Overview of the Collection
Biography of Nathaniel Mathews
Restrictions
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Repository:
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G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport |
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Creator:
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Mathews, Nathaniel, shipmaster |
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Title:
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Nathaniel Mathews Collection |
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Dates:
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1820-1900 |
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Extent:
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1109 items |
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Abstract:
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Papers relating to Mathews's
maritime career and the vessels he commanded, including accounts and account books for the
ship ALARM, ship ERICSSON, ship JOHN TUCKER, ship RADIANT, ship ROBIN HOOD,
and ship WINGED ARROW, and the missionary brig MORNING STAR; journals covering
voyages by ERICSSON, JOHN TUCKER, MORNING STAR, RADIANT, and WINGED
ARROW; and a freight list and sailing instructions (1871-1872) for the missionary brig
MORNING STAR. Mathews family material includes household bills and personal expenses,
insurance, medical bills, taxes, deeds, and wills. Also includes papers (1871-1879) for the estate
of Solomon Taylor and letters to Taylor as master of the ship OXENBRIDGE, 1850-1854,
relating to gold shipments and insurance. Other OXENBRIDGE items include labor and clothing
receipts, bills of lading, accounts for ship's repair and ship's stores, a freight list, and a protest.
Topics include trade with the Pacific Islands. |
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Identification:
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Coll. 79 |
Nathaniel Mathews was a shipmaster of Yarmouth, Massachusetts in the 19th century.
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Restrictions on Access
Available for use in the Manuscripts Division
Restrictions on Use
Various copying restriction apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts
Division. See also: Mystic Seaport's copyright notice.
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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:
Matthews family
Taylor, Solomon
Corporate Bodies (Including Vessels):
Alarm (Ship)
Ericsson (Ship)
John Tucker (Ship)
Morning Star (Brig : 1856-1866)
Oxenbridge (Ship)
Radiant (Ship)
Robin Hood (Ship)
Winged Arrow (Ship)
Places:
Islands of the Pacific--Commerce--United States
United States--Commerce--Islands of the Pacific
Yarmouth (Mass.)
Subjects:
Decedents' estates--United States
Gold
Shipping--United States
Voyages and travels
Document Types:
Account books
Accounts
Bills of lading
Deeds
Estate records
Family papers
Insurance records
Journals (accounts)
Receipts
Ship's papers
Tax records
Wills
Occupations:
Ship captains--United States
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Preferred Citation
Coll. 79, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
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The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
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Papers; 1848-1868
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Folder
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Papers of Lucy Hallet
Mathews including estate inventory, probate papers, and accounts; 1848-1868 |
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Papers of John
Hinckley including mostly bills and accounts of woodworking and carpentry; 1855 |
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Bills pertaining the
Weir Meeting House, town of Yarmouth, Mass. Including pledges, material receipts, labor
receipts, and moving expenses; 1864 |
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Papers in relation to Solomon Taylor; 1867-1878
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Letters to Solomon
Taylor, master of the ship OXENBRIDGE, pertaining to shipments of gold and insurance claims; 185 |
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Bills of the Solomon
Taylor family, including household, personal, clothing, school boarding, and taxes; 1867-1879 |
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Bills pertaining to the
estate of Solomon Taylor, including household, personal, clothing, school board, and taxes; 1871-1873 |
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Bills pertaining to the
estate of Solomon Taylor, including household, personal, clothing, school board, and taxes; 1874 |
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Bills pertaining to the
estate of Solomon Taylor, including household, personal, clothing, and taxes; 1875 |
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Bills pertaining to the
estate of Solomon Taylor, including household, personal, clothing, and taxes; 1876 |
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Bills pertaining to
the estate of Solomon Taylor, including household, personal, clothing, school board, and taxes; 1877 |
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Bills pertaining to
the estate of Solomon Taylor, including household, personal, clothing, and school board; 1878 |
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Papers in relation to Nathaniel Mathews; 1868-1900
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Bills pertaining to
Nathaniel Mathews, including insurance, personal and household; 1868-1872 |
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Papers of Nathaniel
Mathews, including letters, sailing directions and instructions for the missionary brig MORNING
STAR, inventory of trade goods, passenger list, general accounts, and probate; 1871-1876 |
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Bills pertaining to
Nathaniel Mathews, including insurance, personal, household, and taxes; 1873 |
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Bills pertaining to
Nathaniel Mathews, including household, personal, medical and taxes; 1874 |
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Bills pertaining to
Nathaniel Mathews, including insurance, household, personal, clothing, medical, and taxes; 1875 |
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Bills pertaining to
Nathaniel Mathews, including including household, personal, clothing, insurance, probate, and
taxes; 1876 |
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Bills pertaining to
Nathaniel Mathews, including personal, household, clothing, medical, insurance and taxes; 1877 |
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Bills pertaining to
Nathaniel Mathews, including household, personal, clothing, insurance, medical, and taxes; 1878 |
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Bills pertaining to
Nathaniel Mathews, including household, personal, clothing, insurance and taxes; 1879 |
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Bills pertaining to
Nathaniel Mathews, including household, personal, clothing, and insurance; 1880 |
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Bills pertaining to
Nathaniel Mathews, including household, personal, insurance, and taxes; 1881 |
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Bills pertaining to
Nathaniel Mathews, including household, personal, clothing, and insurance; 1882 |
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Bills pertaining to
Nathaniel Mathews, including household, personal and insurance; 1883 |
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Papers of Nathaniel
Mathews, including insurance receipt, household accounts, and last will and testament; 1884-1885 |
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Bills pertaining to
Nathaniel Mathews, including household and personal; 1886-1900 |
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Deeds pertaining to
Mathew's family, including property in Yarmouth, Mass., and the transfer or assignment
thereof; 1820-1849 |
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Papers in relation to ship OXENBRIDGE, brig MORNING STAR, or
ship ERICSSON; 1850-1873
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Protest by Solomon
Taylor, master of the ship OXENBRIDGE, which was driven ashore in St. George's Harbor,
Bermuda as a result of a gale winds and heavy seas; 1854 Feb 3 |
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Papers pertaining to
the ship OXENBRIDGE, Solomon Taylor, master, including receipts for labor, clothing receipts,
ship stores accounts, ship's repairs accounts, bills of lading, and freight list; 1850-1854 |
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Freight list for cargo
shipped on board the missionary brig MORNING STAR, Nathaniel Mathews, master, for a
passage from Boston, Mass to Honolulu, Hawaii; 1871 |
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Papers pertaining to
the missionary brig MORING STAR, Nathaniel Mathews, master, including bills of ship's stores,
repairs, outfitting supplies, labor, calibration of instruments, and wharfage charges, letters and
clearance papers; 1871-1873 |
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Account of the ship
ERICSSON and owners with Nathaniel Mathews for expenses while laying in the port of San
Francisco, California; 1868 Jul 8-Oct 16 |
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Volumes
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Account book of the
legacy of Elishu Doane to the First Congregational Church, Yarmouth, Mass., including mostly
expenditures for the ministry; 1860-1879 |
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Journal kept on board
the ship ERICSSON and the brig MORNING STAR, by Nathaniel Mathews, also contains
accounts of the First Congregational Church of Yarmouth, Mass., and records of temperature,
wind and weather; 1868-1872, 1876-1877, 1884-1885 |
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Account book for the
ship ERICSSON and the brig MORNING STAR; 1868-1872 |
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Account book kept by
Nathaniel Mathews, including accounts of trade for the brig MORNING STAR and numerous
estate accounts for which Mathews was the executor; 1871-1884 |
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Account book with
the First National Bank of Yarmouth, Mass., kept by Nathaniel Mathews for the estate of
Solomon Taylor; 1873-1876 |
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Account book of
Nathaniel Mathews, with the First National Bank of Yarmouth, Massachusetts; 1875-1879 |
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Account book kept by
Nathaniel Mathews, master for the ship ALARM (1856 Aug 16-1959 Feb 9), the ship WINGED
ARROW (1859 Aug 20-1860 May 15), the ship RADIANT (1861 Mar 13-1863 Mar 31), the
ship ROBIN HOOD (1864 May 31-1965 Dec 13), the ship JOHN TUCKER (1867 Dec 28-1868
Feb 6), and the ship ERICSON (1868 Jul 8-1869 Mar 4); 1856-1869 |
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Journal kept by
Nathaniel Mathews, master, with a single entry for the ship WINGED ARROW (1859 Sep 22)
bound from Boston to Manila; and the ship RADIANT (1860 Dec 14-1861 Oct 18), for the
voyage from Boston to San Francisco, Queenstown, Cork, Liverpool, and return to Boston,
which ends when Cape Sable is sighted; 1859-1861 |
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Journal kept by
Nathaniel Mathews, master of the ship JOHN TUCKER for a coastwise voyage from New York
to San Francisco and return; 1867 Jun 28-1868 Jun 13 |
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