Records of William R. Bowers & Co. (Coll. 24)


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Overview of the Records

History of William R. Bowers & Co.

Restrictions

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Indexes

Detailed Description of the Records

              

Overview of the Records

     Repository: G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport
     Creator: William R. Bowers & Co.
     Title: Records of William R. Bowers & Co
     Dates: 1818-1837
     Extent: 216 pieces
     Abstract: This is a collection of correspondence, accounts, bills, receipts, and other papers of Providence, Rhode Island merchant shipowners and agents. The papers relate to the ships MARY ANN, PANTHER, PROVIDENCE, and TRUMBULL, and the brigs AGENORIA, DIAMOND, and SMYRNA, which carried cotton, flour, coffee, rice, rum, and wine, and traded in the ports of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Cadiz, Spain, Java, Malava, Batavia (now Jakarta, Indonesia), Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), Canton, China, Lime, Peru, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Turks and Caicos Islands, West Indies, New York City, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama. Names represented include William C. Boardman, Lloyd Bowers, Cyrus Butler, Edward Carrington, Josiah Chafee, Benjamin Fish, George H. Hoppin, Thomas C. Hoppin, William J. Hoppin, Nathaniel Lightbourne, William J. McCutcheon, John L. Perry, and Wetmore, Hoppin & Co.
     Identification: Coll. 24

History of William R. Bowers & Co.

William R. Bowers & Co. of Providence, Rhode Island, were merchant shippers and agents.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

Available for use in the Manuscripts Division.

Restrictions on Use

    

Various copying restriction apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts Division. See also: Mystic Seaport's copyright notice.

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Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the G. W. Blunt White Library. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

    

Persons:

Boardman, William C.
Bowers, Lloyd
Butler, Cyrus, 1767-1849
Carrington, Edward, 1775-1849
Chafee, Josiah
Fish, Benjamin
Hoppin, George H.
Hoppin, Thomas C.
Hoppin, William J.
Lightbourne, Nathaniel
McCutcheon, William J.
Perry, John L., Shipmaster

Corporate Bodies (Including Vessels):

Agenoria (Brig)
Mary Anne (Ship)
Panther (Ship)
Providence (Ship: 1822)
Smyrna (Brig)
Trumbull (Ship)
Wetmore, Hoppin & Co.

Places:

Amsterdam (Netherlands)--Commerce
Cadiz (Spain)--Commerce
Guangzhou (China)--Commerce
Indonesia--Commerce
Java (Indonesia)--Commerce
Lima (Peru)--Commerce
Malaya--Commerce
Moblie (Ala.)--Commerce
New Orleans (La.)--Commerce
New York (N.Y.)--Commerce
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Commerce
Turks and Caicos Islands--Commerce
West Indies--Commerce

Subjects:

Coffee industry
Cotton trade
Feed industry
International trade
Rice trade
Rum industry
Shipping
Shipping--Rhode Island--Providence
Wine industry

Occupations:

Shipowners--Rhode Island--Providence

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Coll. 24, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.

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Indexes

              

Index to Personal Names

     NOTE: The fraction(s) indicate the Box and Folder numbers where that particular reference can be found. For example, the researcher will find information about Aborn, W. H. (Capt.) in Box 3, Folder 1 of the collection.
    
    
    
     Aborn, W. H. (Capt.) 3/1
     Ackerman, S. (Capt.) 2/6
     Adams, Joseph 3/1, 3/3, 4/1, 4/2, 4/5, 4/8, 4/10
     Adamson, Capt. 4/6
     Adamson, John S. (Capt.) 5/3
     Arnold, Isaac 2/1, 2/2, 2/3
     Baker, Elijah (Capt.) 1/2
     Barnes, B. (Capt.) 2/3
     Benjamin, George (Capt.) 2/7
     Boardman, William C. 4/8, 4/10, 5/2
     Boardman, William N. 1/3
     Bowers, Capt. Lloyd 3/6
     Bowers, George 4/11
     Bowers, Henry 2/9
     Bowers, Joseph 4/9
     Bowers, Lloyd 2/3, 2/4, 2/5, 2/6, 2/7, 2/9, 2/10, 3/1, 3/2, 3/3, 3/5, 3/9, 4/9
     Bowers, Lloyd (Capt.) 1/8, 3/8
     Bowers, P. (Capt.) 1/8
     Bowers, W. G. 4/10
     Bradford, Henry W. 3/9, 4/3
     Brayton, Capt. 4/8
     Brayton, William (Capt.) 3/9
     Briggs, Capt. 3/6
     Briggs, Charles F. 1/3
     Briggs, Simeon 5/4
     Brownell, R. 4/12
     Bucklin, Thomas 1/7
     Burrough, James 2/6, 2/11
     Burrough, R. S. 4/10
     Butler, Cyrus 1/7
     Carlile, Edward 2/4
     Carrington, Edward 4/11, 5/4, 5/11
     Chace, Joseph C. 3/4
     Chafee, Capt. 4/8
     Chafee, Josiah 1/2
     Chafee, Josiah (Capt.) 5/2
     Chase, Charles F. 1/2
     Child, George 3/9
     Child, Jeremiah 3/7, 3/8, 3/9
     Child, John K. (Capt.) 3/5
     Chisholm, John A. (Capt) 3/6
     Church, Benjamin T. 2/3
     Church, William 4/4
     Clark, Riley (Capt.) 1/7
     Clarke, Capt. 5/7
     Cleavland, Henry 3/7
     Clifford, Benjamin 4/1
     Coggeshall, George 5/9
     Coggeshall, Samuel 1/2
     Colcord, Capt. 3/4
     Colt, Samuel 2/7
     Cooper, William . 3/2
     Cooper, William B. 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 2/1, 2/2, 2/4, 2/5, 2/8, 2/9, 3/1, 3/3, 3/8, 3/9, 4/3, 4/5, 4/7
     Cornwell, James B. (Capt.) 1/5
     Crowell, Capt. 3/8
     Curtis, George 2/5
     Curtis, T. B. 1/4, 1/5
     Curtis, Thomas 3/5
     Curtis, Thomas B. 2/2, 2/3, 2/4, 2/8, 2/9, 3/2
     Day, Israel H. 2/2
     Doyle, David B. 2/2, 2/7, 4/10, 4/11
     Durfee, Philip H. 4/12
     Earle, James M. 2/3
     Earle, William 1/8, 4/3, 4/11, 5/5, 5/7
     Ebon, William H. (Capt.) 2/6
     Elderidge, N. T. 3/1
     Eldrdedge, Ephriam (Capt.) 2/7
     Eldridge, N. T. 3/1
     Ewen, Peter F. 2/8
     Ewer, Peter F. 2/7, 3/2
     Fish, Benjamin (Capt.) 5/1
     Fisher, Capt. 3/6, 3/7
     Fisher, James S. (Capt.) 4/10, 4/11
     Fisher, John (Capt.) 4/1, 4/9
     Fisher, John W. 1/3
     Fisher, John W. (Capt.) 3/9, 4/7, 4/8, 5/3, 5/4, 5/5, 5/9, 5/10
     Fisher, John W., Capt. 1/2
     Foster, Capt. 2/1
     Foster, Freeman (Capt.) 2/8
     Foster, Nathaniel 4/14
     Gardner, Henry 3/9, 4/2, 4/3, 4/5, 4/6
     Gardner, Henry (Capt.) 3/6
     Gardner, Israel 4/5, 4/6, 4/7
     Godfrey, C. C. 4/2, 4/3, 4/5, 4/6, 4/7, 4/10, 4/14
     Guild, Samuel 3/2
     Hall, Ahira 4/6
     Hall, Edward (Capt.) 2/10
     Ham, William 5/2
     Harding, Capt. 2/7
     Harris, Capt. 1/3
     Harris, James 1/3, 3/6
     Harris, John W. 4/1, 4/3, 4/4, 4/7
     Hartshorn, John 3/8, 4/3, 5/11
     Holmes, S. D. 2/1
     Holmes, S. D. (Capt.) 2/6
     Holmes, T. C. (Capt.) 2/1
     Holmes, W. (Capt.) 2/9
     Homer, Eugene 3/4
     Hoppin, Benjamiin 2/10
     Hoppin, Benjamin 2/2, 2/4, 2/5, 2/6, 2/7, 2/8, 2/9, 3/1, 3/2, 3/3, 3/4
     Hoppin, Benjamin A. 3/6
     Hoppin, George H. 3/4, 3/5, 3/6, 3/9, 4/9, 4/11
     Hoppin, Judson 4/10
     Hoppin, Thomas C. 2/2, 2/4, 2/8, 2/9, 2/10, 3/1, 3/3, 3/4, 3/7, 3/9, 4/1, 4/7, 4/8, 4/9, 4/10, 4/11, 5/4, 5/11
     Hoppin, William J. 1/5
     Hoppin, William Jones 4/10
     Hoppin, William N. 3/4
     Hoppin, William W. 4/10
     Hopping, William J. 1/6
     Hoppins, Thomas C. 2/1
     Hull, Capt. 1/3
     Hunt, Capt. 3/9
     Hunt, James S. (Capt.) 4/9, 5/7, 5/9
     Jones, Capt. 3/2
     Josliin, Willard 2/8
     Joslin, Samuel B. 3/9, 4/3
     Joslin, Willard 4/1, 4/4, 4/7
     Joslin, Willard (Capt.) 1/2
     Joslin, William 3/6, 3/7, 3/8, 4/6
     Kahler, Jeremiah 2/4
     Kimball, R. W. 1/2
     King, James 1/5
     Knowles, George 1/5
     Langley, Joshua 4/1
     Leland, Joshua W. 1/2
     Lewis, John D. 1/7
     Lewis, Timothy 1/2
     Lewis, Timothy (Capt.) 3/4, 3/7
     Light Bourne, Nathaniel 1/3, 1/5
     Lindsey, Cyrus W. 2/2
     Lockwood, Benoni (Capt.) 4/4
     Lockwood, Benoni, Jr. 4/8
     Loring, Caleb 2/9, 3/2, 3/3
     Luther, Capt. 2/2
     Mason, Anthony 2/8
     Mason, Earle P. 4/2
     Mason, James D. 4/9
     Mason, James S. 5/11
     Mason, Nathan 2/3, 2/6, 3/2, 3/5, 4/4
     Maybury, Capt. 1/5
     McCutchen, William C. (Capt.) 5/2
     McLaughling, John S. 1/2
     McLean, Thomas M. 1/2
     Merchant, Leander (Capt.) 1/2
     Miller, James 1/2
     Mumford, Samuel B. 5/3
     Oakley, C. W. 1/2
     Padelford, Seth 4/2, 4/6, 4/7
     Parish, James 5/10
     Patten, Richard 2/1
     Peck, Herman A. 2/6
     Perry, Capt. 1/3, 1/5, 3/8
     Perry, John L. (Capt.) 5/11
     Perry, Sylvanus (Capt.) 4/9
     Pettis, John 4/2, 4/9
     Pierce, E. L. 2/5
     Pierce, Oliver 3/1, 3/2, 3/3
     Porter, Capt. 1/5
     Porter, William 1/2
     Porter, William (Capt.) 3/3
     Pringle, George 1/7
     Read, John 2/1, 2/2
     Rhodes, James T. 3/9
     Rhodes, P. 4/11
     Rider, Capt. 4/1, 4/9
     Rider, Thomas 4/2
     Rider, Thomas (Capt.) 1/3
     Ripley, Bradford 4/2
     Sanford, M. 5/2
     Sessions, Darius 2/8, 3/1, 3/6, 4/1
     Shaw, Joseph C. 5/4
     Shearman, Darius 2/2
     Sherman, Peleg 3/6
     Sherman, Peleg S. 3/2, 3/5, 3/7, 3/8, 4/8, 4/10, 4/11, 5/2, 5/3
     Simmons, Ambrose 3/7, 3/8, 5/2
     Simmons, G. (Capt.) 2/1
     Smith, Amos D. 3/1, 4/5, 4/7
     Snow, Capt. 2/7
     Snow, Peleg W. 3/1
     Snow, William P. W. 2/10
     Spalding, Capt. 3/6
     Spooner, Bourne 1/2, 1/3, 4/13
     Spooner, Joseph B. (Capt.) 5/8
     Stevenson, J. Thomas 1/3, 1/4
     Steveson, J. Thomas 1/2
     Talbot, William R. 2/9
     Thayer, Capt. 1/2
     Thorndike, Capt. 4/3
     Tillinghast, Charles F. 3/1
     Todd, W. L. 1/5
     Todd, William D. 4/9
     Viall, Nathan, Jr. 4/2
     Vinton, A. M. 3/9
     Waltermau, Richard 4/2
     Wardwell, Stephen 3/4, 4/2, 4/5
     Waterman, Richard 4/3
     Watson, Capt. 3/9
     Weeden, B. D. 2/7
     Whitlock, Sidney B. 1/1, 2/3
     Winsor, W. D. (Capt.) 2/9
     Woodward, William 2/11
     Woodworth, Edward S. 2/4
     Woodworth, William 2/4
     Young, Edward C. 2/10
     Zimmerman, John D. 1/7

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Index to Corporate Names

     NOTE: The fraction(s) indicate the Box and Folder numbers where that particular reference can be found. For example, the researcher will find information about A. & J. Pike in Box 3, Folder 4 of the collection.
    
    
    
     A. & J. Pike 3/4
     A. L. Forestier & Co. 1/7
     Alsop & Wetmore 1/7
     American Insurance Co. 4/5
     Andrews & Wardwell 3/6
     Aranzamendi & Co. 5/9
     Asa & John Pike Co. 3/7
     B. & G. Earle 3/4
     B. & H. Hoppin 3/8
     B. & T. C. Hoppin 2/8, 2/9, 2/10, 3/2, 3/4, 3/5
     B. & T. C. Hoppin & Co. 3/3
     B. & T. C. Hoppin Co. 3/1
     Barclay & Livingston 1/2
     Barnard, Adams, & Co. 1/4
     Bates & Co. 1/4
     Benjamin Rich & Son 1/1, 1/3, 2/1, 2/4, 2/6, 2/7, 3/1, 3/4, 3/5, 3/9, 4/1, 4/5, 4/6, 4/7
     Benjamin Rich & SOn 2/5
     Boston & Providence Railroad Co. 3/9, 4/2
     Bourne & Spooner 2/1, 2/2
     Bradford, Henry W. 4/2
     Brown & Barker 3/9
     Brown & Barkers 2/6
     Bucklin & Bull 1/7
     Burr & Brewster 5/10
     C. C. Wood & Co. 4/4
     Cady & Brown 2/11
     Carlile & Foster 3/8, 3/9, 4/2, 4/4, 4/5, 4/6, 4/7, 4/10
     Carrington & Co. 2/3
     Chandler & Howard 1/2
     Child, Viall & Wood 3/5, 3/9, 4/3, 4/4, 4/5, 4/6, 4/7
     Crocker Brothers & Co. 4/1
     D. Allen & Co. 3/1
     D. G. & V. Gardiner 2/4
     D. G.& V. Gardiner 2/5
     Daniel Crommelin & Sons 1/7
     Dyer & Stead 4/2, 4/4, 4/5, 4/6, 4/7, 4/10, 4/11, 4/12, 4/14
     E. & G. W. Blunt 1/4, 3/6, 3/7, 3/9, 4/1, 4/3, 4.4
     Edward Carrington & Co 4/1
     Edward Carrington & Co. 1/7, 2/2, 2/4, 2/5, 2/6, 2/7, 2/8, 2/9, 2/10, 3/2, 3/3, 3/4, 3/5, 3/7, 4/8, 4/10
     Elisha Dyer & Co. 4/4
     Enoch Train & Co. 4/8
     Fall River Iron Works 2/5, 3/1, 4/3, 4/4, 4/5, 4/6, 4/7, 4/9
     Felix & Taylor 1/5
     Fisher, John W. (Capt.) 4/2
     Frost & Gurney 1/4
     G. & B. Earle 4/9
     G. & V. N. Hetfield 2/2
     G. & V. N. Hetfield & Co. 2/1
     G. Bun & Co. 1/2
     G. H. & C. A. Hoppin 2/9, 2/10, 3/1, 3/3, 3/4
     G. W. & C. A. Hoppin 2/7
     Grinnell, Minturn & Co. 1/2
     Hamlet Manufacturing Co. 1/8
     Harris & Brown 2/4, 2/6
     Hartshorn & Homer 1/1, 2/1
     Hathaway & Peckham 5/9
     Hill & Blodget 1/7
     Holden & Anthony 3/1
     Homadon & Bullock 3/4
     Hoppin & Earle 5/5
     J. & A. Weedon 3/5
     J. & H. Weeden 3/7
     J. & P. Rhodes 4/4, 4/7, 4/10
     J. B. Mason & Co. 1/2
     John H. Mason & Co. 2/10, 4/10
     Joshua Garsed & Co. 3/6
     Josiah Bradlee & co. 4/7
     Josiah Bradlee & Co. 1/1, 1/3, 1/4, 2/1, 2/2, 2/3, 2/4, 2/8, 3/2, 3/3, 3/5, 3/7, 3/8, 3/9
     Judson & Hoppin 1/3, 4/8, 5/3, 5/4, 5/5
     Judson & Hoppins 1/5
     Lasher, Joseph 1/5
     Lazarus & Whitmarsh 2/3
     Lehigh Coal Yard 2/9, 2/10, 3/1, 3/2, 3/3, 3/4, 3/5, 3/7
     Livingston Block Co. 1/1
     M. & S. Guild 2/3, 2/5, 2/6, 2/8, 2/9, 3/3, 3/4, 3/7
     Manton & Hallet 2/2
     Merchant & Nye 5/5
     Newell & Barrows 4/5
     Olney, Dyer & Co. 2/7
     Osborn & Gorham 3/2
     P. Grinnell & Co. 4/10
     P. Grinnell & Son 4/6
     P. Grinnell & Sons 4/2, 4/4, 4/5, 4/7, 4/11
     Palmer & Co. 1/7
     Pearce & Bullock 2/7, 4/11
     Perkins & Co. 1/7
     Peter F. Ewer & Co. 2/2, 2/3, 5/1
     Peter Grinell & Sons 2/2
     Peter Grinnell & Co. 2/6
     Peter Grinnell & Sons 2/7, 3/1, 3/5
     Phenix Iron Foundry 3/7
     Pierce & Durfee 1/2
     Pine & Van Antwerp 2/1
     Pitman & Baker 2/3
     Plymouth Cordage Co. 1/3, 2/1, 2/2, 2/3, 2/8, 2/9, 3/3, 3/6, 4/13
     Providence Fling Glass Co. 2/7
     Providence Washington Insurance Co. 3/4, 3/9, 4/2
     Providence Washtington Insurance Co. 5/8
     R. R. Minturn & Co. 2/2, 5/5
     Rivens, Hoppin & Co. 3/7
     Robertson, Beal & Co. 1/3, 3/8
     Robinson & Co. 3/2
     Robinson & Weedon 2/7
     Robinson Brown & Co. 3/4, 3/9
     Robinson Brown Co. 4/2, 4/3, 4/5
     Robinson, Brown & Co. 3/7, 3/8
     Robinson, Weeden & Co. 2/2, 2/3, 2/4
     Robinson, Weedon & Co. 2/6
     Ross & Primrose 5/8
     S. & A. B. Arnold 2/3
     S. & G. Coleman Sons 2/5
     S. & M.Guild 3/6
     S. & W. Foster 4/3, 4/6, 4/7
     S. Hartshorn & Co. 2/7
     Samuel Hicks & Son 2/6
     Samuel Russell & Co. 1/7
     Sanford & Tuell 1/2
     Schermerhorn, Banker & Co. 2/2
     Scott & Bryant 1/1
     Shaw & Earle 4/2, 4/3, 4/7, 4/11
     Shaw & Gray 4/4
     Sherman & Nye 5/5
     Spencer & Dawa 1/6
     Stephen Wardwell & co. 3/2
     T. & C. Hoppin & Co. 4/14
     Thomas Dickason & Co. 1/7
     Todd, William J. 1/5
     Tripp & Durfe 2/7
     Tripp & Durfee 2/2, 2/3, 3/3
     W. & R. I Gerard 3/6
     W. F. Pell & Co. 2/1
     Walter Coleman & Sons 3/5, 3/7, 3/8
     Wardwell & Hoppin 4/3, 4/4, 4/6, 4/9, 4/10
     Wardwell & Hoppins 1/8, 4/7
     Washington Insurance Co. 2/9, 2/10, 5/2
     Wetmore, Hoppin & Co. 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 3/3, 3/9, 4/8, 5/5, 5/7
     Wheaten & Anthony 2/7
     Wheaton & Anthony 2/8, 2/9, 2/10, 3/1, 3/2, 3/5, 3/6, 3/7, 4/1, 4/2, 4/3, 4/4, 4/5, 4/6, 4/7, 4/14
     Wheaton, Anthony & Co. 4/10, 4/11
     William Blodget & co. 2/9
     William Blodget & Co. 2/3, 2/4, 2/6, 3/1, 3/4, 3/6, 3/9, 4/4, 4/5, 4/8, 4/9, 5/1
     William Brown & Co. 3/9
     William R. Bloget & Co. 2/10
     William Richmond II & Co. 2/4
     William Woodward & Co. 3/5
     Wood, Johnston & Burritt 1/4
     Y. & A. R. NYE 1/1

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Index to Vessel Names

     NOTE: The fraction(s) indicate the Box and Folder numbers where that particular reference can be found. For example, the researcher will find information about ADAMS (Schooner) in Box 2, Folder 10 of the collection.
    
    
    
     ADAMS (Schooner) 2/10
     ADMIRAL (Schooner) 2/3
     AGANORA (Brig) 2/4
     AGENORA (Brig) 2/5
     AGENORIA (Brig) 2/7, 3/8, 4/4, 4/6, 4/8, 4/9, 5/1
     ALBERT (Brig) 2/11
     ALMIRA (Sloop) 2/7, 3/3, 5/1
     AMITY (Sloop) 2/1, 2/2, 2/3
     ANN (Sloop) 2/1, 2/3
     ANNA MARIA (Brig) 3/9
     ANNAWAN (Sloop) 4/6
     ANTELOP (Brig) 3/7
     ANTELOPE 1/3
     ANTELOPE (Brig) 2/7, 3/9, 4/2, 4/3, 4/10
     ARMADA (Sloop) 2/1, 2/2, 2/3, 2/4, 4/3
     ARMADILLO (Brig) 3/7
     ATALANTA (Sloop) 2/1, 2/2, 2/3, 2/9, 3/6
     ATLANTIC (Brig) 5/9
     ATLAS (Brig) 2/3
     B. D. JONES (Sloop) 2/6, 2/7
     BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (Steamer) 1/3, 1/4, 2/2, 2/4, 2/9, 4/3, 4/5, 4/7
     BOSTON (Steamer) 2/2, 2/5, 2/6, 2/10, 3/8
     BRISTOL PACKET 4/2
     BUSY (Brig) 4/10
     C. P. WILLIAMS (Bark) 3/9
     CAMBRIDGE (Brig) 3/3, 3/7
     CAROLINE (Schooner) 3/5
     CAROLINE (Sloop) 4/3
     CAROLINIUS (Ship) 2/2
     CAROLINOUS (Ship) 3/5
     CENTURION (Brig) 4/4
     CHARLES (Sloop) 4/11
     CHARLOTTE (Ship) 2/2
     CHIEF (Bark) 3/4
     COLUMBUS (Schooner) 3/7
     COMET (Schooner) 2/9
     COMMERCE (Brig) 3/2, 4/1
     COMMODORE PERRY (Sloop) 2/7
     COMMORDORE PERRY (Sloop) 2/6
     CONNECTICUT (Steamer) 1/2, 3/3
     CORINE (Schooner) 4/1, 4/10
     CROWN (Schooner) 2/1
     CYCLOPS (Brig) 2/1, 2/7
     DELAWARE (Schooner) 2/1
     DELIGHT (Schooner) 1/3, 2/1, 2/10
     DELIGHT IN PEACE (Schooner) 3/6, 3/8
     DIAMOND (Brig) 4/8, 4/10, 5/2
     DISPATCH (Schooner) 4/3
     DOVE (Schooner) 2/7
     E. L. BELL (Ship) 3/9
     EAGLE (Sloop) 1/1, 2/4, 3/8
     ECLIPSE (Sloop) 3/9
     ELBA 1/8
     ELBA (Brig) 4/1, 4/7, 4/8, 4/9, 4/10, 4/11, 4/12, 4/14, 5/3, 5/4, 5/5, 5/6, 5/11
     ELBA JONES (Brig) 4/5
     ELBE (Brig) 4/6
     ELIZA & ABBY (Ship) 2/2, 2/3
     ELIZA (Schooner) 3/8
     ELLEN 2/11
     ELLEN (Brig) 4/1
     EMELINE (Brig) 2/2
     EMELINE (Sloop) 4/9, 5/1
     EMPRESS (Sloop) 2/1, 2/2
     ENTERPRISE (Brig) 2/4, 2/5, 3/4, 3/6, 3/8, 3/9, 4/1
     ENVOY (Ship) 2/7, 2/10
     EQATOR (Schooner) 3/1
     EQUATOR (Schooner) 3/9
     EXPRESS (Sloop) 2/2, 3/9
     FAME (Sloop) 2/1, 2/6, 3/6
     GENERAL HAMILTON (Ship) 2/2, 3/4
     GENERAL MARION (Schooner) 4/3
     GENERAL WASHINGTON (Sloop) 4/3
     GEORGE & MARY (Sloop) 2/7, 3/9, 4/10
     GEORGE (Brig) 2/7, 2/9
     GEORGE WASHINGTON (Brig) 1/3, 4/5
     GEORGE WASHTINGON (Schooner) 2/10
     GOVERNOR HOPKINS (Brig) 1/5
     GRANITE (Brig) 3/7
     GREENWICH PACKET 4/2
     HAMILTON (Ship) 2/7
     HANOVER (Ship) 4/10
     HARRIET (Brig) 2/7
     HARRIET (Schooner) 4/5
     HARRIET (Sloop) 2/1, 2/6
     HARVEST (Brig) 4/11
     HAZARD (Bark) 1/5, 4/7, 4/8, 4/9, 4/10, 5/5, 5/7
     HAZARD (Brig) 4/1
     HECTOR (Sloop) 2/3
     HELLEN (Schooner) 4/4
     HENRY (Brig) 2/9
     HENRY (Schooner) 3/6
     HERALD (Schooner) 4/6
     HERALD (Ship) 3/6, 3/7
     HERALD (Sloop) 4/5
     HERCULES (Steamer) 5/2
     HERO (Sloop) 2/1, 2/4, 2/5, 2/9
     HIMILCH (Brig) 3/4
     HORIZON (Brig) 2/7
     HUDSON (Brig) 3/9
     HUDSON (Steamer) 5/4
     HUNTRESS (Sloop) 2/1, 2/5, 3/6, 5/5
     JAMES BOURBOUN (Schooner) 3/6
     JOHN JAY (schooner) 3/6
     JOHN JAY (Schooner) 3/5, 4/4
     JOSEPH & MARY (Schooner) 2/8
     JOSEPHINE (Brig) 4/12
     JULIA & HELEN (Brig) 4/3
     JULIA (Bark) 4/11
     JUNO (Sloop) 3/9, 4/10
     JUVENTA (Sloop) 2/9
     LAFAYETTE (Schooner) 4/3
     LAUREL (Brig) 4/8, 4/9, 4/10
     LEONIDAS (Brig) 2/7, 4/10
     LEVANT 1/7
     LEXINGTON (Brig) 4/1
     LEXINGTON (Steamer) 4/2
     LIBERTY (Pilot boat) 5/3
     LINNAEUS (Steamer) 5/8
     LION (Ship) 4/7
     LUCY (Brig) 3/6
     MAGNUM (Brig) 3/2
     MARIA (Schooner) 2/1, 2/3
     MARIAH (Schooner) 2/2
     MARIE (Schooner) 3/2
     MARY (Brig) 2/1, 2/7
     MARY (Sloop) 2/1, 2/2, 3/1, 3/9
     MARY ALMY (Ship) 2/2
     MARY ANN (Ship) 1/7
     MARY PERRY (Schooner) 1/2
     MASSACHUSETTS (Steamer) 4/3, 4/4
     MERCEY (Schooner) 2/6
     MIDAS (Sloop) 1/3, 3/9, 4/11
     MONTICELLO (Brig) 3/9
     MONTICELLO (Ship) 2/7
     MORNING STAR (Brig) 3/7
     MORNING STAR (Schooner) 1/3, 1/5, 1/8, 2/11, 3/2, 3/4, 3/5, 3/7, 3/8, 3/9, 4/1, 4/2, 4/3, 4/4, 4/7, 4/8, 4/9, 4/10, 4/11, 5/3, 5/11
     MOSCOW (Brig) 3/5, 3/6, 3/7, 3/8, 3/9, 4/4, 4/14
     MOSES EDDY (Sloop) 3/9
     NEW ENGLAND (Brig) 4/2, 4/8
     NEW YORK (Sloop) 1/3, 2/1, 2/2, 2/3, 3/8
     NEWARK (Ship) 3/5
     NIAGARA (Sloop) 1/3, 3/9
     OLIVE (Schooner) 3/6
     ONTARIO (Brig) 4/4
     ORION (Sloop) 4/10
     OSTRICH (Schooner) 4/10
     P. ROCK (Schooner) 3/9
     PANDORA (Brig) 4/5
     PANTHER (Ship) 1/7, 4/4
     PARAGON (Brig) 3/6
     PHEBE (Brig) 1/2, 1/3, 2/3, 2/4, 2/5, 2/6, 2/7, 2/9, 2/10, 2/11, 3/1, 3/2, 3/3, 3/4, 3/5, 3/7, 3/8, 3/9, 4/1, 4/3, 4/4, 4/8, 4/9, 4/14, 5/3, 5/8, 5/9, 5/10
     PHEBE (Brig)Q 3/6
     PILGRIM (Brig) 3/2
     PREMIUM (Schooner) 2/2
     PRESIDENT (Schooner) 2/4
     PRESIDENT (Steamer) 2/7, 4/5, 4/7
     PROVIDENCE (Brig) 3/5
     PROVIDENCE (Ship) 1/7, 4/7
     PROVIDENCE (Sloop) 1/2, 2/6, 3/9
     PROVIDENCE (Steamer) 2/6
     R. D. JONES (Sloop) 1/1
     RHODE ISLAND (Steamer) 4/5
     RICHMOND (Bark) 4/10
     RISING STATES (Brig) 2/9
     ROCHESTER (Schooner) 4/10
     ROMULUS (Brig) 3/9
     RUFUS (Brig) 3/6
     SALLY HOPE (Schooner) 2/1, 2/3, 4/3
     SAMUEL (Schooner) 2/5
     SAMUEL R. SMITH (Schooner) 3/2
     SAMUEL SLATER (Schooner) 1/5
     SARAH (Brig) 2/2
     SEA BIRD (Brig) 1/5
     SIREN (Bark) 2/4
     SMYRNA (Brig) 3/8, 3/9, 4/1, 4/2, 4/3, 4/8, 4/9, 4/10, 5/11
     SOPHROMIA (Sloop) 1/2
     SPEED (Sloop) 4/9
     SPLENDID (Sloop) 2/1
     STEPHEN (Schooner) 2/8
     SUPERIOR (Schooner) 3/6
     SUPERIOR (Sloop) 2/2, 2/4, 3/5, 3/9, 4/10
     SUSAN & SARAH (Brig) 4/10, 4/11
     TRADER (Schooner) 5/4
     TRENT (Brig) 2/6, 2/8
     TRITON (Brig) 3/8, 4/2
     TROPIC (Ship) 4/10, 4/11
     TRUMBULL (Ship) 1/7
     UNION (Bark) 1/5
     UNION (Brig) 1/1, 2/5
     VENUS (Sloop) 2/2, 2/4, 3/9
     VICTORY (Sloop) 2/2
     WALTER SCOTT 1/4
     WALTHAM (Brig) 4/6, 4/7, 4/10, 4/11
     WASHINGTON (Ship) 2/2
     WILLARD (Sloop) 4/9
     WILLIAM (Sloop) 4/9
     WILLIAM DOUGLASS (Schooner) 4/2

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Detailed Description of the Records

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Records; 1818 - 1837.

                                                           
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11 Letters. Images
2 Letters. Images
3 Letters. Images
4 Letters. Images
5 Letters. Images
6 Letters. Images
7 Letters received by Lloyd Bowers; shipmaster. Images
8 Letters between William and brother, Lloyd Bowers. Images
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21 Papers. Images
2 Papers. Images
3 Papers. Images
4 Papers. Images
5 Papers. Images
6 Papers. Images
7 Papers. Images
8 Papers. Images
9 Papers. Images
10 Papers. Images
11 Papers. Images
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31 Papers. Images
2 Papers. Images
3 Papers. Images
4 Papers. Images
5 Papers. Images
6 Papers. Images
7 Papers. Images
8 Papers. Images
9 Papers. Images
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41 Papers. Images
2 Papers. Images
3 Papers. Images
4 Papers. Images
5 Papers. Images
6 Papers. Images
7 Papers. Images
8 Papers. Images
9 Papers. Images
10 Papers. Images
11 Papers. Images
12 Papers. Images
13 Letter: Re. William Bowers Estate. Images
14 Undated material. Images
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51 AGENORIA (Brig). Images
2 DIAMOND (Brig). Images
3 ELBA (Brig). Images
4 ELBA (Brig). Images
5 ELBA (Brig). Images
6 ELBA (Brig), misc. pieces. Images
7 HAZARD (Bark). Images
8 PHEBE (Brig). Images
9 PHEBE (Brig). Images
10 PHEBE (Brig). Images
11 SMYRNA (Brig). Images

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