Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon Maritime Collection: Finding Aid

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Overview of the Collection

Title: Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon Maritime Collection
Dates (inclusive): approximately 1700-1990
Bulk dates: 1800-1935
Collection Number: priTEC
Creator: Congdon, Eleanor S. ; Congdon, Theodore G.
Extent: 190 items
Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Prints and Ephemera
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: 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 date from 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 a single painting. The items deal primarily with whaling, yachting, and naval battles, and the vessels and people involved in these activities.
Language: Primarily English, with some French.
Note:
Finding aid last updated on January 27, 2016.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon Maritime Collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Provenance

This collection was donated to the Huntington Library by Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon in August 2006 and February 2008. Most of the items in the collection were donated in 2008; the 2006 donation consists of the following 26 items: priTEC 0165-priTEC 0190.

Access

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Biographical Note

Theodore G. Congdon (1929-2012) lived in the Pasadena area of southern California with his wife Eleanor, where he worked as an accountant. He grew up in New England, one of five sons of the socially prominent Congdon family that founded Congdon & 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 artifacts related to whaling, yachting, and naval history, the bulk of which forms the Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon Maritime Collection.

Scope and Content

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 date from 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 a single painting. The items deal primarily with whaling, yachting, and naval battles, and the vessels and people involved in these activities.
Materials are arranged in three series: Commercial, Naval, and Recreational. These series are further divided into subseries based 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 sailors working on whaling vessels during the 19th century, photographs of yachts competing for the America's Cup in the early 20th century, 19th-century lithographs of naval ships engaged in battle, and letters of marque and safe conduct signed by presidents of the United States, from George Washington to James Buchanan. These items offer a wealth of information regarding the vessels that operated throughout three centuries, as well as the fishermen, sailors, and sportsmen who manned them.

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Arrangement

The collection is arranged in the following three series, which are further divided into subseries by genre:
  • Series I. Commercial
    • Subseries A. Manuscripts
    • Subseries B. Prints
    • Subseries C. Publications
  • Series II. Naval
    • Subseries A. Manuscripts
    • Subseries B. Prints
  • Series III. Recreational
    • Subseries A. Paintings
    • Subseries B. Photographs
    • Subseries C. Prints
    • Subseries D. Publications
Items are arranged numerically by call number and described in the following format:
  • Title. Date
  • Artist(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 one flat-top box.
A number of brief notes made by the donor regarding several items in the collection is available in Box 1.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog.  

Subjects

Boats 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/Genres

Chromolithographs.
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 Authors

Hathaway, 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.
Couché, François-Louis, 1782-1849.
Cross, Roy.
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.
Lerpinière, 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.
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.
Traviès, Édouard, 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.)
Yachting Publishing Co.
Yankee Accent, Inc.


 

Series I. Commercial approximately 1700-1981

Physical Description: 74 items

Scope and Content

This series contains 74 items pertaining to commercial maritime activities (primarily whaling) from the early 1700s through the middle of the 19th century, with reproductions from as late as 1981. The series is comprised mainly of prints of whaling ships, sailors in boats engaged in the acts of hunting and harvesting whales, and manuscript letters sent during or regarding these whaling expeditions. Notable items include a series of engraved hand-colored Dutch whaling prints by Adolf van der Laan and Sieuwert van der Meulen dating from approximately 1700-1730 (priTEC 0032-0037), and a series of lithographs printed by J.H. Bufford's Lith. illustrating the great whaling disaster of 1871, in which 33 American whaling ships were trapped in Arctic ice off the coast of Alaska, and subsequently abandoned (priTEC 0052-0056).
Box 1

Subseries A. Manuscripts 1798-1866

Box 1, priTEC 0004

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

Box 1, priTEC 0005

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

Box 1, priTEC 0006

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

Box 1, priTEC 0007

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

Box 1, priTEC 0008

Whaling signals on board ship J. Perry [handwritten document with name of 4th Officer Gifford, 1 leaf]. after 1852

Box 1, priTEC 0009

Letter from Frank Richardson, Cumberland Inlet, to his mother in Lawrence, Mass. [3 pages]. 1866 October 10

Box 1, priTEC 0010

Letter from Captain Richard Luce, Jr., New Bedford, Mass., to Dr. Leroy M. Yale, Holmes Hole, Mass. [1 page]. 1847 November 20

Box 1, priTEC 0011

Letter from Captain Richard Luce, Jr., on the Ship Margaret Scott, to Dr. Leroy M. Yale [2 pages]. 1849 July 10

Box 1, priTEC 0012

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, priTEC 0013

Letter from Captain Richard Luce, Jr., on the Ship Margaret Scott, to Dr. Leroy M. Yale [2 pages]. 1849

Box 1, priTEC 0014

Letter from Captain Thomas Burdett, off Paita, to William Hathaway [3 pages]. 1854 October 22

Box 1, priTEC 0015

Letter from Captain Thomas Peakes, Ship Julian [?] at sea, to William Hathaway [3 pages]. 1856 March 30

Box 1, priTEC 0016

Letter from Royal Thurber to William Hathaway about recruiting ship crews [1 page]. 1856 [July] 20

Box 1, priTEC 0017

Letter from E. Wyszynski, Louisville, Kentucky, to William Hathaway about his son, Eustace Wyszynski [3 pages]. 1864 April 4

Box 1, priTEC 0018

Letter from Captain Jacob L. Cleveland to William Hathaway [3 pages]. 1857 March 27

Box 1, priTEC 0019

Letter from Captain Jacob L. Cleveland, on the Barque Luce, at Talcahuano, to William Hathaway [4 pages]. 1860 February 13

Box 1, priTEC 0020

Letter from S. P. Hinegar, Honolulu, Hawaii, to William Hathaway [2 pages]. 1860 October 13

Box 1, priTEC 0021

Letter from Captain Jacob L. Cleveland, Talcahuano, to William Hathaway [4 pages]. 1861 March 18

Box 1, priTEC 0022

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: Traviès, Édouard, 1809- Printers: Fournier (Firm)
priTEC 0031

Pêche de la baleine, harponnement. 1827

Artists: Couché, François-Louis, 1782-1849
priTEC 0032

Running from the whale the pike being fast in her, or sitting upon the Spanish wheel-barrow. approximately 1700-1730

Artists: 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
priTEC 0035

The ice bear taken and kill'd with pikes. approximately 1700-1730

Artists: 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 1700-1730

Artists: 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 1700-1730

Artists: 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. ©1910

Artists: Gleason, J. Duncan (Joe Duncan), 1881-1959 Publishers: Leslie-Judge Company; 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 cie Publishers: Dusacq et cie
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 of cutting them into the ship, & boiling the oil upon deck. 1825 January 1

Artists: Huggins, William John, 1781-1845; Sutherland, Thomas, approximately 1785-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 the whale in Davis Straits and Greenland, with the mode of flinching & taking in the blubber. 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: Imprimerie Lemercier et cie
priTEC 0061

[Sailing vessel in Arctic ice.] approximately 1880-1890

Artists: Bradford, William, 1823-1892
priTEC 0062

New York: the Black Ball packet "Orpheus" leaving the East River in 1835 by John Stobart. ©1969 ; ©1979

Artists: 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. ©1978

Artists: 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 & Vibert Publishers: Goupil & Vibert
priTEC 0065

Pêche du Cachalot. Chachalot Fishery. approximately 1835

Artists: Garneray, Louis, 1783-1857; Martens, Frederic Printers: Goupil & Vibert Publishers: 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: Peabody Museum 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: Mystic Seaport 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.
priTEC 0151

Hudson River sloop Phillip R. Paulding. ©1973

Artists: Buttersworth, James Edward, 1817-1894 Publishers: Aaron Ashley, Inc.
 

Subseries C. Publications 1788-1855

Box 1, priTEC 0001

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, priTEC 0002

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

Author: Chappel, Thomas Publishers: American Sunday-School Union
Box 1, priTEC 0003

"An American Whaling Voyage". 1855 January 20

Booklet containing pasted newspaper clipping "Whaling" (6 pages) from Ballou's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion Publishers: Ballou, Maturin Murray, 1820-1895
 

Series II. Naval 1703-1977

Physical Description: 42 items

Scope and Content

This series contains 42 items pertaining to naval vessels and battles, primarily related to the United States Navy, the Royal Navy of Great Britain, and privateering vessels representing both entities from the early 1700s through the middle of the 19th century, with reproductions from as late as 1977. The series is comprised mainly of printed letters of marque and letters of safe conduct signed by presidents of the United States from George Washington through to James Buchanan, and printed images of famous ships and naval battles. Of note are five letters related to British naval matters from 1703-1804 including two from Admiral Horatio Nelson (priTEC 0184-0188), a British order of battle and sailing with hand-colored flag charts from maneuvers near Alicante, Spain, in 1811 (priTEC 0068), and a bound King William IV association copy of a series of views illustrating the clash between the Shannon and the Chesapeake during the War of 1812 (priTEC 0082).
 

Subseries A. Manuscripts 1703-1811

priTEC 0068

Order of battle and sailing. 1811 December 20

Box 1, priTEC 0184

Order from Sir Evan Nepean, Admiralty Office, to Sir Richard Bickerton to "detain in the Mediterranean all the line of Battle Ships ..." [6 pages]. 1802 August 4

Marked "Duplicate, Most Secret."
Box 1, priTEC 0185

Order from Horatio Nelson to Sir William Hamilton [2 pages]. 1800 February 28

Box 1, priTEC 0186

Order from Horatio Nelson to Richard H. Moubray to take command of the Thunder [2 pages]. 1804 July 16

Box 1, priTEC 0187

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

Box 1, priTEC 0188

Order from the Great Britain Admiralty to Lord Shuldham [1 page]. 1778 March 16

 

Subseries B. Prints 1776-1977

priTEC 0069

H. M. S. Carysfort, 26 guns. approximately 1838-1845

Artists: Vernon, H. John Printers: Day & Haghe Publishers: Hinton, A.; Ackermann and 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 William the 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, 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

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 ; 1781

Artists: Paton, Richard, 1717-1791 Printers: Fittler, James, 1758-1835; Lerpinière, 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 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

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
priTEC 0078

Battle of the Nile, at 10 o'clock at night. 1799 February

Artists: 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?-1821

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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 frigate Chesapeake.] 1830

Artists: Schetky, John Christian, 1778-1874; Haghe, Louis, 1806-1885 Printers: Day, William, 1797-1845 Publishers: Smith, Elder, and Co.

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priTEC 0164

[Liber nauticus and instructor in the art of marine drawing.] 1805

Artists: Serres, John Thomas, 1759-1825 Publishers: Orme, Edward

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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 1801-1809

Artists: 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 ... 1809

Artists: Savage, Edward, 1761-1817
priTEC 0171

James Madison, president of the United States of America, to all who shall see these 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 ... 1817

Artists: Savage, Edward, 1761-1817
priTEC 0175

By the president of the United States of America. suffer the brig Wm. Thacher ... 1819

Artists: Savage, Edward, 1761-1817
priTEC 0176

By the president of the United States of America. suffer the brig Cadet, Albert A Farnham ... 1826

Artists: 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 ... 1839

Artists: 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 ... 1841

Artists: Savage, Edward, 1761-1817
priTEC 0181

By the president of the United States of America. suffer the ship Montpelier, Ellery T. Taber ... 1844

Artists: Savage, Edward, 1761-1817
priTEC 0182

James Buchanan, president des Etats Unis d'Amerique. A tous ceux qui les presentes, verront: ... 1859

priTEC 0183

Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America. 1864

Box 1, priTEC 0189

In Congress, Wednesday, April 3, 1776. Instructions to the commanders of private ships or vessels of war ... [broadside] 1776 April 3

Box 1, priTEC 0190

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

Physical Description: 74 items

Scope and Content

This series contains 74 items pertaining to recreational maritime activities, primarily yachts and yachting in the United States and Great Britain from the 1850s through the middle of the 20th century, with reproductions from as late as 1990. The series is comprised mainly of lithographed prints and photographs of yachting vessels. Of note is the series Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views (priTEC 0155-0161), 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
priTEC 0096

Sopwith's skill steers Endeavour to victory. 1934 September 20

Publishers: 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]. 1890

Artists: Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951 Publishers: Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951

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priTEC 0156

Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part 3, Plates 71-80 -- Thirty-Footers. ©1891

Artists: Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951 Publishers: Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951

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priTEC 0157

Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part 4, Plates 81-90 -- Thirty-Footers. ©1891

Artists: Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951 Publishers: Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951

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priTEC 0158

Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Forty-six-Foot Racing Yachts [Part 5, plates 41-50] ©1891

Artists: Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951 Publishers: Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951

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priTEC 0159

Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part 6, Plates 11-19 -- Schooners. ©1892

Artists: Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951 Publishers: Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951

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priTEC 0160

Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part 7, Plates 27-40 -- Sixty-Footers. ©1892

Artists: Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951 Publishers: Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951

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priTEC 0161

Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part 9, Plates 61-70 -- Forty-Footers. ©1892

Artists: Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951 Publishers: Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951

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priTEC 0162

Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part 10, Plates, 92-100, Twenty-one-Footers. 1892

Artists: Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951 Publishers: Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951

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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." ©1903

Artists: Bunnell, Charles Beecher Publishers: Judge Company
priTEC 0117

"Squared away for home" -- the "Priscilla" winning the Atlantic Club Regatta, June 15. ©1886

Artists: Davidson, Julian Oliver, 1853-1894 Publishers: Harper & Brothers
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 22

Publishers: Harper & Brothers
priTEC 0123

The second day's race for the "America's" Cup -- the run down the wind. 1885 September 26

Artists: 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 21

Artists: 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. ©1985 February

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 26

Artists: 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 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

Artists: Taylor, Josiah (Artist) Publishers: Taylor, Josiah (Artist); Arthur Ackermann Ltd.
priTEC 0141

Schooner yacht "Henrietta," 205 tons, New-York Yacht Club. 1867 January 25

Artists: Dutton, Thomas Goldsworth, active 1855 Publishers: Foster, Wm. (Publisher)
priTEC 0142

The first defense of the Americas Cup, August 8th 1870. ©1982

Artists: 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 Seaport Museum
priTEC 0144

A winning yacht. ©1885

Artists: Davidson, Julian Oliver, 1853-1894; Wellstood, William, 1819-1900 Publishers: 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. ©1980

Artists: 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: Mystic Seaport Museum
priTEC 0149

Flying Cloud : the celebrated clipper ship approaching San Francisco in 1854. ©1967 ; [reproduction] ©1978

Artists: 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. ©1990

Artists: 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. ©1935

Artists: Paterson, Robert F. Publishers: Sign of the Gosden Head

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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.
priTEC 0089

Yachting. 1907 April

Publishers: 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 the America'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