus and instructor in the art of marine drawing.] 1805
Artists: Serres, John Thomas, 1759-1825 Publishers: Orme, EdwardView the Huntington Online Catalog record.
priTEC 0165 By the president of the United States of America. Suffer the brig Peggy of
Newport ... 1797 ; 1800
priTEC 0166 John Adams, president of the United States of America, to all who shall see these
presents, greeting: know ye ... 1800
priTEC 0167 John Adams, president of the United States of America, to all who shall see these
presents, greeting: ... 1798
priTEC 0168 By the president of the United States of America. Suffer the ... approximately
1801-1809Artists: Savage, Edward, 1761-1817
priTEC 0169 Thomas Jefferson, president des Etats Unis d'Amerique. A tous ceux qui les
presentes, verront: ... 1802
priTEC 0170 By the president of the United States of America. Suffer the ship Maria of New
York, James Davis ... 1809Artists: Savage, Edward, 1761-1817
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priTEC 0171 James Madison, president of the United States of America, to all who shall seethese presents, greeting: ... 1813
priTEC 0172 James Madison, president of the United States of America, to all who shall see
these presents, greeting: ... approximately 1809-1817
priTEC 0173 To captain ___ commander of the private armed ___ called the ... 1812
priTEC 0174 By the president of the United States of America. suffer the brig Juno of
Providence ... 1817Artists: Savage, Edward, 1761-1817
priTEC 0175 By the president of the United States of America. suffer the brig Wm. Thacher ...
1819Artists: Savage, Edward, 1761-1817
priTEC 0176 By the president of the United States of America. suffer the brig Cadet, Albert A
Farnham ... 1826Artists: Savage, Edward, 1761-1817
priTEC 0177 Andrew Jackson, president des Etats Unis d'Amerique. A tous ceux qui les
presentes, verront: ... 1834
priTEC 0178 By the president of the United States of America. suffer the ship Mary of New
Bedford ... 1839Artists: Savage, Edward, 1761-1817
priTEC 0179 Martin Van Buren, president des Etats Unis d'Amerique. A tous ceux qui les
presentes, verront: ... 1839
priTEC 0180 By the president of the United States of America. suffer the ship Franklin of New
Bedford ... 1841Artists: Savage, Edward, 1761-1817
priTEC 0181 By the president of the United States of America. suffer the ship Montpelier,
Ellery T. Taber ... 1844Artists: Savage, Edward, 1761-1817
priTEC 0182 James Buchanan, president des Etats Unis d'Amerique. A tous ceux qui les
presentes, verront: ... 1859
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priTEC 0183 Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America. 1864
Box 1, priTEC0189
In Congress, Wednesday, April 3, 1776. Instructions to the commanders of privateships or vessels of war ... [broadside] 1776 April 3
Box 1, priTEC0190
United States. Continental Congress. Commission to Joseph Hurd, commander of asloop, to outfit his sloop in a "warlike Manner," signed by John Jay [printed formfilled in, 1 leaf]. 1779 September 1
Series III. Recreational 1851-1990
Physical Description: 74 itemsScope and ContentThis series contains 74 items pertaining to recreational maritime activities, primarily yachtsand yachting in the United States and Great Britain from the 1850s through the middle ofthe 20th century, with reproductions from as late as 1990. The series is comprised mainly oflithographed prints and photographs of yachting vessels. Of note is the seriesRepresentative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views (priTEC0155-0161), photographed and published in 11 parts by Henry G. Peabody of Boston,Massachusetts, between 1890 and 1892.
Subseries A. Paintings 1866-1866 priTEC 0106 [Two sailing vessels passing] 1866
Artists: Russell, Benjamin, 1804-1885
Subseries B. Photographs 1890-approximately 1965 priTEC 0083 Lorna. approximately 1891
Publishers: West & Son priTEC 0084 Irex. approximately 1891
Publishers: West & Son priTEC 0085 Resolute. approximately 1920 priTEC 0091 6384 Sistae. approximately 1895-1900
Artists: Stebbins, N. L. (Nathaniel Livermore), 1847-1922 priTEC 0092 Start E.Y.C. race, June 27 '08. 1908 priTEC 0093 Shamrock the first which lost to the Columbia in 1899. 1930s
Publishers: Underwood & Underwood priTEC 0094 Sir Thomas Lipton. approximately 1925-1931
Publishers: Underwood & Underwood priTEC 0095 The Endeavour in rough going. 1934 August 30
Publishers: Keystone View Company
Series III. Recreational 1851-1990Subseries B. Photographs 1890-approximately 1965
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priTEC 0096 Sopwith's skill steers Endeavour to victory. 1934 September 20Publishers: Keystone View Company
priTEC 0097 Rainbow. 1934 June 16
Publishers: Keystone View Company priTEC 0098 "Enterprise" takes four straight. 1930 September priTEC 0099 Yo, heave, ho! 1934 September 1
Publishers: Keystone View Company priTEC 0100 Rainbow wins Astor Cup. 1934 August 16 priTEC 0101 England's America Cup challenger is out-sailed in trials. 1934 July 11 priTEC 0102 Rainbow leads Weetamoe in America's Cup defense trials. 1934 August 22 priTEC 0103 Vim wins 54-mile race at Cowes Regatta. 1939 August 7 priTEC 0104 She heels the Endeavour over. 1934 August 30
Publishers: Keystone View Company priTEC 0105 The Yankee in all its grandeur. 1930 July 28 priTEC 0108 Castanet. Ryde, Aug. 14. approximately 1894
Publishers: West & Son priTEC 0109 Carina. approximately 1930 priTEC 0110 [Two Int'ls - one sloop takes a real knockdown.] approximately 1965
Artists: Rosenfeld, Morris, 1884-1968 Publishers: Morris Rosenfeld & Sons priTEC 0111 [Two sloops racing.] approximately 1898-1937
Artists: Jackson, Willard B. Publishers: Jackson, Willard B. priTEC 0112 Start third race for "Roosevelt" Cup Sept. 6, 1906. ©1906
Artists: Jackson, Willard B. Publishers: Jackson, Willard B. priTEC 0113 The start in the triangular course, Oct. 9th, 1893. ©1893
Artists: Loeffler, A. (August) Publishers: Loeffler, A. (August) priTEC 0155 Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part
1, First Class Sloops [Plates 1-10]. 1890Artists: Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951 Publishers: Peabody,Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951View the Huntington Online Catalog record.
priTEC 0156 Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part
3, Plates 71-80 -- Thirty-Footers. ©1891Artists: Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951 Publishers: Peabody,Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951View the Huntington Online Catalog record.
Series III. Recreational 1851-1990Subseries B. Photographs 1890-approximately 1965
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priTEC 0157 Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part4, Plates 81-90 -- Thirty-Footers. ©1891
Artists: Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951 Publishers: Peabody,Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951View the Huntington Online Catalog record.
priTEC 0158 Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views :
Forty-six-Foot Racing Yachts [Part 5, plates 41-50] ©1891Artists: Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951 Publishers: Peabody,Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951View the Huntington Online Catalog record.
priTEC 0159 Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part
6, Plates 11-19 -- Schooners. ©1892Artists: Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951 Publishers: Peabody,Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951View the Huntington Online Catalog record.
priTEC 0160 Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part
7, Plates 27-40 -- Sixty-Footers. ©1892Artists: Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951 Publishers: Peabody,Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951View the Huntington Online Catalog record.
priTEC 0161 Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part
9, Plates 61-70 -- Forty-Footers. ©1892Artists: Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951 Publishers: Peabody,Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951View the Huntington Online Catalog record.
priTEC 0162 Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part
10, Plates, 92-100, Twenty-one-Footers. 1892Artists: Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951 Publishers: Peabody,Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951View the Huntington Online Catalog record.
Subseries C. Prints 1862-1990 priTEC 0107 Boston Harbor. approximately 1850-1855 ([reproduction] ©1979)
Artists: Lane, Fitz Henry, 1804-1865 Publishers: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston priTEC 0114 The "Constitution" on her builders' trial, sailing on the starboard tack. ©1901
Artists: Bolles, Charles E. priTEC 0115 Lord Dunraven's yacht "Valkyrie." 1889 June 22
Publishers: Harper & Brothers priTEC 0116 Half a century's development in the racing yacht. Famous little old cup-racer
"America" shown beside her big latest successor, "Reliance." ©1903Artists: Bunnell, Charles Beecher Publishers: Judge Company
priTEC 0117 "Squared away for home" -- the "Priscilla" winning the Atlantic Club Regatta, June
15. ©1886Artists: Davidson, Julian Oliver, 1853-1894 Publishers: Harper & Brothers
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priTEC 0118 Racing sloop yachts shortening sail before a squall. 1887 September 3
Artists: Davidson, Julian Oliver, 1853-1894 Publishers: Harper & Brothers priTEC 0119 The "Volunteer" under full sail. ©1887
Artists: Davidson, Julian Oliver, 1853-1894 Publishers: Harper & Brothers priTEC 0120 The ocean yacht-race between the Dauntless and the Cambria : the start. 1870
July 16 priTEC 0121 Annual schooner race of the Royal Thames Yacht Club : the yachts at the Mouse
light ship. 1862 July 5 priTEC 0122 The yachts "Henrietta," "Fleetwing," and "Vesta" on their grand race across the
Atlantic from Sandy Hook to Cowes. 1866 December 22Publishers: Harper & Brothers
priTEC 0123 The second day's race for the "America's" Cup -- the run down the wind. 1885
September 26Artists: Davidson, Julian Oliver, 1853-1894 Publishers: Harper & Brothers
priTEC 0124 The struggle for the "America's" Cup - the two yachts bearing down on the line
just before the starting-gun : "Columbia" leading. 1899 October 21Artists: Burton, James Publishers: Harper & Brothers
priTEC 0132 The schooner Yacht Westward, 323 tons designed and built by the Herreshoff
Manufacturing Co. Bristol, Rhode Island - launched on March 3, 1910. ©1985February
Artists: Mecray, John Publishers: Fox-Graphics Editions, Ltd. priTEC 0133 The 1891 Herreshoff sloop Gloriana from the painting by John Mecray. ©1988
Artists: Mecray, John Publishers: Mecray, John priTEC 0134 Off the wind, 1937. 1937
Artists: Rosenfeld, Stanley, 1913-2002 Publishers: Mystic Seaport Museum priTEC 0139 The first day's race for the "America's" Cup - the "Genesta" rounding the
light-ship. 1885 September 26Artists: Burns, Milton J., 1853-1933; Davidson, Julian Oliver, 1853-1894 Publishers:Harper & Brothers
priTEC 0140 To Count Edmund Batthyany, Rear Commodore of the Royal Albert Yacht Club, this
print of his schooner yacht "Flying Cloud," in the walk over for the second classprize, value £50, in the schooner and yawl match of the Royal Thames Yacht Club,June 8th 1870, is dedicated by his obed't servant, Josiah Taylor. 1871 May 31
Artists: Taylor, Josiah (Artist) Publishers: Taylor, Josiah (Artist); Arthur AckermannLtd.
priTEC 0141 Schooner yacht "Henrietta," 205 tons, New-York Yacht Club. 1867 January 25
Artists: Dutton, Thomas Goldsworth, active 1855 Publishers: Foster, Wm.(Publisher)
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priTEC 0142 The first defense of the Americas Cup, August 8th 1870. ©1982Artists: Mecray, John Publishers: Mystic Seaport Museum
priTEC 0143 The 25th defense : the end of an era. ©1984
Artists: Nerney, Dan; Paul Gaj/Classic Graphics (Firm) Publishers: Mystic SeaportMuseum
priTEC 0144 A winning yacht. ©1885
Artists: Davidson, Julian Oliver, 1853-1894; Wellstood, William, 1819-1900Publishers: Wellstood & Co.
priTEC 0145 Shamrock V : Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger for the America's Cup 1930. ©1988
Artists: Mecray, John Publishers: Mecray, John priTEC 0147 The schooner yacht Atlantic setting the Trans-Atlantic record, May 17 - 29, 1905.
©1980Artists: Mecray, John Publishers: Mystic Seaport Museum
priTEC 0148 The schooner yacht America : the crossing, June 21 - July 11, 1851. ©1980
Artists: Mecray, John Printers: Litho-Craft of New England Publishers: MysticSeaport Museum
priTEC 0149 Flying Cloud : the celebrated clipper ship approaching San Francisco in 1854.
©1967 ; [reproduction] ©1978Artists: Stobart, John, 1929- Printers: Litho-Craft of New England Publishers:Maritime Heritage Prints, Inc.
priTEC 0152 The original Herreshoff 12 1/2 footer : Captain Nathanael G. Herreshoff in 1915.
©1990Artists: Wagner, F. H. Publishers: Yankee Accent, Inc.
priTEC 0153 Peabody Museum of Salem. after 1904
Publishers: Nimrod Press priTEC 0154 The yacht "America" first winner of the America Cup Races, 1851. ©1974
Artists: Lane, Fitz Henry, 1804-1865 Publishers: Samuel L. Lowe, Jr., Antiques priTEC 0163 The America and the defenders of the America's Cup, 1851-1930 after original
drawings in pencil by Robert F. Paterson. ©1935Artists: Paterson, Robert F. Publishers: Sign of the Gosden HeadView the Huntington Online Catalog record.
Subseries D. Publications 1851-1970 priTEC 0086 Yachting. 1907 January
Publishers: Yachting Publishing Co. priTEC 0087 Yachting. 1907 February
Publishers: Yachting Publishing Co. priTEC 0088 Yachting. 1907 March
Publishers: Yachting Publishing Co.
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priTEC 0089 Yachting. 1907 AprilPublishers: Yachting Publishing Co.
priTEC 0090 The Columbia record of international yacht races for the America's Cup. : A history
of the New York Yacht Club, Royal Ulster Yacht Club and the races for theAmerica's Cup. ©1899
Artists: Snell, George S.; Snell, Henry B. (Henry Bayley), 1858-1943 Publishers:Alder, Frederick T.
priTEC 0125 Sailing : the beauty of sail. 1970 August priTEC 0126 The Illustrated London News. 1851 August 9 priTEC 0127 The Illustrated London News. 1851 August 23 priTEC 0128 The Illustrated London News. 1851 August 30 priTEC 0129 Harper's Weekly. 1881 July 20
Artists: Davidson, Julian Oliver, 1853-1894 Publishers: Harper & Brothers priTEC 0130 Harper's weekly. 1885 September 12
Artists: Burns, Milton J., 1853-1933; Davidson, Julian Oliver, 1853-1894 Publishers:Harper & Brothers
priTEC 0131 Colliers Weekly. 1899 June 24
Artists: Gaul, Gilbert William, 1855-1919