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LIBRARY
Manuscripts
No. 20 Date processed: September 30, 1975

I. Title New Haven Insurance Company (1797--1893 inclusive dates of collection)

II. The papers of

deposited in the Library on , by
In converted the deposit to a gift.

III. Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 5 ft.

Approximate number of items: 1570 items plus ledgers

IV. Restrictions:

V. Literary rights of the unpublished writings of

in these papers, and in other collections of papers in the custody of
the New Haven Colony Historical Society Library, have been dedicated
to the New Haven Colony Historical Society.

VI. Press release was issued on

VII. Biographical note: 1. short history p. 1.

2. content guide p. 2.
3. table of content--itemized content of each folder p. 3
4. name index

VIII. Analysis: The collection consists of 6 and 1/2 boxes plus 17 ledgers.
For additional information see "conte·nt guide" p.
For guide to microfilm see pa 2a.

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NEW HAVEN INSURANCE COMPANY

The New Haven Insurance Company collection consists of seven manuscript boxes
and seventeen ledgers pertaining to marine insurance and company matters. The
Company was incorporated in 1797 with a capital of $50,000 and had the distinction
of being the first insurance company in New Haven. This venture filled a dire
need for marine insurance due to the prominence of shipping not only in the
economy of the City but also of the State. It also eliminated the financial
risks taken by private underwrites, many of whom were ruined if a ship was lost,
destroyed or condemned or its cargo confiscated.

It was also the first insurance company in the State authorized to sell stock.
Elias Shipman was the first President and other prominent New Haveners sat on
its Board of Directors. It appears that the Company was very successful in its
early stage since it paid a divident of three dollars per share for the second
half ofl798 and five dollars per share for the first half of 1799.

The Company insured mostly local vessels on their ventures to the West Indies,
although some ships sailed to European ports for wine and olive oil or as far
as Canton (China) in the hope of duplicating the financial success of the Ship
Neptune.

Just as the wars and Jefferson's embargo, locally refered to as the "dambargo ",
caused the deterioration of conunerce in the City, so too it forced the New Haven
Insurance Company out of existence. In 1833 the Company devided its assets among
the stockholders and went into a quiescent state, but did not break up because
of claims it had on the United States resulting from French spoliations.

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CONTENT GUIDE

The collection consists of loose and bound material spanning the period from
1797 through 1893, although the bulk of the collection is dated 1798 to 1833.
The loose material is organized into two groups: 1. company matters;
2. insurance--inquiries and policies. The containers are numbered in Roman
numerals; within each container the folders are lettered consecutively [II:B--
Box II:folder B]. The title and subject heading appears in the upper left hand
corner and the date in the right hand.

Internal Arrangement:
Box I: Company matters--arrangement is according to subject headings and with-
in these headings chronological.
Box II-IV: Insurance inquiries--arrangement is chronological by years and then
alphabetical accoring to name of vessels; inquiries not pertaining
to a vessel are entered at the end of the given year.
Box V-VII: Policies--the arrangement is first chronological by year (*) and
then alphabetical by name of vessel and master if more than one
vessel bears the same name. Lists of invoices, statements, bills
of sale, etc. are also included with the policies. (**)
Item VIII-XVI: Bound policy ledgers
Item XVII-XX: Bound ledgers and checkbooks

* Extensive material pertaining to a given vessel, spanning more than one yeaL,
but originating from the same incident, is grouped together and the inclusi~e
date is indicated both on the folder and in the index.

** Small documents are sometimes inserted into a folded policy to eliminate

extensive use of sub-folders.
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New I4aven Insurance Company

MICROFILM GUIDE

Reel I contains box I--III

1I contains . box IV--VIII
I!I contains Item IX--XIII
IV contains Item XIV-XX

To help locate material guide hotatiori.s have been inserted in the following boxes:
Box I folder A--L; folder M••R
II folder A--J; folder K-~z
III folder A--J; foldet K~~x
IV folder A••K; folder L--Y
Item X contains policies 1fll:.l•;..2.31 however the policies after :/IJ.82 are blanic ..
Item XVII Book I •- Index; Bcblc II ..... Stock Ledger; Book III -- Transfer of Stocks ..
Item ]L'{ Book I ...... Eagie :Bank 6f New Haven Check book, i823•25
II Mechanic9 • 'Barik Check Book, 182 7-32
HI -- NewHaven Bank Check Book, 1824.-=
IV _.., Memorandum Book
V -· Memorandum Book

With the help of the content guide it should not. be to diffi:ult to locat~ a
document sirice all documents are arranged first by year and the-n alphabetically 'by
name of ship In the ledgers, the policies are numbered@

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TABLE OF CONTENT

Box I. New Haven Insurance Company--Company Matters, 1797--1870

Folder A. Organization and administration
document 1. Original act of incorporation, 1797
2. T. Dwight to Elian Shipman, Dec. 29, 1820
3. List--votes (?), 1821
4--5· Memorial to the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut,
May 1824
6. Nathan Peck to Assessors of New Haven, October 31, 1826
7. Note ( paper imprinted with the date, 186 ) ; list of names on other
side. -
8--11. Lists--stockholders, original stockholders plus 1816, 1818, 1822 ..
12--13. Notices to newspapers of annual stockholders eetings, December 1822;
December 1825.
Folder B. Organization and Administration
document 1--8. Transfer of stock, 1798--1870
9--11. Deeds, 1808; 1823
12. Circular--Aaron Albertson, March 4, 1822
13. List of Free Ports, June 24, 1822
14. Policy--incase of loss cost should be adjusted (1822--1824?)
15. List of Vessels arrived in New York on May 18, 1825
Folder C. Company Expences--bills and receipts, financial statements on account with
document 1--14. January 1798--December 1799.
Folder D. Company Expences--bills and receipts, financial statements on account with
document 1--13. January 1800--November 1801.
Folder E. Comp~ny Expences--bills and receipts, financial statements on account with
document 1--15. January 1802--January 1805.
Folder F. Company Expences--bills and receipts, financial statements on account with
document 1--13. January 1807--1825.
Folder G. Financial Statements of the N.H. Insurance Co. (not indexed)
o.ocument 1--15. 1803--1821.
Folder H. Financial Statements; lists of notes due, of notes lodged
document 1--4. ·Financial statements of the N.H. Insurance Co. 1822--1823 (not indexed
5--16. List of notes due for money loaned, of notes due for premium on
risks that expired, of notes lodged with bank or company, 1803,
1807--1808, 1815--1816.(not indexed)
Folder I. Lists of notes due, of noted lodged (not indexed)
docrnnent. 1--17. 1817--1818.
Folder J. List of notes due of noted lodged (not indexed)
document 1--14. 1819--1820.
Folder K. Lists of notes due, of notes lodged (not indexed)
document 1--14. 1821--January 1, 1823
Folder L. Lists of notes due, of notes lodged (not indexed)
document 1--15. January 9, 1822--January 23, 1823
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Box I (continued)
Folder M. Financial Statements--premiums and risks on cargo and vessels (not indexed)
documents 1--~. 1811, 1819, 1821--1823
Folder N. Cancelled checks (not indexed)
a. financial statements--Eagle Bank of New Haven (undated)
b. Eagle Bank of N.H.--cancelled checks, Sep. 15, 1824--May 21, 1823
(8 checks) see checkbook, MSS 20, XX.
c. Mechanics 0 Bank, N.H.--cancel'led checks June 20--0ct. 30, 1827
(5 checks)see checkbook, MSS 20, XX.
d. New Haven Bank--cancelled checks July 1, 1823--May 18, 1824 and
June 1, 1825--June 15, 1827 (75 checks) see checkbook, MSS 20, XX.
Folder O. Check ballance notebook (small)
Folder P. Ledger--promissory note records
a. Receivable Dec. 12, 1814--July 1, 1818; Jan. 18, 1821--Sep. 29, 1831
b. Payable May 29, 1828--July 7, 1831
Folder Q. Correspondence, memos? notes (alphabetically arranged)
documents 1--13. 1789--1850; document #1 was located in Ledger #XVII, pp. 62-63.
Folder R. Miscellaneous
document 1--lJ. 1803, 1822--1826; plus undated material
14. policies--blank

Box II Inquiries pertaining to insurance--cargo and vessel, 1798--1799.

Folder A. 1798
document 1--6. Schooner Amelia
7. Sloop Anna
8. Brig Anna
9--10. Schooner Ariel
11--16. Brig Bachler
Folder B. 1798(1~ documents)
document 1--2. Sloop Betsey; #2. Brig Friendship
3. Brig Carolina
4--:5. Sloop Catharine; #4. Brig Suzan; #Sa Slp.Catlharine--memoria]_
6--9. Schooner Ceres; Brig Eliza
lOa--13, Sloop Charlottic
14. Sloop Cindorilla
15. Ship Citizen
Folder C. 1798
document 1. Sloop Clarisa
2. Sloop Corse Sea
3. Sloop Cornelia
4--5. Ship Criterion
6--7. Brig Daphne
8--9. Sloop Defiance (also referred to as Defence)
10. Sloop Dove
11--12. Brig Eliza (: Englis master) ,, see also #II :B6-9; Hl4; Il-3
lJ--15. Brig Eliza ("Thurston rnaste~)
Folder D. 1798
document 1--3. Schooner Favorite
4. Ship Four Sisters
5. Sloop Fox
6--7. Brig Friendship, see also #II:B2
8. Schooner Friendship
9, Packet Georgetown
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Box II (continued)
Folder D.
document 10. Schooner Hannah
11. Schooner Hariot
12. Sloop Hawk
lJ. Schooner Helen
14. Schooner Henrietta
15. Schooner Henry
Folder E. 1798 (17 documents)
document 1--8. Brig Hiram (Humphry ma53ter)(9 documents)
9 . Brig Hiram (Hiley master)
10. Grig Hope
11--16. Brig Horatio
Folder F. 1798
document 1--4. Brig Horation
5. Brig Hunter
6--9. Brig Iris
10--11. Brig James
12. Schooner Jannett
lJ. Schooner Juan
14--15. Sloop Lively
Folder G. 1798 (17 documents)
ciocument 1--2. Sloop Lively
3--6. Brig Lucy (6 documents)
('. Schooner Lucy
8. Sloop Lydia (Brown master)
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Cl .Sloop Lydia (Brumbeam master)
10. Brig Marcus (.Miles master)
11--12. Sloop Mary
lJ. Sloop Minerva
14--15. Schooner Nancy
Folder H. 1798
document 1--J. Schooner Nancy
4. Sloop Nancy
5. Schooner Neutrality
6. Ship Ontario
7--13. 'Brig Peggy and Schooner Juno
14. Brig Polly and Bessey; Brig Eliza
Folder I. 1798 (15 documents)
document 1--J. Schooner Polly; Brig Eliza, Schooner Leard.
4. Sloop Polly
5--5a. Schooner Prudence .
6. Brig Sally (Barlow·-·master) ·
('. Brig Sally (Stow master)
8--10. Schooner Sally
11. Sloop Sally
12--14. Sloop Sea Flower
Folder J. 1798
document 1. Schooner Two Brothers
2. Sloop Two Friends
J. Schooner Utility
4--5. Schooner William
6. Brig William and George
7--12. Brig Willing Maid (Willingmaid)
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Box II (continued)
1
F older J. 1798, cargo and personal liability
document lJ. Elizabeth Burr
14. Sailor M. Combs
15. C. Gillet
16. Benjamin Hubbard; see #II:N.
17. Isaac Short (cargo list)
Folder K. 1799 (17 documents)
d_ocument 1. Ship Allamster (Albermarle)
2. Schooner Almira
J. Schooner Amphiton
5--6. Brig Ann; #5 Schooner Minerva
7. Sloop Anna (Hitchcock master)
8--9. Sloop Anna (Brommam master)
10--lla Schooner Apollo
12. Schooner Ariel; see also II:O 7.
13. Brig Betsey
14--15. Schooner Betsey
16. Schooner Betsey
Folder L. 1799
document 1--4. Ship Betsey
5. Schooner Buck
6--9. Brig Caroline (Miller master)
10. Brig Caroline (Brachet master)
11. Sloop Cinderilla
12--16. Schooner Commerce
Folder .M. 1799
document 1--4. Sloop Cygnet
5--8. Brig Dove (Totten master)
9--11. Brig Dove (Ward master)
12--14. Brig Eliza
15. Sloop Experiment
Folder N. 1799
document 1--J. Schooner Federal; see also #III:C 1-J.
L~--5 •Brig Five Sisters
6--11. ;Brig Friendship
12. Sloop George
lJ--15. Schooner George and Jane (Elliot master1
F'older 0 . 1799
document 1--2. Sloop George and Jane (Ward master)
3--5· Ship Haty (Buswell ma.ster)
6. Ship Ha.ty (Brown master)
7. Ship Haty and Schooner Ariel
8--9. Sloop Hawk (Benham master1
10--15. Sloop Hawk (Hart master)
Folder F. 1799
document 1--6. Sloop Hawk (Hart master)
7--8. Sloop Henrietta
9--10. Schooner Heroine
llT-15, Brig Hope
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Box II (continued)
1i'older Q. 1?99
document 1--2. Schooner Hope (#1 report of fever epidemic)
3. Ship Hope
4. Sloop Hope
5--9. Brig Horatio
10--12. Brig Hunter
13--1~-. Sloop Industry; see also II:V 15

Folder R. 1799
document 1--4. Brig J~mes (Whidon master)
5. Brig James (Truman)
6. Schooner James; see #II:K lla.
7--9. Schooner Juno
10. Sloop Lively
11. Schooner Lucy
12. Sloop Mary (Townbrid~e master)
lJ--14. Sloop Mary (Barker master)
Folder S. 1799
document 1--4. Sloop l"Iary (Hard master)
5--7· Schooner Minerva (Brown master)
8--9. Schooner Minerva, (English master)
10. Schooner Minerva (Marshall master)
11. Sloop Minerva (Kimberly master\
12. Schooner Nancy (Daniels master)
lJ--15. Schooner Nancy (Peck ma,ster)
Folder T. 1799 ( 16 documents)
document 1. Sloop Narissa
2. Eris Neptune
J--4. Ship Neptune
5. Schooner Neutrality
6. Brig Olive
7--9. Ship Oneida
10. Brig famela(Howel ??master)
11--lla Brig Parmela
12~-13. Schooner Faragon
14. Sloop Fatty
15. Schooner Polly
Folder U. 1799
document 1--2. Sloop Ralph
3--64 Sloop Ranger
?. Ship Rising Sun
8--11. Brig Sally
12. Sloop Sally (Irobridge master)
lJ--16. Sloop Sally (Morriss master)
Folder V. 1799 (16 documents)
clocw~ent 1--la. Sloop Seafloi:rer (Bromham master), #la torn.
2--J. Sloop Seaflower (Hall master)
4. Ship Severn
5. SchoonerSheperdess (Shepherdess); Schooner Cleo; Schooner DLspatch
6.
7,
8--9. Sloop Sophia
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Schooner Shepherdess, Schooner Cleo; Schooner Lark; Brig George;
Sloop Sophia ( Caly or Ca by master) f I Shi~ Hope; Schooner Hannah;
~ Sloop(Schooner?) Dispatch.
10--11. Schooner Suffolk --~~~-
12--lJ. Brig Suzan
lL~--15 • Sloop Sydney ; Sloop Industry
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Box II (continued)
J:i,older W. 1799
document 1--J. Sloop Sydney
4. Schooner Tabitha
5, Brig Tartar
6. Schooner Thomas
7--8. Sloop Three Brothers
9. Sloop Three Si£ters
10--14. Schooner Two Brothers
Folder X. 1799
document 1--J. Sloop Two Friends
IL Sloop Union
5. Schooner Ursula
6. Brig William
7--11. Schooner William; Schooner Atlanta
12--14. Brig Willing Maid (Smith master)
Folder Y. 1799
document 1--J. Brig Willing Maid (Lines master1
4. Ship Yankee
cargo and personal liability
5. John Chenward & Co.
6. Sam Field
7 • P • Kinkland
8. E. Parsons
Folder Z. Photostats sent to TI1eodore Sheldon, Chocago per request of John L. Gilson
document 1--6. Sloop Sydney, 1799.

Box III.Inquir:lespertaining to insurance--cargo and vessel, 1800--182).

Folder A. -1800 ( i5 documents) -
document 1--J. Sloop Almira
LJ,. Brig America
5. Brig Anna (Brown master)
6. Brig Anna (Norrie master)
7 --8. Scboone;r Betsey (Hunt master)
9. Ship Betsey
10--11. Ship Calena(J documents
12--14. Brig Caroline
Folder B. 1800
document 1 .. Sloop Charlotte (Baker master)
2--3. Sloop Charlotte (Smith master)
4. Sloop Charming Sally
5--6. Schooner Chase
7. Schooner Cathan
8--9. Schooner Columbia
10--12. Schooner Commerce
lJ. Brig Dove; Brig George; Ship Trumbull; Gee also II :H J.
14--16. Brig Eliza
Folder C. 1800
document 1--J. Schooner Federal; see #II:N 1--J.
4--5. Brig Fortune
6--7. Brig Friendship
8--10. Schooner Glide
11. Brig Harriet
12--lJ. Schooner Hector
14. Schooner Heroine (Kimberly master)
15. Schooner Heroine (Brown master)
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Box III
Folder D. 1800
document 1--4. Brig Hope
5. Schooner Hope
6. Brig Horation
7. Brig Bulker
8--9. Brig Hunter
10--11. Brig Huron
12. Sloop Integrity
13. Sloop Jack Ale
14. Brig James
Folder E. 1800
document 1--3. Schooner James; Schooner Commerce; Brig Venus
4--6. Schooner Lark
7. Vessel Lugger Viper
8--9. Brig Marcus
10--11. Schooner Maria (Swedish)
12--13. Sloop Mary
14. Schooner Matchless and Brig Horatio
Folder F. 1800
document 1--3. Schooner Minerva
4. Brig Nancy; Schooner Nancy (Benham master); Schooner Chance
5--7. Schooner Nancy (Lynde master)
8. Schooner Nancy (Morres master)
9. Schooner Nancy (Riley master)
10. Ship Nancy
11. Ship Neptune
12. Ship Onieda
13--14. Brig Ontario
Folder G. 1800
documents 1--3. Brig Orion
4--5. Brig Permilia
6. Sloop Phebe
7--9. Brig Polly and Fanny
10--11. Sloop Polly and Jane
12. Brig Sally
13 .. Schooner Sally (Sall·2y)
14--15. Schooner Suffolk
Folder H. 1800
document 1--2. Sloop Three Brothers
3--4. Brig Volunteer
5--6. Brig William
7. Brig Willing Maid
1811 (bundle marked rejected)
8. Ship Ann Maria
9. Sloop Ann Maria
10. Brig Argo
11. Schooner Banza
12--13. Brig Belona
14--15. Brig Ceris
Folder I. 1811
document 1. Schooner Cornelia
2. Brig Dispatch
3. Schooner Eliza
4. Brig Francis
5. Brig Freeman
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Box III(continued)
Folder I
document 6--7. Sloop Friendship
8. Schooner George Washington
9. Schooner Herold
10--12. Brig Huldah Maria
13. Ship Huntress and Schooner Hope
14. Barge Julius Caesar
Folder J. 1811
document 1--2. Brig Mars
3. Brig Martha
4. Sloop Nisus
5. Brig Phoenix
6--7. Brig Potom.tic
8. Brig Sheph~rdess
9. Brig Thomas
10. Brig Triton
11. Brig Woppowage
12. Brig William
13. Schooner Young Sea Horse
Folder K. 1812 (bundle marked rejected)
document 1. Sloop Albert
2 . Sloop Argo
3--4. Schooner Eliza
5. Schooner Francisca
6. Schooner Franklin
7. Brig Harriet
8--9. Brig Hiram; see also #III:K 15.
10. Brig Huldah Maria
11--12. Ship Kiziah
13--15. Brig Martha
Folder L. 1812
document 1. Sloop Nisus
2. Schooner Philander
3. Brig Victor
.5. William B. Wallace--cargo insurance
Schooner Young Sea Horse
1815
6. Brig Ann
7--9. Schooner Ann
10. Sloop Ann Maria
11--12. Schooner Archer
13--14. Brig Argo
15. Schooner Blazing Starr
Folder M. 1815
document 1--2. Schooner Bonitta
3. Brig Charles (British)
4. Sloop Cornilia
5--7. Sloop Eagle
8. Sloop Eliza
9. Sloop Fair America
10. Schooner Grey Hound
11--12. Brig Henry
13--14. Sloop Hornet
15. Schooner Industry
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Box III

Folder N. 1815
document 1. Brig James
2. Schooner Morning Star
3--4. Brig Ocean
5. Brig Orisinibo (Orizombo)
6--7. Schooner Packett Oscar
8. Brig Prospect
9--10. Schooner Providence (British)
11--12. Sloop Rising Planet
13. Schooner Roger
14--15. Schooner Rover
Folder O. 1815
document 1--2. Brig Shepherdess
3--5. Schooner Susannah
6--8. Brig William
9--10. Brig Trumbull
1816
11. (British)Brig Alchymest
12. Brig Alliance
13. Schooner Ann
14--15. Brig Argo
Folder P. 1816
document 1. Schooner Bonitta
2. Brig Charless (British)
3. Sloop Cornelia
4. Ship Cotton Plant
5. Sloop Eagle
6--7. Brig Edward
8. Brig Frederick
9. Sloop Good Hope
10. Brig Governor Woodford (British)
11--13. Brig Harmony (British)
14--15. Schooner Herold
Folder Q. 1816
document 1. Sloop Henry
2--3. Schooner Industry
4--5. Brig Jane
6. Sloop Lark
7--9. Schooner Morning Star
10--11. Schooner Nancy
12. Brig Park
13--14. Schooner Rover
15. Sloop Randolph
Folder R. 1816.
document 1--2. Brig Shepherdess
3--5. Schooner Susannah
6. Brig Thomas
7. Schooner Thomas
8. Brig Trumbull
9. Brig William
10--12. Ship Zephyr
13. 1820 Sloop Lark--premium returned
Folder S. 1821
document 1--2. Brig Ann
3. Schooner Ann Maria; sloop Eliza
4--5. Brig Argo
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Box III (continued

Folder s. 1821
document 6. Brig Chance
7. Schooner Decaten (Decator?)
8--9. Brig Eagle
10. Brig Edward
11--13. Schooner Eliza
14. Schooner Enterprise
15. Schooner Fair America
Folder T. 1821
document 1. Schooner Gold Hunter
2--3. Schooner Henry
4--6. Sloop Jennet
7. Schonner John
8, Brig Lauria Ann
9. Schooner Maria
10--11. Schooner Nancy
12--13. Ship Pacific
14. Schooner Sarah Francis
15--16. Brig Sevant
Folder u. 1821
document 1. Brig Underhill
2--3. Sloop Venus
4--5. Brig William
1822
6. Schooner Ann Maria
7--8. Brig Argo
9--12. Schooner Decatur
13. Brig Dirigo
14. Brig Eagle (Davis master)
Folder V. 1822
document 1--2. Brig Eagle (Hoadly)
3. Brig Eagle (Tolles master)
4. Brig Edward
5. Brig Empress
6. Slcop Fair America
7--8. Schooner Huron
9--10; Ship Huron
11--13. Schooner Industry
14. Sloop Invincible
15. Sloop James
Folder W. 1822
document 1--3. Sloop Loret (Koret)
4--5. Sloop Maria
6. Sloop Mary
7. Sloop Neptune
8--9. Brig Panthea
10. Schooner Reaper
11--12. Schooner Sarah Francis
13--14. Brig Underhill
Folder X 1822
document 1--3. Sloop Venus
1822--1823
4--10. Correspondence pertaining to compensation for losses in 1797-1798
[Schooner Betsey, Sloop Catherine, Brig Lucy, Brig William]
including appeal to the Commission on the Spanish Treaty [Brig Lucy] .
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Box IV. Inquiries pertaining to insurance--cargo and vessel, 1823--1828.

Folder A. 1823
document 1--2. Brig Ann
3. Schooner Ann Maria (Hotchkiss master)
4. Schooner Ann Maria (James Hunt 3rd master)
5--6. Schooner Ann Maria (Rockett master)
7--8. Brig Argo
9. Schooner Betsey
10. Sloop Boston Packet
11. Schooner Catherine
12-14. Ship Corsair

Folder B. 1823
document 1--2. Brig Derigo
3--5. Schooner Decatur (Budington master)
6. Schooner Decatur (Truman master)
7--8. Brig Eagle (Davis master)
9. Brig Eagle (Stevens master)
10. Brig Eagle (Tolles master)
11. Brig Edward (Conoven master)
12-13. Brig Edward (Hotchkiss master)
14. Schooner Exchange; Schooner Eliza

Folder C. 1823
document 1--3. Sloop Fair America
4. Sloop Frances
5--6. Schooner Gold Hunter
7-10. Sloop Huntress; see also IV:D 12
11. Schooner Huron
12-13. Ship Huron
14. Schooner Industry (Buddington master)

Folder D. 1823
document 1--3. Schooner Industry
4--5. Schooner Julia and Laura (Hanson master)
6--7. Schooner Julia and Laura (Trawbridge master)
8. Brig Jane
9.
10-11. Sloop Neptune
12. Schooner Ohio
13. Brig Palafax
14-16. Brig Panthia

Folder E. 1823
document 1--2. Brig Panthis
3--5. Schooner Sarah Francis
6--7. Brig Shepherdess
8. Sloop Superior
9. Brig Tontine; also IV:A 12
10. Schooner Triton
11. Brig Trumbull
12. Brig Under Hill
13-14. Sloop Venus
15. Ship Wallace
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Box IV (continued)

Folder F. 1824
document 1. Sloop Adelia
2. Ship America
3--5. Brig Ann
6--7. Schooner Ann Maria; see also IV:F 9
8--9. Brig Argo
10-11. Sloop Boston Packet
12-13. Brig Catherine (Hood master)
14. Brig Catherine (White master)
15. Ship Cotton Plant

Folder G. 1824
document 1--3. Schooner Decatur
4. Brig Derigo
5. Sloop Dolphin
6. Brig Eagle (Clar master)
7. Brig Eagle (Davis master)
8. Brig Edwin
9-10. Sloop Eliza
11. Sloop Emelia
12-13. Schooner Exchange
14-15. Sloop Fair America
16. Schooner Florida

Folder H. 1824.
doctnnent 1--4. Schooner Gold Hunt
5. Sloop Heron
6--8. Schooner Harmony
9. Schooner Hummingbird
10-16. Sloop Huntress

Folder I. 1824
docmnent 1. Schooner Huron
2--4. Ship Huron
5--6. Schooner Industry
7. Sloop James
8. Sloop Java
9. Schooner Julia
10. Brig Noble
11. Ship Pacific
12. Sloop Peacock
13-16. Brig Panthea

Folder J. 1824.
document 1. Ship Savannah
2. Brig Shepherdess
3. Brig Splendid
4--5. Brig Stranger
6--8. Sloop Superior
9-11. Sloop Three Brothers
12. Brig Trumbull
13-14. Brig Under Hill
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Box IV (continued)
Folder K. 1824
document 1--3. Sloop Venus
4. Sloop Vernon
5--7. Ship Wallace
8--9. Brig William
10-13. Forbes (#12-13 unsigned) cargo
14. Howard Pratt & Co. cargo.

Folder L. 1825
document 1. Sloop Adelai·
2. Brig Ann
3--6. Schooner Ann Maria; see also IV:L 10.
7-10. Brig Argo (Hunter Jr. master)
11. Brig Argo (Tabs master)
12. Sloop Bolivia
13-14. Ship Catherine
15. Ship Chancellor

Folder M. 1825
document 1. Brig Charles
2. Ship Corsair
3. Brig Cuba
4--5. Brig Derigo
6. Sloop Dolphin
7. Brig Eagle
8--9. Brig Edward
10-11. Ship Emperor
12. Schooner Empire
13-14. Sloop Fair America
15. Sloop Farmers Daughter
Folder N. 1825
document 1. Schooner Freetown
2. Schooner General Knox
J. Ship Gleaner
4--7. Schooner Gold Hunter
8-10. Schooner Harmony
11. Schoorier Hetty Jackson
12-lJ. Sloop Huntress
14. Schooner Huron
15. Ship Huron (formerly Ship Henry, formerly Brig Henry)

Folder O. 1825
document 1. Brig Jane
2. Sloop Java
J. Brig John
4--8. Schooner Julia and Laura
9-10. Schooner Karet; #9 Decatur
11. Brig Leader
12. Brig Leopold
lJ. Schooner McFingal
14. Ship Niagara
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Box IV (continued)
Folder P.. 1825
document 1--2. Brig Orion
3--5 .. Ship Pacific
6. Brig Panthea
7" Schooner Resolution
8--9 .. Brig Richard.
10. Brig .Splendid
11-12 .. Brlj Stranger
11-14 .. Brig Under Hill
15 .. Sloop Venus

Folder Q. 1825
document 1. Ship Vernon
2--4.. Ship Virginia
5--8.. Brig William
1826 9-10.. Sloop Ann Maria
+11 .. Brig Argo
12.. Schooner Selena
13.. Sloop Boston Packet
14w Sloop Chancey
15. Brig Charles

Folder R.. 1826

document 1--2 .. Brig Cuba (Beecher master)
3--5 .. Brig Cuba (Hutchkiss master)
6 .. Schooner Decatur
7 .. Brig Dirigo
8. Sloop Dolphine (curgo--shoes)
9 .. Brig Edward
10-11 .. Sloop Eliza
12. Ship Emperor
13 .. Brig Favourite
14 .. Schooner Fist Attempt
15. Sloop Floret

Folder s.. 1826

document 1 .... Brig Gold Hunter
2--4.. Schooner Good Hope
5~-6.. Brig H~nnah
7. Schooner Helen
8.. Sloop Huntress
9-13.. Schooner Industry
14. Sloop Intriped
15.. Brig Jane

Folder T.. 1826

document 1--2 .. Brig John
3--5 .. Schooner Julia and Laura
6--7 .. Schooner Koret
8 .. Ship Louisa
9-10. Schooner McFingal (#10 McDonough]
11.. Schooner Manchester
12 .. Brig Milford
13. Sloop Margiann
14. Sloop New Style
15 .. Schooner Origon
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Box IV (continued)

Folder TJ. 1826

document 1--3. Brig Orion (Chidsey master)
4--5. Brig Orion (Kimberly master)
6. Ship Pacific
7. Sloop Pilgrim
8 .. Brig Planter
9-12. Brig Richard
13. Sloop Sailors Fancy
14 .. Schooner Saluda
15. Schooner Sarah Frances

Folder V. 1826
document 1. Brig Shepherdess
2. Brig Splendid
3. Brig Stranger
4--5. Brig Under Hill
6.. Sloop Venus
7. Sloop Warren
8. Brig William
9-13. Cargo insurance--clocks
14. Lyman Gaskill--cargo
15. Samuel R. Crane--cargo
16. Stephen Twining--cargo

Folder W. 1827
document 1.. Brig Active
2--4. Schooner Albron; see also IV~X 7-9.
5--8. Brig Alert; see also IV:X 7-9 ..
9. Brig Anna (Dutch ship)
10. Brig Argo
11. Brig Fredrich; see also IV:W 7-9
12. Brig Governor Lincoln; see also IV:X 12.
13. Schooner Little George Eyre [description of ship]
14-15. Schooner McDonough

Folder X. 1827
document 1--2. Schooner McDonough; see also IV:X 5-6 ..
3--6. Schooner McFingal; see also IV:W 15, IV:X 1.
7--9. Brig Merchant;· see 0lso IV:W 11 ..
10-15. Brig Roland [#14 description of vessel]

Folder Y.. 1827

document 1--2 .. Brig Roland
3. Schooner Saluda
4 .. Schooner Sarah Francis
5. Brig Sea Island; see also IV:W 3 & 6.
miscellaneous
6--7 .. Notes--computations
8 .. Sales for account of MR. W.R. Hitchcock
9. Lymon Osborn--cargo
10. Petition, citation and order--E. Osborn
11.. R.E. Ingersoll--cargo
1828
12. Sloop Ann
13.. Schooner Betsey