Shipping

This collection contains the personal and business papers of Ambrose Clarke, Baltimore merchant, and letterbook of his son-in-law, Frederick w. Brune of vonKapff and Brune.

This collection contains documents related to Anthony Gorton’s work as a sea captain, including papers such as insurance claims, correspondence, and manifests.

The volume was originally used to record ships insured with Baltimore Insurance Company and includes names of insured, descriptions of voyages, and comments on results. The volume also records lists of bank and U.S. stocks purchased by the company. From 1802-1803 it was used for John Ellicott Carey's arithmetic exercises. Land surveys are also included.

This collection contains correspondence 1775-1938, receipted bills 1793-1813; 1862; land papers 1770-1860; shipping invoices 1840-50. The bulk of the material is correspondence of the Buckler family, principally letters to William Buckler (1804-70) from his brother, Dr. Thomas Hepburn Buckler (1812-1901), and two sisters Elizabeth Buckler (1793-1849) and Mattie Augusta Lindsay Buckler (1806-86), while William Buckler was abroad on trips to China.

This collection contains the business papers of Captain Benjamin Jenne. The materials represent the typical paperwork of the import and export business, such as bills of lading, invoices, and insurance claims.

This collection contains the accounts, prices, shipping invoices of Captain James Chaytor, a sea captain, to customers all over the world, from Baltimore and Norfolk. Among the correspondents are Issac McKim and Gregor McGregor.

This collection contains 2 volumes from the account records of Henry Didier Jr., a French shipbroker.

This collection contains records from Frederick Leigh's employment as a busboy and waiter with the Merchants and Miner's Transportation Company, 1939-1941. Included are Leigh's identification papers, employment record on the SS Chatham, discharge papers, and dues to the National Maritime Union. Leigh's photograph is included on his identification papers, as well as his signature and thumb print. His complexion is listed as "colored".

The Levin James Colston collection contains manifests, receipts, and correspondence related to his shipping business.

The Macgill logbook records the journeys of sea captain William Augustine Macgill between 1853-1856. During that time, Macgill commanded the "Prince Albert", "Fidelia" and "Houston". The logbook contains Macgill's notes on the weather, latitude and longitudinal locations, and significant happenings aboard the ship.