Series I. Commercial approximately 1700-1981
Subseries A. Manuscripts 1798-1866
Bill of sale between John C. Whitridge of New Bedford, Mass., and William Hathaway, of New Bedford, for part of the profiteer Potomka [printed form filled in, 4 pages]. 1854
Bill of sale between Lot Phinney of Osterville, Mass., and William Hathaway, for part of the ship Niger [printed form filled in, 4 pages]. 1865
Bill of sale between Robert Farley of Boston, Mass., and William Hathaway, and Matthew Luce of New Bedford, for part of the ship Statira [printed form filled in, 4 pages]. 1848
An outward entry of goods entitled to drawback, intended to be shipped ... by Henry Prince and Nathaniel Bowditch in the Ship Astrea [printed form filled in, 1 leaf]. 1798
Whaling signals on board ship J. Perry [handwritten document with name of 4th Officer Gifford, 1 leaf]. after 1852
Letter from Frank Richardson, Cumberland Inlet, to his mother in Lawrence, Mass. [3 pages]. 1866 October 10
Letter from Captain Richard Luce, Jr., New Bedford, Mass., to Dr. Leroy M. Yale, Holmes Hole, Mass. [1 page]. 1847 November 20
Letter from Captain Richard Luce, Jr., on the Ship Margaret Scott, to Dr. Leroy M. Yale [2 pages]. 1849 July 10
Letter from Captain Richard Luce, Jr., on the Ship Margaret Scott at sea, to Dr. Leroy M. Yale [1 page]. 1849 August 17
Letter from Captain Richard Luce, Jr., on the Ship Margaret Scott, to Dr. Leroy M. Yale [2 pages]. 1849
Letter from Captain Thomas Burdett, off Paita, to William Hathaway [3 pages]. 1854 October 22
Letter from Captain Thomas Peakes, Ship Julian [?] at sea, to William Hathaway [3 pages]. 1856 March 30
Letter from Royal Thurber to William Hathaway about recruiting ship crews [1 page]. 1856 [July] 20
Letter from E. Wyszynski, Louisville, Kentucky, to William Hathaway about his son, Eustace Wyszynski [3 pages]. 1864 April 4
Letter from Captain Jacob L. Cleveland to William Hathaway [3 pages]. 1857 March 27
Letter from Captain Jacob L. Cleveland, on the Barque Luce, at Talcahuano, to William Hathaway [4 pages]. 1860 February 13
Letter from S. P. Hinegar, Honolulu, Hawaii, to William Hathaway [2 pages]. 1860 October 13
Letter from Captain Jacob L. Cleveland, Talcahuano, to William Hathaway [4 pages]. 1861 March 18
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
The chase. 1855 January 20
Lowering the boats. 1855 January 20
Laying on. 1855 January 20
The flurry. 1855 January 20
Cutting in. 1855 January 20
Trying out. 1855 January 20
The Greenland whale. 1894
2ème Ordre Cétacés : Pêche de la Baleine franche (Balæna mysticetus, L.) 1849
Pêche de la baleine, harponnement. 1827
Running from the whale the pike being fast in her, or sitting upon the Spanish wheel-barrow. approximately 1700-1730
Shooting, beating, and sticking a great fish with tusk. approximately 1700-1730
The ship sailing out of the ice. approximately 1700-1730
The ice bear taken and kill'd with pikes. approximately 1700-1730
They stand ready to stick ye whale upon her head her tail being upwards. approximately 1700-1730
The whale is troubled and turns her self whilst people are sticking her. approximately 1700-1730
The perils of the whaler : harpooning the great sea monster from the bow of a frail boat. ©1910
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
Wild Ranger. approximately 1901
Devonshire. approximately 1901
Young America. approximately 1901
Sweepstakes. approximately 1901
Resolute. approximately 1901
Isaac Webb. approximately 1901
Courier (built in 1822). approximately 1901
Harvest Queen. approximately 1901
Sovereign of the Seas. approximately 1901
Niagara. approximately 1901
Northern Light. approximately 1901
Pêche au cachalot sur les côtes du Méxique. approximately 1837-1866
Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 1. ©1872
Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 2. ©1872
Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 3. ©1872
Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 4. ©1872
Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 5. ©1872
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 of cutting them into the ship, & boiling the oil upon deck. 1825 January 1
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
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 the whale in Davis Straits and Greenland, with the mode of flinching & taking in the blubber. 1829 March
A ship on the north-west coast cutting in her last right whale. after 1843
[Sailing vessel in Arctic ice.] approximately 1880-1890
New York: the Black Ball packet "Orpheus" leaving the East River in 1835 by John Stobart. ©1969 ; ©1979
Whaling in the Arctic : the Charles W. Morgan 'cutting in' in 1884 by John Stobart. ©1978
Pêche de la Baleine. Whale-Fishery. approximately 1835
Pêche du Cachalot. Chachalot Fishery. approximately 1835
Right whaling in Behering Straits & Arctic Ocean with its varieties. ©1871
Sperm whaling with its varieties. ©1870
Brig "Diomede" of Salem - 1809. ©1978
Eliza of Providence January 1802. 1802-1840 ([reproduction] ©1981)
The American clipper Comet, 2477 tons. 1977
Sovereign of the Seas. ©1978
Gloucester schooner "L. A. Dunton" off Soundings. ©1978
Sailing day, Nantucket, in 1841. ©1974 ; [reproduction] ©1979
Hudson River sloop Phillip R. Paulding. ©1973
Subseries C. Publications 1788-1855
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
An account of the loss of the Essex, from having been struck by a whale in the South Seas ; with some particulars of the sufferings of her crew. 1825
Series II. Naval 1703-1977
Subseries A. Manuscripts 1703-1811
Order of battle and sailing. 1811 December 20
Order from Horatio Nelson to Sir William Hamilton [2 pages]. 1800 February 28
Order from Horatio Nelson to Richard H. Moubray to take command of the Thunder [2 pages]. 1804 July 16
Order from the Great Britain Privy Council to Wriothesley, Duke of Bedford, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the County of Middlesex, concerning deserting seamen [1 page]. 1703 May 4
Order from the Great Britain Admiralty to Lord Shuldham [1 page]. 1778 March 16
Subseries B. Prints 1776-1977
H. M. S. Carysfort, 26 guns. approximately 1838-1845
American ships X frigates Constellation 38 and Boston 28, 1800. 1927
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 William the fourth. 1834 June 1
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, a Spanish 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 to his most excellent majesty William IVth, by his majesty's faithful subject and servant, John Haynes, Capt., R.N., C.B. approximately 1830-1837
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 ; 1781
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 her starboard guns, and totally dismasting L' Achille in an attempt to board on the larboard quarter is respectfully inscribed by Nicholas Pocock. 1796 February 16
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)
Battle of the Nile, the attack at sunset. 1799 February
Battle of the Nile, at 10 o'clock at night. 1799 February
Battle of the Nile, near midnight. 1799 February
Battle of the Nile, on the ensuing morning. 1799 February
Six engraved outlines of ships of war, from a first-rate to a cutter. 1815
[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 frigate Chesapeake.] 1830
[Liber nauticus and instructor in the art of marine drawing.] 1805
By the president of the United States of America. Suffer the brig Peggy of Newport ... 1797 ; 1800
John Adams, president of the United States of America, to all who shall see these presents, greeting: know ye ... 1800
John Adams, president of the United States of America, to all who shall see these presents, greeting: ... 1798
By the president of the United States of America. Suffer the ... approximately 1801-1809
Thomas Jefferson, president des Etats Unis d'Amerique. A tous ceux qui les presentes, verront: ... 1802
By the president of the United States of America. Suffer the ship Maria of New York, James Davis ... 1809
James Madison, president of the United States of America, to all who shall see these presents, greeting: ... 1813
James Madison, president of the United States of America, to all who shall see these presents, greeting: ... approximately 1809-1817
By the president of the United States of America. suffer the brig Juno of Providence ... 1817
By the president of the United States of America. suffer the brig Wm. Thacher ... 1819
By the president of the United States of America. suffer the brig Cadet, Albert A Farnham ... 1826
Andrew Jackson, president des Etats Unis d'Amerique. A tous ceux qui les presentes, verront: ... 1834
By the president of the United States of America. suffer the ship Mary of New Bedford ... 1839
Martin Van Buren, president des Etats Unis d'Amerique. A tous ceux qui les presentes, verront: ... 1839
By the president of the United States of America. suffer the ship Franklin of New Bedford ... 1841
By the president of the United States of America. suffer the ship Montpelier, Ellery T. Taber ... 1844
James Buchanan, president des Etats Unis d'Amerique. A tous ceux qui les presentes, verront: ... 1859
In Congress, Wednesday, April 3, 1776. Instructions to the commanders of private ships or vessels of war ... [broadside] 1776 April 3
United States. Continental Congress. Commission to Joseph Hurd, commander of a sloop, to outfit his sloop in a "warlike Manner," signed by John Jay [printed form filled in, 1 leaf]. 1779 September 1
Series III. Recreational 1851-1990
Subseries A. Paintings 1866-1866
[Two sailing vessels passing] 1866
Subseries B. Photographs 1890-approximately 1965
Lorna. approximately 1891
Irex. approximately 1891
Resolute. approximately 1920
6384 Sistae. approximately 1895-1900
Start E.Y.C. race, June 27 '08. 1908
Shamrock the first which lost to the Columbia in 1899. 1930s
Sir Thomas Lipton. approximately 1925-1931
The Endeavour in rough going. 1934 August 30
Sopwith's skill steers Endeavour to victory. 1934 September 20
Rainbow. 1934 June 16
"Enterprise" takes four straight. 1930 September
Yo, heave, ho! 1934 September 1
Rainbow wins Astor Cup. 1934 August 16
England's America Cup challenger is out-sailed in trials. 1934 July 11
Rainbow leads Weetamoe in America's Cup defense trials. 1934 August 22
Vim wins 54-mile race at Cowes Regatta. 1939 August 7
She heels the Endeavour over. 1934 August 30
The Yankee in all its grandeur. 1930 July 28
Castanet. Ryde, Aug. 14. approximately 1894
Carina. approximately 1930
[Two Int'ls - one sloop takes a real knockdown.] approximately 1965
[Two sloops racing.] approximately 1898-1937
Start third race for "Roosevelt" Cup Sept. 6, 1906. ©1906
The start in the triangular course, Oct. 9th, 1893. ©1893
Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part 1, First Class Sloops [Plates 1-10]. 1890
Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part 3, Plates 71-80 -- Thirty-Footers. ©1891
Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part 4, Plates 81-90 -- Thirty-Footers. ©1891
Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Forty-six-Foot Racing Yachts [Part 5, plates 41-50] ©1891
Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part 6, Plates 11-19 -- Schooners. ©1892
Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part 7, Plates 27-40 -- Sixty-Footers. ©1892
Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part 9, Plates 61-70 -- Forty-Footers. ©1892
Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part 10, Plates, 92-100, Twenty-one-Footers. 1892
Subseries C. Prints 1862-1990
Boston Harbor. approximately 1850-1855 ([reproduction] ©1979)
The "Constitution" on her builders' trial, sailing on the starboard tack. ©1901
Lord Dunraven's yacht "Valkyrie." 1889 June 22
Half a century's development in the racing yacht. Famous little old cup-racer "America" shown beside her big latest successor, "Reliance." ©1903
"Squared away for home" -- the "Priscilla" winning the Atlantic Club Regatta, June 15. ©1886
Racing sloop yachts shortening sail before a squall. 1887 September 3
The "Volunteer" under full sail. ©1887
The ocean yacht-race between the Dauntless and the Cambria : the start. 1870 July 16
Annual schooner race of the Royal Thames Yacht Club : the yachts at the Mouse light ship. 1862 July 5
The yachts "Henrietta," "Fleetwing," and "Vesta" on their grand race across the Atlantic from Sandy Hook to Cowes. 1866 December 22
The second day's race for the "America's" Cup -- the run down the wind. 1885 September 26
The struggle for the "America's" Cup - the two yachts bearing down on the line just before the starting-gun : "Columbia" leading. 1899 October 21
The schooner Yacht Westward, 323 tons designed and built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. Bristol, Rhode Island - launched on March 3, 1910. ©1985 February
The 1891 Herreshoff sloop Gloriana from the painting by John Mecray. ©1988
Off the wind, 1937. 1937
The first day's race for the "America's" Cup - the "Genesta" rounding the light-ship. 1885 September 26
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 class prize, 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
Schooner yacht "Henrietta," 205 tons, New-York Yacht Club. 1867 January 25
The first defense of the Americas Cup, August 8th 1870. ©1982
The 25th defense : the end of an era. ©1984
A winning yacht. ©1885
Shamrock V : Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger for the America's Cup 1930. ©1988
The schooner yacht Atlantic setting the Trans-Atlantic record, May 17 - 29, 1905. ©1980
The schooner yacht America : the crossing, June 21 - July 11, 1851. ©1980
Flying Cloud : the celebrated clipper ship approaching San Francisco in 1854. ©1967 ; [reproduction] ©1978
The original Herreshoff 12 1/2 footer : Captain Nathanael G. Herreshoff in 1915. ©1990
Peabody Museum of Salem. after 1904
The yacht "America" first winner of the America Cup Races, 1851. ©1974
The America and the defenders of the America's Cup, 1851-1930 after original drawings in pencil by Robert F. Paterson. ©1935
Subseries D. Publications 1851-1970
Yachting. 1907 January
Yachting. 1907 February
Yachting. 1907 March
Yachting. 1907 April
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 the America's Cup. ©1899
Sailing : the beauty of sail. 1970 August
The Illustrated London News. 1851 August 9
The Illustrated London News. 1851 August 23
The Illustrated London News. 1851 August 30
Harper's Weekly. 1881 July 20
Harper's weekly. 1885 September 12
Colliers Weekly. 1899 June 24