Kermit Family Collection

Manuscripts Collection 68

 

Overview of the Collection
Repository: G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport
Creator: Kermit Family
Title: Kermit Family Collection
Dates: 1790-1860
Extent: 5500 pieces
Abstract: This is a collection of manuscripts relating to the business and domestic activities of ship master Capt. Henry Kermit, who also owned a store and wharf in New York, and members of the Kermit family, including letters, bills, accounts, receipts, and documents from seaports in England, Europe, and the United States relating to the shipping activities of Capt. Kermit and his merchant shipowner sons Henry and Robert; items relating to family/house expenses, running a retail store, property rentals, and the settlement of estates; correspondence from ship masters, agents, and commercial firms in European and American ports relating to ships’ business, market conditions, voyages, and political and social news; ships’ papers relating to purchase, outfitting, voyages, etc.; and estate papers of ship master Thomas Orange.
Identification: Coll. 68

Biography of the Kermit Family

The Kermit family were a mercantile family of New York, N.Y. The collection reflects for the most part the business activity of Captain Henry Kermit (d. 1813), and his two sons, Henry and Robert Kermit, all of New York City. Captain Kermit’s wife, Eliza, and another son, Thomas, are also represented in this collection. Captain Henry Kermit was a ship master and merchant businessman and his sons, Henry and Robert were merchants and shipowners. Robert Kermit is best remembered as the managing owner of the Red Star Line of Liverpool packets, which he purchased in 1836.

Top →

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.

Top →

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:

Kermit family
Kermit, Eliza
Kermit, Henry
Kermit, Henry, d. 1813
Kermit, Robert
Kermit, Thomas
Orange, Thomas–Estate.

Places:

Europe–Commerce–New York (State)–New York
New York (N.Y.)–Commerce–Europe
New York (N.Y.)–Commerce–Russia
New York (N.Y.)–Commerce–United States
New York (N.Y.)–Social life and customs
Paris (France)–Social life and customs
Russia–Commerce–New York (State)–New York
United States–Commerce–New York (State)–New York

Subjects:

Decedents’ estates
Embargo, 1807-1809
International trade
Rental housing–New York (State)–New York
Retail trade–New York (State)–New York–Ownership
Shipping–New York (State)–New York
Ships
Voyages and travels
Wharves–New York (State)–New York
World politics.

Document Types:

Accounts
Estate records
Family papers
Receipts
Ship’s papers

Occupations:

Merchants–New York (State)–New York
Ship captains–New York (State)–New York
Shipowners–New York (State)–New York

Return to the Table of Contents

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Coll. 68, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.

Top →

Indexes

Index to Personal and 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.G. Smedes & Camfield in Box 2, Folder 3 of the collection.
A.G. Smedes & Camfield 2/3, 2/5
Ainslie, Robert 1/8, 2/5
Allanson, (?) 3/2
Anderson, S. 3/7
Armstrong, Wilmot 3/2
Aspinwall, John 2/2
Bach, Robert 2/5
Bailey, (?) 2/5
Baird, (?) 1/4
Baldwin, (?) 2/4
Baldwin, Russell 3/3
Bank of America 1/9, 2/1
Bank of North America 2/5
Barker & Hopkins 3/4
Barker, J. 2/2
Barnard Brothers & Co. 1/9, 2/1, 2/2
Batard, Sampson & Sharp 1/7, 1/8
Batard, Thomas Beards 1/8
Baynham, M. 3/8
Bayson & Anderson 1/2
Beatty, Henry 2/5, 3/2, 3/6
Beatty, M. 1/5
Beers & Woodhall 2/4
Belknap, (?) 3/2
Benner, Jacob 1/1
Bird, George 1/5
Black William 3/4
Black, Alex McG. 3/3, 3/4, 3/5
Blanchard, (?) 2/5
Bland, (?) 1/5
Bleeker, John 3/6
Bolton, (?) 2/2
Bonnafe, Sagory & Co. 2/3
Bonner, Alexander 3/3
Boorman & Johnston 3/6
Boruch, (?) 3/7
Bouchamp, P. 1/4
Broch, Cosher & Co. 1/2
Bronson, Isaac 2/5
Brothers, Coster & Co. 1/2, 1/3
Brown, George 1/1
Brown, Henry 1/1
Brown, James 2/5
Brown, Robert 1/8
Buchanan, (?) 3/2
Burgess, Jacob 1/6
Burke, (?) 3/5
Burnet, J. 1/7
Caldwell & Smyth’s Bank 1/1
Carnahan, James 2/5
Case, Thomas 3/1
Center, Henry 2/2
Christian, John 1/1
Christin, Clark & Bowen 1/4
Clark, (?) 2/3
Clark, Charles J. 3/2
Clark, Joseph 1/8
Clark, William E. 3/6
Clarke, (?) 2/5
Cleef, J.F. 3/2
Clements, (?) 2/2
Clinton, (Governor) 3/1, 3/6
Cochran, (?) 3/6
Cockburn, (?) 1/3
Codman, Francis C. 3/2
Codman, Richard 3/2
Codman, William 2/2, 3/1, 3/2, 3/3, 3/7
Coffin, Albina 2/5
Collet, Anne 2/1, 2/3, 2/4, 2/5
Collet, James 1/1, 1/2
Collet, John 2/4
Collet, Mark H. 2/5, 3/1
Collet, Robert 2/5, 3/1
Collet, Thomas 3/2
Collins, (?) 3/5
Conkin, (?) 1/1
Conkling, (?) 1/8
Corlet, Thomas 1/4
Corlett, Thomas 1/4
Coster, Haro J. 1/2
Cowen & Nugent 3/3
Cropper, Benson & Co. 2/2
Croucher, Jane 1/4
Croucher, Richard D. 1/4
Cubbon, Thomas 2/5
Cumming, (?) 3/1
Curtis, Robert 1/9
Dabney, John B. 2/3
Daniel Crommelin & Sons 1/4
Dela Torre, Manuel 1/1
Delaplaine, (?) 3/8
Denton, Samuel 1/9
Depau, (?) 2/3
Derby, R.C. 3/1
DeWolf, Packard & DeWolf 2/3, 2/4, 2/5
Dias, Lopez 2/2
Dickey, (?) 3/2
Dixon, Robert 3/4
Dodd, (?) 3/5
Dudley, (?) 3/5
Duff, (Mrs.) 2/6
Duff, James 1/8
Duff, John 3/6
Dunlap, (?) 1/8
Dunlap, William 2/5
Dunn, Thomas 2/1
Dupre, J.B. 2/3
Durry, John J. 2/5, 3/2, 3/3, 3/5
Dwight, (?) 3/6
Dyson, Robert 2/4
Eagle Fire Co. 1/9, 2/1
Eason, Alston & Co. 1/9
Eason, Mackie & Co. 2/3
Edwall, (?) 1/8
Evers & Fury 3/7
F. Gibbon, French & Duff 3/6
Finch, Margaret 1/8
Finlaw, James 1/4
Firemens Insurance Co. 1/9
Fister, (?) 1/8
Foote, (?) 3/1
Forman, Jacob 1/8, 2/1, 2/2, 2/3
Forsyth, Smith & Co. 1/5
Foster, (?) 2/2
Fulton, William 3/6
Funk, (?) 3/1
Galutian, (?) 1/8
Gardiner, (?) 1/1, 1/5
Garrett, John 1/8
Gates, Gerrit 3/1, 3/2
George M. Woolsey & Co. 2/2, 2/3
Gerry, (?) 1/3
Gifferd, (?) 2/2
Gillander, (?) 3/2, 3/6
Giraud, (?) 2/2
Globe Insurance Co. 1/9, 3/1
Glover, Thomas 2/5
Grace, (Mrs.) 2/2
Graf, Frederick C. 1/8
Greenfield, John 1/4
Greenough, George 1/1
Griswold, Charles C. 2/2
H.J. Coster & CO. 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/9
Hagemeister & Tesdorpf 1/7
Haggerty & Austen 2/2
Haggerty & Noble 2/2
Hamilton, (?) 2/1
Hampton, (General) 2/2, 2/3
Harmon, (?) 2/1
Hart, (?) 1/1
Hartshorne, William 1/8
Haugue, James 1/7
Haveland, (?) 2/1
Haviland, James 3/2
Hazard, Thomas A. 1/7
Hedges, (?) 1/2
Henry A. & John Coster Co. 1/5
Heyer, Cornelius 2/5
Heyer, Jane Maria 3/4
Heyer, Phebe Caroline 3/4
Hicks, (?) 1/1
Hicks, Jenkins & Co. 1/9
Hill & Lenox 1/2
Hill, John H. 2/5
Hill, Samuel 2/2, 2/5
Hopkins, Gray & Glover 1/6
Hottinger & CO. 1/6
Howland, Gardiner G. 1/5, 1/6, 1/8, 2/2
Hugh Monro & Co. 1/9, 2/1
Hugh Munro, Milne & Co. 2/2, 2/3, 2/4
Hughes, (?) 3/3
Hunter, (?) 3/5
Hunter, George B. 1/5
Hunter, R.R. 3/6
Hunter, Robert C. 3/2
Hussey Charles T. 1/5
Hussey, James 1/5
Hutchinson, Travers & Co. 2/1
Hyde, (?) 3/5
Irvine, (?) 3/6
Isaacs, (?) 1/6
J.G. Warren & Co. 2/2
Jackson & Smith 1/6
Jackson, James 2/4
Jackson, William 1/9
Jacob Dull & Son 1/1
James Creighton & Co. 3/1
James LeToy & Son 1/4
James Waddington & Co. 1/6
James, E.N. 1/8
John Kemp & David Wagstaff 1/6
John W. & Philip Kearney 1/6
Johnston, John 2/3
Jonathan Kirwan & Sons 1/1, 1/2
Jones, G.G. 2/2
Joseph Wilson, Son & Co. 1/9, 2/1, 2/2, 2/4
Joughton, (?) 2/5, 3/1
Kane, Elias 3/1
Kane, Oliver 3/1
Kearney, Philip 3/8
Kelley, Edward 1/4
Kelly, Morrison & Clawson 2/5
Kemp & Co. 1/5
Kemp, John 1/4, 1/5
Kemp, William 1/5
Kermit, Eliza 2/5, 3/6
Kermit, John 1/9
Kermit, Mary 1/8
Kermit, Rebecca 3/7
Kermit, William 3/2
King, (?) 2/2
Klapper, Luplan & Co. 2/3
Kleinwort & Moller 1/1
Knapp, (?) 3/2
Kunkel, Ruys & Co. 1/1, 1/2, 1/3
Laing, Peter 1/3
Lamb, Thomas 2/1
Lambert, D.R. 1/9
Lambert, Henry B. 1/9
Lansing, Jacob 3/1
Latham, Charles 3/6
Laurence, John B. 1/5, 1/6
Lawrence, J.H. 2/2
Lawrence, N. 1/6
Leader, (?) 1/1
Lee, (?) 1/2, 3/2
Lee, William 1/5
Leedom, Joseph 3/8
Lempe, William John 3/4
Leonard, John 2/5
LeRoy & Bayard & CO. 1/8, 2/3
Livingston, John 1/1
Loughin, John 1/5
Low, Daniel 3/6
Lunderfelt, Antony 1/4
Lyne, Joseph 1/6
MacKellar & Alder 1/1
Maclure Moore & Co. 1/1
Macomb, Robert 1/5
Mallaby, (?) 3/6
March, Charles 2/2
March, Francis 2/3
Mark, Louis 1/8
Martin, (?) 1/5
Martinez & Mora 3/6
Marx, Asher 2/2
Masters, (?) 3/6
Mathews, (?) 3/7
McCall, Ogden, & Co. 2/3
McCarthy, D. 2/2
McCorkle, (?) 3/2
McGowan, (?) 2/4
McKrachan, John 3/2
Mechanics Bank 1/9, 2/1
Megran, Nicholas 1/9, 2/1, 2/3, 2/4, 2/5, 3/1, 3/2, 3/3, 3/4
Merande, (?) 3/2
Merrick, (?) 1/5
Meyer, (?) 1/2
Miller, Stephen 1/1
Milne, Andrew 1/9
Minthorn, (?) 1/1
Mitchel, Colin 3/2
Montgomery, (?) 2/2
Moran, (?) 3/1
Morewood, (?) 2/3
Morewood, Edmund 2/5
Morewood, George W. 2/5, 3/1, 3/6
Morrison, Stewart 3/7
Morton, (?) 2/1
Morton, Thomas 1/4
Moses, M.L. 1/9
Mowall, John 1/9
Mowatt, Alexander 1/1, 1/2
Mowatt, Charles 3/2, 3/4
Mowatt, John 1/1, 3/7
Mowatt, John E. 3/5
Mowatt, John Jr. 2/5, 3/1
Murray, Nicholas 2/5
Myrick, (?) 1/5
Neill, James 1/2, 1/3, 1/4
Neilson, Williams 2/2
Nelson & Pearson 1/1
New York Insurance CO. 1/9, 2/1
Noble, (?) 2/2, 3/4
Norroway, Anthony 2/5
Ogden, (?) 1/5, 2/2, 3/6
Ogen, Jonathan 1/6, 1/7
Oothout, (Mrs.) 3/1
Oothout, John 1/5, 1/8, 1/9, 2/1, 2/3, 2/4, 3/1, 3/2
Orange, Isabella 2/3, 3/4
Orange, Phillis 3/4
Orange, Thomas 1/2, 1/3, 2/5, 3/1, 3/4, 3/6
P & C VanEeghan 1/6, 1/7
Palmer, Aaron K. 3/4
Peck & Phelps 3/6
Peck, Stephen 3/4
Perkins, Nichols 2/2
Pfister, Alexander W. 1/8
Phelps, (?) 3/7
Phillilps, (?) 1/8
Pierson, J.F. 3/3, 3/5, 3/7
Pierson, Jane 3/4
Pigon & Wilks 2/2
Pinckney, (?) 1/7
Post, Edwin 3/7
Preble, Spear & Co. 1/6
Prentiss, James 2/2
Prince, John 3/2
Quesnel, Edward 3/6
Rankin, (?) 2/2
Reed, Gatalia G. 1/8
Reeve, (?) 3/5
Rey and Brandenbourg 1/1
Reynolds, (?) 3/1
Reynolds, Abner 2/2
Reynolds, Abraham 2/2
Rhind, Charles 3/6
Rhinelander, (?) 2/2
Richards, William R. 1/9
Richardson, Nathaniel 1/9, 2/4
Ridder & Clark 1/9
Ripley, Center & Co. 2/2
Rizate, (?) 1/5
Robinson & Lawrence 1/6, 1/7
Robinson, Thomas 3/1
Roddull, (?) 1/5
Rogers, (Mrs.) 1/5
Rogers, Archibald 2/3, 2/5
Rogers, John 1/5, 2/4
Roosevelt, (?) 3/3
Rose, Samuel 1/7, 1/9
Ross, Black & Christian 1/1
Russell, G.E. 1/7
S.J. Coster & Co. 1/2
Sage, (?) 33/
Salmon, Samuel 3/6
Saltus, Frank 2/2
Sampson, William 1/8
Sanderson, (?) 3/6
Schermerhorn, (?) 2/2
Schlatter, William 2/5
Schroeppel, George C. 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/9, 2/1, 3/1, 3/2, 3/3
Schwartz, J.E. 2/2
Scott, (?) 1/8
Scubal, George 1/7
Seely, R.H. 3/6, 3/8
Seely, W.A. 2/1
Sharp, John 1/8
Shaw, William D. 3/2
Shermot, H. 1/4
Shipman, Charles G. 2/3
Sinclair, (?) 1/5
Skipwith, (?) 1/2
Sloman, John 3/5
Somers, (?) 3/2
Spencer, (?) 2/2
Spencer, William A. 2/5
Sterling, John W. 2/3, 2/4, 2/5
Sterling, William 3/3
Stewart, James 1/9
Strong & Havens 1/9, 2/1
Strong, (?) 2/2
Suffern, Thomas 2/5
Sullivan, D. 1/6
Taubin, John 2/2
Taubman, John 1/5, 1/6, 2/3, 2/4, 2/5, 3/1, 3/2, 3/3, 3/5, 3/6
Taylor, (?) 2/2
Teller, Morris 3/3
Thibaud, (?) 1/3
Thomas & John D. Thornely 2/1, 2/2, 2/3 2/4, 2/5, 3/1, 3/2, 3/3
Thompson, (?) 1/1
Thompson, Francis 2/2
Thomson, Samuel 1/9
Tinkham, (?) 3/7
Tobin, James 1/1
Townes, Edmund 2/3
Townsend, Catharine 3/2
Trapman, (?) 3/2
Tyson & Anderson 1/2
Vail, A. 1/3
Van Den Velden, T.P. 2/3
VanBeuren, (?) 2/2
VanHouse, J. 1/5
VanWinkle, J.S. 1/9
VanZandt, Robert 2/5
VanZandt, William 1/6
VanZandt, Wyant 1/6
Vernon, William 3/4
Vinget, Samuel A. 3/8
Voxe & Low 3/1
W. & A. Maxwell 1/6, 1/7, 1/8
Wainwright & Sheils 3/6
Wainwright, Jr. & Frazer 3/1, 3/2, 3/3
Wallworth, John 3/2, 3/3, 3/6
Walsh, John 1/1
Ward & Goodale 3/2
Warnack, (?) 3/7
Warren, (Admiral) 1/8
Washington Fire Insurance Co. 1/9, 2/1
Watson, Ebenezer 3/1
Webb, (?) 1/4
Welles & Greene 3/6
Wellesley, (?) 1/8
Wells, John 2/4
Wenman, B.E. 2/5
Wetmore, William W. 3/3
Whiting, (?) 1/8
Wilks, (?) 1/5
William Kenner & Co. 2/4, 2/5
Williams, (?) 1/8, 3/1, 3/2
Williams, William 1/4, 1/9
Wilson, Marshall & Co. 2/4, 2/5
Winter, (?) 3/6
Winter, Joseph S. 1/9, 2/2
Wisner, (?) 1/8
Wood, Isaac 2/5
Woodruff, (?) 3/8
Woodworth, (?) 3/5
Woolsey, George W. 2/1
Woolsy, Amos 1/5
Wright, Thomas 1/1
Yarnell, W. 1/9

Top →

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 the privateer ACTION in Box 1, Folder 3 of the collection.
ACTION (Privateer) 1/3
ADELINE (?) 1/5
AETNA (Steamer) 2/2
ALBION (?) 3/1, 3/2
ALEX ANDREW (Brig) 2/3
ALGERINE (?) 1/8
ALLIANCE (Brig) 2/2
ANDREW JACKSON (?) 2/1
ANTELOPE (Schooner) 1/8
ASIA (?) 2/1
ATLANTIC (Schooner) 1/2
ATLAS (?) 2/1
AUGUSTA (Packet) 3/7
AURORA (Ship) 1/2, 3/5, 3/6
BAYARD (?) 3/6
BOTANTIC (Brig) 2/3
BOXER (Schooner) 1/8
BRANT (?) 2/2
British Blockade 1/3, 1/5, 3/3
BROTHERS (Ship) 1/6
CALEDONIAN (Ship) 3/2
Capture of Vessels by French 1/3, 1/5
CHARLES (Ship) 1/4
Chesapeake Bay Blockade 1/
CHESSEMAN (?) 1/2
CLIFFORD WAYNE (Packet) 3/7
CORINTHIAN (Ship) 3/6
COURIER (Ship) 2/5
CRITERION (Ship) 2/5
DAY (Brig) 2/2
DEBBY & ELIZA (Ship) 2/1
DISPATCH (Brig) 1/1
DON QUIXOTE (?) 3/6
DOSORES (Sloop) 1/8
ELIZA (Ship) 1/7
ELIZA JANE (Ship) 1/8, 1/9, 2/1, 2/2, 2/3, 2/5, 3/1
ELLIS (Ship of war) 1/1
EMILY (?) 1/8
ENTERPRISE (Ship) 2/2
EUPHRATES (Ship) 3/2
EXETER (?) 3/1
EXPERIMENT (Schooner) 2/3
FANNY (Ship) 1/5
FIRE FLY (?) 2/5
FLARO (Frigate) 1/5
FLORA (?) 1/5
FRANCIS (Ship) 1/7
FRANKLIN (Ship) 3/7
FRIENDSHIP (Ship) 1/2, 1/3
GADSON (Ship) 2/2
GEORGE (Ship) 2/2
GORONNE (Packet) 3/7
GOVERNOR STRONG (Ship) 2/2
GOVERNOR TOMKINS (Privateer) 1/8
HAMILTON (Ship) 1/5
HARLEQUIN (Bark) 2/2
HARRIET (Ship) 1/2, 1/3
HARVEST (?) 2/2, 2/4
HECTOR (?) 3/2
HERALD (Ship) 1/8
HORNET (?) 3/2
HOWARD (?) 3/6
HUNTRESS (Sloop) 1/8
ILLINOIS (?) 2/4, 3/4
IMPORTER (Ship) 2/2, 3/2
INTEGRITY (Ship) 2/2
JACKSON (Ship) 2/2
JAMES MONRE (?) 3/2
JERSEY (Brig) 1/1
JUND (Ship) 1/4
JUSTIN (Ship) 1/8
KENTUCKY BELLE (?) 2/2
LADY WALTERSTORFF (Ship) 1/1
LAGUIRA (Ship) 1/8
LIVERPOOL (?) 3/4
LOAN (Ship) 2/2, 2/3
LOGAN (Ship) 1/5
LYDIA (Ship) 1/1
MARIA (Ship) 1/6
MASSACHUSETTS (?) 1/1, 1/2
MERCHANT (Ship) 2/2
MEXICO (?) 2/1
MINERVA (?) 2/4
MORNING STAR (Brig) 1/1
NANCY (Brig) 2/2, 2/4
NORTH STAR (Ship) 2/1
ONTARIO (?) 2/4
OROZIMBO (?) 3/4
OTIS (Ship) 1/9, 2/1
PACIFIC (Ship) 2/2, 3/6
PANTHER (?) 3/4
PARAGON (Ship) 1/6, 1/7
PARIS (Ship) 3/5
PATRIOT (Ship) 1/3
PILGRIM (Schooner) 3/5
SALLY (Brig) 2/2
Seizure of Ship ELIZA JANE, cargo of LIVERPOOL 3/1
SUSANNAH (Ship) 1/5
TWO BROTHERS (Ship) 1/5
Vessels detained by French 1/2
VIGILANT (Ship) 2/2
WARRENT (Brig) 2/2

Top →

Detailed Description of the Collection

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

Collection; 1790-1860.

Box Folder
1 1 Letters. Images
2 Letters. Images
3 Letters. Images
4 Letters. Images
5 Letters. Images
6 Letters. Images
7 Letters. Images
8 Letters. Images
9 Letters. Images
Box Folder
2 1 Letters. Images
2 Letters. Images
3 Letters. Images
4 Letters. Images
5 Letters. Images
Box Folder
3 1 Letters. Images
2 Letters. Images
3 Letters. Images
4 Letters. Images
5 Letters. Images
6 Letters. Images
7 Thomas Kermit’s U.S. travel letters. Images
8 Unidentified letters. Images
Box Folder
4 1 General business and domestic accounts, bills, receipts, etc; 1787-1799.
2 General business and domestic accounts, bills, receipts, etc; 1800-1804.
3 General business and domestic accounts, bills, receipts, etc; 1805.
4 General business and domestic accounts, bills, receipts, etc; 1806-1810.
5 General business and domestic accounts, bills, receipts, etc; 1811-1812.
6 General business and domestic accounts, bills, receipts, etc; 1813-1814.
7 General business and domestic accounts, bills, receipts, etc; 1815.
8 General business and domestic accounts, bills, receipts, etc; 1816.
9 General business and domestic accounts, bills, receipts, etc; 1817.
10 General business and domestic accounts, bills, receipts, etc; 1818.
Box Folder
5 1 General business and domestic accounts, bills, receipts, etc; 1819.
2 General business and domestic accounts, bills, receipts, etc; 1820.
3 General business and domestic accounts, bills, receipts, etc; 1821-1824.
4 Captain Henry Kermit, “Accounts current”; 1790-1812.
5 Captain Henry Kermit, relating to building house on Greenwood Street; 1801-1802.
6 H. Kermit and James Arden, neighboring wharfs and stores on Washington Street; 1804-1812.
7 Henry Kermit, expenses in Liverpool; 1809.
8 Kermit children, school bills, etc; 1830-1839.
9 Material; undated.
Box Folder
6 1 Brig BELLONA; 1800.
2 Ship BETSEY; 1787.
3 Ship CHATHAM; 1796.
4 Brig DIRDAMA; 1799.
5 Ship FACTOR; 1808.
6 Ship FRANCIS; 1809-1810.
7 Ship FRIENDSHIP; 1795-1796.
8 Ship FRIENDSHIP; 1797-1800 (and undated).
9 Ship MAGNET; 1806.
10 Ship MARIA; 1807-1808.
11 Ship MARIA; 1809-1810.
12 Brig MORNING STAR; 1789-1793.
13 Ship OCEAN; 1804, 1817.
14 Ship OLIVE BRANCH; 1796.
15 Ship OLIVER ELSWORTH; 1801.
16 Ship ORANGE; 1795-1799.
17 Ship PARAGON; 1807-1808.
18 Ship PARAGON; 1809-1810 (and undated).
19 Ship PATRIOT; 1798.
20 Ship SWAN; 1800-1802 (and undated).
Box Folder
7 1 Papers; 1802.
2 Papers; 1803.
3 Papers; 1804.
4 Materials; undated.
Box Folder
8 1 Ship ELIZA JANE papers; 1812.
2 Ship ELIZA JANE papers; 1813-1814.
3 Ship ELIZA JANE papers; 1815 Mar.
4 Ship ELIZA JANE papers; 1815 Apr.
5 Ship ELIZA JANE papers; 1815 May – Aug.
6 Ship ELIZA JANE papers; 1815 Sep.
7 Ship ELIZA JANE papers; 1815 Oct – Dec.
8 Ship ELIZA JANE papers; 1816 Jan – Feb.
9 Ship ELIZA JANE papers; 1816 Mar.
10 Ship ELIZA JANE papers; 1816 Apr.
11 Ship ELIZA JANE papers; 1816 May – Jun.
12 Ship ELIZA JANE papers; 1816 Jul – Sep.
13 Ship ELIZA JANE papers; 1816 Oct – Dec.
Box Folder
9 1 Ship ELIZA JANE papers; 1817 Jan – Feb.
2 Ship ELIZA JANE papers; 1817 Mar.
3 Ship ELIZA JANE papers; 1817 Apr – Jun.
4 Ship ELIZA JANE papers; 1817 Jul – Aug.
5 Ship ELIZA JANE papers; 1817 Sep – Oct.
6 Ship ELIZA JANE papers; 1817 Nov – Dec.
7 Ship ELIZA JANE papers; 1818.
8 Ship ELIZA JANE bills of lading; 1812, 1815.
9 Ship ELIZA JANE bills of lading; 1816.
10 Ship ELIZA JANE bills of lading; 1817.
11 Ship ELIZA JANE bills of sale; 1812, 1815.
12 Ship ELIZA JANE charter parties and related papers; 1816-1817.
13 Ship ELIZA JANE shipping articles; 1816-1817.
14 Ship ELIZA JANE marine insurance policies; 1813-1817.
15 Ship ELIZA JANE memo relating to “cost of ship and disbursements”; 1815.
16 Ship ELIZA JANE miscellaneous material; undated.
Box Folder
10 1 Thomas Orange’s U.S. Naturalization certificate; 1793.
2 Thomas Orange’s will and related documents; 1815-1821.
3 General estate papers; 1820.
4 General estate papers; 1821-1825.
5 Accounts; 1820-1824.
6 Powers of Attorney; 1822-1823.
7 Legacy Bond and Releases; 1824, 1826.
Box Folder
11 1 Memo; cost calculations for building a 300 ton ship. Images
2 Memo; dimenions of sail and rigging for a 310 ton ship. Images
3 Memo; estimate of monthly expenses for a 300 ton ship at Calcutta. Images
4 Memo; estimates of charges for a ship’s voyage to Lisbon. Images
5 Bills of sale for miscellaneous vessels. Images
6 General Average Statement, Sp. MELPOMONEL; 1810.
7 Henry Kermit, ownership certificate for slave, John Nichols; 1809.
8 Henry Kermit and John Neil; business papers; 1796-1809.
9 Henry Kermit and Peter Ronchamp; business papers; 1796-1809.
10 Eliza Kermit; relating to property rentals in New York; 1817-1820.
11 Eliza Kermit (and children) and Washington Insurance Company relating to adjoining property; 1816.
12 Henry and Eliza Kermit, home and property insurance policies; 1810-1821.
13 Kermit family; property deeds and related papers; 1791-1832.
14 Kermit family, cancelled checks; 1820-1821.