HISTORIC SHIPS’ RECORDS, 1662-1980
MH 259
Processed by: Rachel Jirka
April 2009
Updated by: Tamara Gaydos
July 2016
Volume:
17 boxes
8.25 Linear feet
Provenance:
This collection is an amalgamation of ships' papers from a number of different
sources; some were donated or purchased, while others were removed from other
collections in the library's holdings.
Conservation:
The material was placed in acid-free folders. Paper clips were removed; items
transferred to larger acid-free folders; brittle papers were photocopied and lined
with archival paper.
Copyright:
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be submitted
in writing to the Manuscript Librarian in the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex
Museum.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Historic Ships’ Records is an artificial collection which contains material having to do
with the shipping industry primarily in Salem, Massachusetts, but also Boston, Amsterdam, New
Orleans, San Francisco, and London. Items in the collection include bills of lading, receipts, crew
lists, disbursement records, insurance policies, and personal accounts.
Also included in the collection are ships' passports, each signed by United States presidents
from Thomas Jefferson through John Quincy Adams. The passports in this collection are made out
for the vessels Agnes, Clothier, Ellinor, Fame (brig), Frederick (brig), Grand Turk, Lotus, Marion
(brig), Maryland (ship), Massachusetts (ship), Otho, Sally (schooner), Rebecca, Republican, and the
William and Henry (brigantine). Nathaniel Hawthorne signed a customs document for the brig
Mary, Samuel Adams signed a port document for the brig Polly; John Hancock signed a bill of
lading for the Lydia and the brig Eleanor.
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Several accounts of hardship on board are included in the collection; accounts of shipwrecks
can be found in folders for the Lady Hobart, J. P. Whitney, and the Yoruba. A newspaper clipping
from 1899 recounts the story of the U.S.S. Maine. Accounts of deaths can be found in the folders of
the Nantasket, Elizabeth (sloop), and the Osterley, while the Meteor offers the account of a mutiny.
Personal journals or letters are included with the papers of the Nantasket, Neptune (ship), Quickstep,
Sophia, Star of the West, Syren, Talma, Tobacco Plant, and the Trident. The Turk and the Guy C.
Goss include examples of poetry written by sailors; a sailor on the Guy C. Goss wrote an account of
and a poem on the problems his shipmate was having with cockroaches.
Note: Because this collection is arranged at the item level, no series are delineated and the folders
are arranged alphabetically. When the ship type is not known, the entry is designated as "unknown."
HISTORIC SHIPS’ RECORDS, 1662-1980
CONTENTS LIST
Box
1
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Ship Name
Ship Type
Date
A. Houghton
A.G. Ropes
A. Morrill
Aballino
Abigail
Abbigail
A.B.C.
Abbie Gale
Abraham
Acorn
Active
Active
Acushnet
Adaline
Adamant
Adeline Gibbs
Adelphi
Adventure
Adventure
Agawam
Agenoria
Agnes
Alert
Alert
Alert
Bark
Ship
unknown
Brig
Schooner
Schooner
Brig
Schooner
Bark
Brig
Bark
Ship
Ship
Ship
Brig
Ship
Sloop
Sloop
Schooner
Ship
Brig
Bateau
Brig
Schooner
Ship
1868
1905
1823
1817
1796
1758
1792
1876
1845
1832
1799
1823
1844, 1846, 1938, 1950
1810
1822
1855
undated
1745
1800
1819
1845
1822
1821
1812
1803-1826
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Box
Ship Name
Ship Type
Date
1
Alexander
Alexandria
Alice
Alice
Alliance
Almena
Almira
Amazon
Ambrose Light
America
American Hero
Amethyst
Amherst
Amy Turner
Anaconda
Andes
Andrew Jackson
Angelo
Angler
Ann
Ann Maria
Anna
Ann McKim
Anna Krell
Anna L. Davis
Anna Reynolds
Anna Camp
Anson
Antares
Antelope
Antioch
Arab
Arbella
Arcadia
Archer
Argo
Argus
Ariana
Ashburton
Asia
Brig
Brig
Schooner
Yacht
Ship
Brig
“Sc”
Ship
Brig
Ship
Ship
Ship
Brig
Bark
Schooner
Schooner
Ship
Ship
Schooner
Brig
Ship
unknown
unknown
Bark
Schooner
Bark
Ship
Schooner
Brig
Ship
Bark
Ship
Ship
Ship
Ship
Ship
Brig
Sloop
unknown
Ship
1810
1829
undated
1882
1824
1843
1805
1831, 1853
1866
1797
1796
1802, 1833
undated
1880
1844
1847
undated
1837
1817
1782
1846-1848
1825
undated
1860
1876
1845
1868
1807
1843
1783
1890
1801
1930
1868
1869
1804
1817
1826
1845
undated
2
Asphodel
Assunta
Astra
Astrea
Atalanta
Ship
Ship
Ship
Ship
Ship
1869
1873
1793-1803
1787-1789, 1806
1841
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Box
Ship Name
Ship Type
Date
2
Atlantic
Atlantic
Atlantic
Atlantic
Atlas
Augusta
Augustus
Aurelia
Aurilla
Aurora
Aurora
Bainbridge
Baker
Balloon
Baltick
Baltimore
Banian
Bay Queen
Bayonne
Becca
Belle Creole
Belona
Belvidere
Bena
Bengal
Benjamin
Benjamin
Benjamin
Bennet
Bethia
Betsey
Betsey
Betsey
Betsey
Betsy and Eliza
Betsy and Polly
Betty
Billow
Black Prince
Blanche
Boneta
Bonny Kate
Boston
Boston
Boston
Boston Packet
Brig
Schooner
Ship
unknown
Ship
Ship
Ship
Bark
Brig
Ship
Brig
Brig
Schooner
Schooner
Schooner
Brig
Brig
Schooner
Brig
Schooner
Ship
Brig
unknown
Schooner
Ship
Schooner
Ship
Brigantine
unknown
Schooner
Brig
Ship
Sloop
Schooner
Schooner
Schooner
Schooner
Schooner
Ship
Brig
Schooner
Schooner
Schooner
Brig
Sloop
Schooner
1829
1845
1799
1795, 1855
1823
1824
1805, 1811, 1820
1822
1823
1819
1825-1829
1844
1845
1845
1763
1826, 1836, 1847
1826
1866-1868
1796
1810
1858
1809
1870
1795
1816, 1832, 1841
1763
1796
1795
1844
1798, 1803
1815
undated
1769
1775
1832
1806
1751
1827
1775
1870
1861
1751
1840, 1845
1856
1819
1772
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Box
Ship Name
Ship Type
Date
2
Bourne
Boxer
Brenda
Bristol
Brittannia
Britton
Brooksville
Brothers
Brunette
Bruttus
Burlington
C.H. Appleton
Cabinet
Cabot
Cadet
California
Cambridge
Camilla
Canton
Canton
Canton Packet
Caravan
unknown
Schooner
Bark
Steamship
Ship
Schooner
Schooner
Brig
Bark
Ship
Schooner
Brig
Schooner
Brig
Brigantine
Ship
Brig
Ship
Schooner
Bark
Ship
Brig
1828
1806
1841-1850
1889
17922
1772
1829
1779, 1832
1850
1782
1845
1847
1857
1777
1794
1865
1835
1799
1880
1887
1827
1826-1827
3
Carline
Carolina
Caroline
Caroline Preble
Cashmere
Catherine
Catherine Glen
Cavalier
Celest
Centaur
Centurion
Chance
Charles
Charles A. Campbell
Charles B. Kenney
Charles Luling
Charley Burke
Charly
Charlotte
Charlotte Brown
Charming Betty
Charming Molly
Charming Molly
Schooner
Steamship
unknown
unknown
Ship
Brig
Ship
Bark
Ship
Ship
HMS
Schooner
Ship
Schooner
Bark
Ship
Schooner
Schooner
Brig
Schooner
Schooner
Sloop
Schooner
1812
1850
1832
1799
1872, 1879, 1979-1980
1810
1863
1843
1866
1869
1812
1754
1695
1902
1888
1865
1876
1829
1796
1863
1750
1764
1750
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Box
Ship Name
Ship Type
Date
3
Charming Sally
Chasca
Cherub
Chester
Childe Harold
China
Cicero
Cincinnatus
City of Beaumont
City of Boston
City of New York
Clara
Clay
Clothier
Cohata
Colina
Coliseum
Coloma
Colombo
Colombia
Columbia
Columbia
Columbus
Comeau
Comet
Commerce
Commodore
Commodore Hull
Compliance
Concord
Concordia
Congress
Constance
Constitution
Coral
Cordelia
Cornelia
Courier
Criterion
Cruger
Cuba
Culdee
Schooner
Ship
Schooner
Bark
Schooner
Ship
Brig
Ship
Barkentine
Ship
Ship
Bark
Ship
Ship
Ship
Schooner
Ship
Bark
Ship
Schooner
Brig
Steamship
Ship
Schooner
Ship
Ship
Schooner
Sloop
Schooner
Ship
Ship
Brig
Bark
Frigate
Schooner
unknown
unknown
Ship
Ship
Bark
Brig
Bark
1752, 1754
1855
1826
1853
1832
1818-1820
1790
1799, 1801
1919
1860
1869
1868
1819-1820
1815
1848, 1853
1833
1831, 1833
1870
1844
1800
1809
1859
1850
1863
1854
1791, 1793
1837
1818, 1833
1847
1799, 1806
1811
1841
1863
1861
undated
1810
1823
1831
1858
1800
1812
1853
4
Cumberland
Cutwater
Cynthia
Brig
Ship
Schooner
1834-1835
1870
1793
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Box
Ship Name
Ship Type
Date
4
Cynthia
Cyrus
D.H. Arey
D. Webster
Dame
Daniel
Dart
David Porter
Dawson
Dayspring
Defense
Defiance
Delaware
Delos
Derby
Devonshire
Diamond
Diamond
Diamond of the Deep
Diana
Diana
Diomede
Direction
Dispatch
Dispatch
Dispatch
Doctor Rogers
Dolphin
Dolphin
Douglas
Dove
Dove
Drake
Dreadnought
Dromo
E.H. Herrick
E.J. Kelly
Eagle
Eagle
Eagle
Eclipse
Eddystone
Edenton
Brig
Bark
Schooner
Schooner
Steamship
Schooner
Sloop
Schooner
Brig
Steam tow-boat
Ship
Schooner
Schooner
Brig
Ship
Brigantine
Sloop
Brig
Brig
Brig
Schooner
Brig
Cutter
Brig
Sloop
Ship
unknown
Schooner
Brigantine
Ship
Brig
Schooner
Schooner
unknown
Bark
unknown
Schooner
Schooner
Ship
Pinky
Ship
Ship
Sloop
1811
1800, 1832
1876
1867
1870
1811
1799
1863-1867
1833
1868
1848
1768
1826
1828
1809
1768
1782
1796-1797
1865
1794
1844
1806-1819
1935
1788-1789
1785
1871
1852
1754
1704
1829
1804, 1821
1767
1723, 1798
1853
1845
1846
1863
1753-1755
1853
1903-1919
1838, 1904, undated
1869
1822-1823
5
Edward
Edward Preble
Ship
Ship
1857-1860
1809
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Box
Ship Name
Ship Type
Date
5
Edward R. Squibb
Eleanor
Eleanor
Eldorado
Eliza
Eliza
Eliza
Eliza
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Ellen
Eliza McNeil
Ella
Ellen
Ellen A. Swift
Ellen Morrison
Ellinor
Ellis P. Rogers
Elvira
Emblem
Emeline
Emerald
Emerald
Emily Jane
Emily Taylor
Emma
Empire
Empire State
Empress of China
Endeavor
Endeavor
Endeavor
Enterprise
Enterprise
Equality
Equator
Essex
Eunice
Eveline
Experiment
Experimental
F. McKesson
F.W. Gatschke
Fair American
Steamship
Brig
Steamship
Steamship
Brigantine
Bark
Ship
Schooner
Brig
Sloop
Schooner
unknown
Ship
Ship
Bark
Brig
Schooner
Bark
Ship
Schooner
Ship
Schooner
Schooner
Ship
Brig
Ship
Ship
Brig
Schooner
unknown
Ship
Sloop
Schooner
Ship
Bark
Schooner
Schooner
Brig
Brig
Brigantine
Schooner
Schooner
Schooner
Schooner
Schooner
Brig
1948
1794
1898
1874
1787
1796
1795, 1805-1808
1795, 1803
1860
1751, 1769
1846
1875
1850
1874
1850
1810, 1850
1891
1867
1809
1899
undated
1829
1825, 1849
1826
1846
1866
1833
1863
1876
1864
1790
1723, 1726, 1732, 1778
1763
1730, 1811
1794
1844
1810
1810
1740, 1812, 1847
1791
1876
1795
1795
1866
1870
undated
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Box
Ship Name
Ship Type
Date
5
Fair Play
Fairfield
Fairy
Falcon
Fame
Fame
Fame
Fanny
Fanny & Edith
Felicity
Fishhawk
Fitzwilliam
Flora
Flying Cloud
Flying Scud
Foraster
Brig
Schooner
Brig
Sloop
Sloop
Brig
Schooner
Brigantine
Schooner
Unknown
Schooner
Brig
Snow
Clipper
Unknown
Brig
1781
1844
1796-1797
1651, 1820
1800
1827
1746-1814, undated
1776, 1787-1789
1873
undated
1800
1805
1800
1852
undated
1832
6
Forest Eagle
Formosa
Fortune
Fortune
Fortune
Four Sisters
Four Sons
Fox
Frances Ann Smith
Francis
Frank Herbert
Franklin
Franklin
Franklin
Frederic
Frederick
Friendship
Friendship
Friendship
Friendship
Friendship
Galatea
Galileo
Gambia
Ganges
Ganza
Garland
Gazelle
General Brooks
Ship
Ship
Schooner
Bark
Sloop
Schooner
Schooner
Brig
unknown
Ship
Schooner
Ship
Bark
Brig
Ship
Brig
Brigantine
Schooner
Ship
Sloop
unknown
Steamship
Bark
Brigantine
Brig
Brig
Ship
Brig
Brig
1856
1872-1884
1785
1835
1796
1810
1806
1802
1815
1813-1815, undated
1865
1809, 1859
1858
1824, undated
1820
1806
1794
1777-1779
1800, 1810
1776
1805
1865
1848
1784
1835, 1849
1833, undated
1849
1846-1850
1844
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Ship Name
Ship Type
Date
6
General Knox
General Meade
General Oglethorpe
General Wolfe
General Putnam
Geneva
George
George
George
George E. Webster
George Jones
George Peabody
George Shattuck
George W. Jones
George Washington
George Washington
George William
Georgia Packet
Georgiana
Germaine
Gertrude
Glide
Glide
Glider
Gold Hunter
Golden Age
Golden Cross
Golden Rule
Goldfinch
Good Hope
Good Intent
Good Intent
Grampus
Grand Turk
Great Republic
Great Republic
Greenfield
Guisseppi
Gull
Guy C. Goss
Vessel
Schooner
Ship
Schooner
Schooner
Ship
Brig
Schooner
Ship
Bark
Brig
Ship
Steamship
Brig
Ship
Brig
unknown
Brigantine
Bark
Ship
Ship
Ship
Schooner
Schooner
Ship
Ship
Ship
Ship
Bark
Ship
Sloop
Schooner
unknown
Ship
Ship
Steamship
Ship
Bark
Sloop
Bark
1818
1876
1802
1767
1814
undated
1812
1805
1817-1818, 1835
1853
1860
1865
1864
1857-1860, undated
1859
1801
1718
1796
1851
1807
1853-1857
1829
1835
1799
1869
1805
1862
1868
1858
1801
1760
1801
1828
1831
1853
1878
undated
1870
1808
1883
7
Halcyon
Hamilton
Hampstead
Hannah
Hannah
Schooner
unknown
Ship
Schooner
Brig
1810
1825
1894
1752, 1795, 1849
1795, 1800, undated
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Ship Name
Ship Type
Date
7
Hannah
Hannible
Han Qua
Harlequin
Harmony
Harmony
Harmony
Harriet
Harriet
Harriet Maria
Harriot
Harrison
Harry G. Deering
Harry Hastings
Havana Packet
Hayley
Hazard
Hebe
Hebe
Hector
Helen M. Condon
Helen Maria
Henrietta
Henrietta
Henry
Henry
Henry
Henry B. Cleaves
Henry Clay
Henry Leeds
Henry S. Stanford
Herald
Herald
Hercules
Hereford
Hermione
Hero
Highlander
Hilda
Hind
Hind
Hodges
Hollander
Hope
Hope
Hope
Ship
Sloop
Ship
Privateer
Ship
Schooner
Brig
Sloop
unknown
Schooner
Schooner
Ship
Schooner
Ship
Brig
Schooner
unknown
Brig
Schooner
Brig
Schooner
Schooner
Brig
Canal boat
Schooner
Ship
Brig
Brig
Schooner
Brig
unknown
Ship
Brig
Ship
Ship
Ship
Schooner
Ship
Ship
Brig
Bark
Schooner
unknown
Brig
Schooner
Ship
1736
1759
1844
1814
1795
1875
1809
1807
1826
1863-1864
1801-1802
1767
1937
1858
1808
1772-1773
1783, 1812
1856
1848
1805
1874
1877
1861
1853
undated
1793, 1799, 1807
1811, 1844, 1846
1873-1876
1841
1846
1870
1804, 1820
1824
1820
1805
1804
1862-1874
1869, 1880-1887, undated
1849
1784
1810
undated
1838
1787, 1808
1795, 1823
1798, 1803, 1820
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Ship Name
Ship Type
Date
7
Hopewell
Horatio
Huguenot
Hull
Humbirds
Huntress
Huntress
Huntress
Hurricane
Sloop
Ship
Ship
Ship
Schooner
Bark
Sloop
Steamboat
Clipper
1757, 1770
1807
1846
1833-1834
1749
1857
1801
1844
1855-1857
8
Ida
Ida Lilly (photocopies)
Ida Lilly (originals)
Independence
Industry
Industry
Industry
Integrity
Invincible
Ione
Ione
Iris
Iris
Isaac Newton
Isabella
J.F. Secor
J.N. Lindvedt
J.P. Whitney
Jacob
Jacob Bell
Jacob Jones
Jacob Story
James
James Hay
James Monroe
Jan Eden
Jane
Jane
Jason
Java
Jefferson
Jenny
Jeremiah
Jeremiah Thompson
Joanna
John
Brig
Ship
Ship
Brig
Schooner
Sloop
Snow
Ship
Schooner
Barkentine
Ship
Ship
Brig
Ship
Schooner
Steamship
unknown
Ship
Snow
Clipper
unknown
Brig
Schooner
Brig
Brig
unknown
Brig
Sloop
Brig
Ship
Ship
Ship
Schooner
Ship
Schooner
Bark
1814
1881-1883
1881-1883
undated
1795, 1800, 1807
1790-1799
1763
1829
1832
1695
1814
1805
1812
1856-1857
1831
1849
1850
1869
1754
1860
1815
1845
1791
1842
1834
1858
1826
1796
1826
1826, 1828
1801
1797
1803
1869
1765
1800
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Ship Name
Ship Type
Date
8
John
John
John
John
Schooner
Sloop
Ship
Ship
1790, undated
1791
1768-1770
1797-1805
9
John and Hannah
John Bright
John Taylor
John Tucker
John H. Millay
Joseph
Joseph Peabody
Josephine
Julia
Julia Newell
Juno
Kanhawa
Kate Howe
Kingfisher
Knight of Snowdon
L. Crowell
L’Italiano
La Solide
Lady Dundas
Lady Hobart
Lady Howard
Lady Penrhyn
Lamartine
Languedoc
Last Attempt
Laura
Leader
Leading Wind
Leander
Leghorn
Leo Morrill
Leopard
Leone
Levant
Lewis
Lewiston
Liberty
Liberty
Lilla Rich
Lion
Little Hope
Schooner
Schooner
Steamship
Ship
Bark
Ship
Ship
Ship
Bark
Schooner
Sloop
Brig
see Catherine Glen
Ship
unknown
Schooner
Chilian Brig
Ship
Brig
HM Packet
Schooner
unknown
Brig
Schooner
Ship
Bark
Schooner
Ship
Brig
Schooner
unknown
Schooner
Ship
unknown
Bark
Steamship
Ship
Brig
Schooner
Schooner
Yacht
1764
1866, undated
1851
1870
1852-1853
1807
1857
1841
1888-1890
1860
1810
1830
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1864-1873
1864
1851
1731
1863
1803
1829
1790
1854
1781
1769
1861
1827
1874
1819-1851
1860
1825
1754
1698
1837
undated
1861
1768
undated
1868
1802
1907
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Ship Name
Ship Type
Date
9
Little James
Little Joe
Lively
Lizzie Lane
London
Loo Choo
Lorenzo
Lottie
Lotus
Louisa
Louisa
Louisa
Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana
Lowell
Lowell
Lucilla
Lucitania
Lucretia
Lucy
Lucy K. Cogswell
Luisa
Luna
Luron
Ship
Schooner
Schooner
Schooner
Ship
Ship
Ship
Schooner
Ship
Brig
Ship
Schooner
Ship
Brig
Schooner
Brig
Ship
Brig
Sloop
Schooner
Sloop
Schooner
Schooner
Ship
Schooner
1805
1812
1792, undated
1876
1846-1847
undated
1869-1870
1858-1874
1833
1810
1837
1848
1803
1819
1845
1845
1834
1837-1839, undated
1734
1768
1764
1876
1815
1803
1863
10
Luther T. Garrison
Lydia
Lydia
Lydia
Schooner
Ship
Sloop
Schooner
Lydia
Lyon
Lyon
M
Macedonian
Macedonian
Madagascar
Magnolia
Maine
Maine
Majestic
Mammoth
Manhattan
Marcellus
Marcy
Brig
Sloop
Ship
Boat
Brig
Ship
unknown
Ship
Ship
U.S. Ship
Ship
Schooner
Ship
unknown
Schooner
1904
1765-1771
1756
1750, 1766, 1788-1790,
1833
1766
1773
1698
1836
1818, 1920
1854
1835
1849
1824
1899
1891
1814
1841
1818
1812
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Ship Name
Ship Type
Date
10
Margaret
Margaret Smith
Maria
Maria & Eliza
Marianne
Marietta
Mariner
Marion
Marion
Marion
Marlborough
Marshall
Martha
Martha Washington
Martha Weeks
Mary
Ship
unknown
Brig
Ship
Ship
Schooner
Schooner
Schooner
Brig
Brig
unknown
unknown
Ship
Ship
Schooner
Ship
1802
1822
1796
1789
1889
1846
1810
1832, 1840, undated
1825, 1841-1844
1844
1711
1864
1829
1800
1873
1694
Mary
Sloop
1692, 1694, 1708, 1721, 1761,
1767
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary Ann
Mary Ann
Mary Chase
Mary Clark
Mary Helen
Mary Hibbert
Mary Jane
Mary of Boston
Mary S. Ames
Mary W.
Mary Ward
Maryland
Maryland
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massasoit
Mattakeest
Matthew
Mayflower
McDonough
McLellan
Memnon
Menaci
Brig
Bark
Boat
Schooner
Brig
Schooner
Brig
Schooner
Brig
Brig
Brig
Brig
Bark
Schooner
Ship
Schooner
Ship
Steamship
Ship
Bark
Ship
Schooner
Bark
unknown
Ship
Ship
Schooner
1831, 1846
1808, 1811, 1837
1836
1755, 1873-1875
1809
1855
1865
1845
1843-1850
1848
1821
1801
undated
1847
1852-1855
1860
undated
1817
1840
1847
1833
1795
1850
1831
1832
1869
1834
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Ship Name
Ship Type
Date
10
Mentor
Mermaid
Mermaid
Meriam
Merrimack
Messenger
Meteor
Mexican
Ship
Brig
Sloop
Schooner
Schooner
Ship
Ship
Brig
Midas
Milo
Mindoro
Minerva
Mohawk
Mohican
Molly
Molly
Monarch of the Sea
Monitor
Moray
Morgan Dix
Morning Light
Mount Vernon
Bark
Schooner
Ship
Ship
Schooner
Bark
Sloop
Schooner
Ship
Schooner
unknown
Bark
Brig
Ship
1850
undated
1767
1816
1758
1815, 1825
1846
1824, 1845, 1851, 1972,
undated
1816
1818
1865-1872, undated
1795-1798, 1802, 1807
1801
1884
1767
1760
1858, 1862
1848
1865
1848-1852
1857
1803
Mulgrave Castle
Murdoch
N. D. Chase
Nabby
Nabby
Nahant
Nancy
Nantasket
Narad
Nassau
Nathaniel
Nautalaus
Nautilus
Nautilus
Navarino
Nellie D. Vaughn
Nellie Grant
Nelson Clark
Neptune
Neptune
Neptune
Neptune
Brig
Ship
Bark
Brig
Schooner
Bark
Brig
unknown
Brig
Whaler
Ship
Bark
Schooner
unknown
Ship
Schooner
Schooner
Brig
Brig
Schooner
Ship
Bark
1832
1801-1803
1853
1809
1768
1844, undated
1769, 1796
1841-1843
1818
1859
1665, 1669
1852
1801, 1810, 1877
1825
1838
1867
1873-1877
1839-1840
1799
1754, 1764-1767, 1803
1848
1846, 1849
11
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Ship Name
Ship Type
Date
11
Nereid
Nestor
Neutrality
Nevada
Newburn
Newburyport
New Galen
New Jersey
New Packet
New World
Niagara
Nightingale
Nightingale
Nile
Nimbus
Norfolk
North
North Star
Northern Liberties
Oak
Ocean
Ocean
Ocean Bird
Oceanus
Oglethorpe
Oleron
Olive
Olive Branch
Olive Branch
Oneco
Oneida
Onward
Oriena
Orion
Ortolan
Osier
Bark
Ship
Schooner
Ship
Sloop
Ship
Ship
unknown
Ship
Packet
Brig
Ship
Schooner
Sloop
Yacht
Schooner
Schooner
Schooner
Ship
unknown
Ship
Brig
Schooner
Ship
Ship
Brig
Schooner
Bark
Schooner
Bark
Ship
Schooner
Schooner
Privateer
Sloop
Ship
1866
1815-1824
1808
1867
1735
1838-1839
1807
1831
1782, 1807
1847
1827
1865
1795
1838
1941-1964
1877
1860
undated
1809
1838
1804
1811
1866
1847
1826
1856
1793
1798
1766-1771
1868
1854
1855
1876
undated
1829
undated
12
Osterly
Otho
Otter
Pacific
Pacific
Packet
Packet
Pactolus
Pallas
Ship
Brig
Brig
Brig
Ship
Ship
Sloop
Ship
Bark
1766
1841
1829
1805
1809
1807
1830
1806
1826
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Ship Name
Ship Type
Date
12
Panay
Panther
Paoli
Paragon
Paramita
Patriot
Paul Revere
Paul Sieman
Pawtuxet Merchant
Peace & Plenty
Peacock
Pearl
Peggy
Peggy
Peggy & Sarah
Penex
Percy Edward
Peregrine
Perseverance
Peru
Phenix
Phenix
Phoenix
Pilgrim
Pilot of Boston
Pink
Piscataqua
Pittsburgh
Plato
Pleides
Plymouth Rock
Poland
Polley
Polly
Polly
Polly
Ship
Ship
Ship
Ship
Ship
Brig
Ship
Ship
Ship
Schooner
Schooner
Schooner
Schooner
Sloop
Schooner
Sloop
Brig
Brig
Ship
Bark
Sloop
Schooner
Ship
Brig
Brig
Schooner
Ship
Steamship
Schooner
Brig
Schooner
Ship
Schooner
Brigantine
Brig
Schooner
Polly (newspaper clippings)
Polly (photostat)
Polly & Betsey
Polly Lewis
Pompey
Ponsilia
Pontin
Portland
Portland
Schooner
Ship
Brig
unknown
Schooner
Ship
Schooner
Ship
Steamer
1878-1884
1822
1769-1770
1876
1891-1892
1833-1834
1822, 1897
1801
1749
1813
1796
1867
1788
1760, 1795
1758
1782
1866
1795
1878
1820-1832
1794
1870
1790
1812, undated [1825]
1808
1757
1771
1864
1849
1829-1830, 1845
1863
1834
1794
1786
1799-1800
1771, 1775, 1790-1791,
1808
1913-1947, undated
1812
1797
1874
1769
1835
1850
1799
1840
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Ship Name
Ship Type
Date
12
Port Packet
Potomac
Snow
U.S. Ship
Potomac
Potomska
Prairie
Prentice
President Adams
Prima Donna
Prince Mador
Prince William
Princess
Prioress
Priscilla
Proctor
Providence
Province
Prudence
Prudent
Steamship
Steamship
Brig
Ship
Ship
Ship
Ship
Schooner
Sloop
Bark
Ship
Packet
Brigantine
Galley
Ship
Bark
1755
1812, 1831, 1836,
undated
1864
1856
1851
1848
1807
1870
1811
undated [circa 1751]
1807
1861, 1867
1733
1817
1745
1711
1799
1834
Quickstep
Quintero
R&T Hargraves
Rachel
Radiant
Radius
Raduga
Rainbow
Rajah
Rambler
Rambler
Rambler
Ranger
Ranger
Rapid
Rashleigh
Raven
Rebecca
Rebecca
Recovery
Regale
Regulator
Regulus
Repair
Republic
Republican
Schooner
Chilian Ship
Schooner
Schooner
Ship
Brig
Ship
Sloop
Brig
Schooner
Brig
Snow
Sloop
Schooner
Sloop
Schooner
unknown
Brigantine
Schooner
Ship
Sloop
Schooner
Ship
Ship
Brig
Schooner
1881-1882
1886
1893
1813
1868
1810
1858
1783
1795
1794
1801
1814
1739-1743, 1764, 1801
1744, 1778
1841
1795
undated
1809
1807, 1830-1831
1796, 1800, 1816
1811
1806
1800-1801
1695
1848
1811-1812
13
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Ship Name
Ship Type
Date
13
Resolution
Restitution
Return
Revenge
Revere
Richard
Richmond
Rising Liberty
Rising Sun
Roan
Robert Kelley
Robert Morris
Rodney
Roger Williams
Rolla
Rolla
Romance of the Seas
Romagna
Rome
Roscoe
Rose
Rose Standish
Royal Oak
Ruby
Ruparell
Russell
Ruth
Schooner
Ship
Brig
Schooner
Ship
Barque
Brig
Ship
Schooner
Schooner
Ship
Ship
Brig
Ship
Schooner
Brig
Clipper
unknown
Ship
Brig
Sloop
Frigate
Schooner
Schooner
Ship
Schooner
Schooner
1735, 1739
1816
1810
1812
1850-1859
undated
1769
1769
1809, 1812, 1830
1864
1850
1793, 1836
1833
1837
1829
1837, undated
1938
1666
1843
1821
1810
1865, undated
1812
1789-1791
1850
1847
1845
14
S&J Rogers
S-4
Saba
Sacramento
Said bin Sultan
Saint Lucie
Saint Paul
Saint Paul
Salem
Salem Packet
Salisbury
Salisbury
Sally
Sally
Schooner
Submarine
Schooner
Ship
Bark
Clipper
Ship
Steamship
Schooner
Ship
Sloop
Schooner
Boat
Schooner
Sally
Sally
Sally
Sloop
Ship
Snow
1859
1930s
1797
1866, 1870
1852-1853
1869
1847
1913
1762, 1768, 1772
undated
1755
1812
1814
1765, 1786, 1801-1813,
1822, undated
1788, 1797, 1800
1794
1794
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Ship Name
Ship Type
Date
14
Sally Ann
Salvador
Sam G. Glover
Samuel
Samuel Haddock
Samuel Merritt
Samuel Small
San Francisco
Santa Clara
Sarah
Sarah
Sarah A. Hammond
Sarah Ann
Sarah & Elizabeth
Sarah Parker
Sarah Sheafe
Saucy Jack
Saul Ross
Saxa
Saxonville
Schamyl
Seaflower
Sea Flower
Sea Serpent
Selma
Seminole
Senator
Shark
Shawmut
Shirley
Sibella
Sicily
Silvanus
Silvercraig
Silver Star
Simoleon
Singapore
Sintram
Society of London
Solomon Francis
Sonntag
Sooloo
Sophia
Sophia
Ship
Steamship
Ship
Schooner
Schooner
Bark
Brig
unknown
Ship
Schooner
Ship
Schooner
Brig
unknown
Ship
Ship
Brig
Ship
Brig
Bark
unknown
Schooner
Sloop
Schooner
Brig
Ship
Pinky
Schooner
Brig
Ship
Sloop
Brig
Brigantine
Bark
Steamship
Ship
Ship
Ship
Ship
Schooner
Ship
Ship
Ship
Sloop
1807
1863
1867
1721
1849
1859
1858
1849
1876
1852
1688
1867
1845
1790
1845
1840
1811
1865
1754
1861
1824
1755
1746
1822
1874
1871
1831
1755
1867
1860
1766
1830
1784-1786, 1793
1865
1871-1873
1830
1852
1880
1662
1845
1870
1861-1867
1819
1795
15
Sovereign
Ship
1793, 1835
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Ship Name
Ship Type
Date
15
Spartan
Specie
Speed
Speedwell
Speedwell
Speedwell
Splendid
Spooner
Spray
Staghound
Stamper
Star of Hope
Star of the West
Station
Sterling
Stork
Storskog
Success
Success
Sukey and Betsey
Sukey and Sally
Sulphur
Sun
Sunshine
Surprise
Susan
Susan
Susanna
Susannah
Susannah
Suwanda
Swallow
Swallow
Swan
Swan
Swanivick
Swift
Syren
Tagliona
Talavera
Talma
Tam O’Shanter
Tam O’Shanter
Tammy
Tarry Not
Tartar
Brig
Schooner
Brig
Sloop
Ship
Brig
Ship
Ship
Yawl
Clipper
Schooner
Clipper
Ship
Schooner
Ship
Sloop
Ship
Sloop
Schooner
Brig
Schooner
HMS
Brig
Steamer
Ship
Sloop
Schooner
Ship
Ship
Ketch
Steamship
Ship
Schooner
Schooner
Sloop
Ship
Ship
unknown
Schooner
Bark
Ship
Bark
Ship
Schooner
Schooner
Ship
1827, 1837
1861
1795
1714-1715, 1752
1701-1703
1845
1831-1832
1782
1939
1854-1856, undated
1815
1869, undated
1854, 1869
1842
1876
1797
1916-1917, 1957
1758
1763, 1801
1809, 1816
1810
1849
1843-1844
1867, 1871
1894
1836
1808
1836
1758
1700
1890
1865
1750, 1754
1758-1760, 1769
1796
1807
1808
1856-1857
1863, 1868
1875
1844
1876
1884
1750
1854
1782, 1816
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Box
Ship Name
Ship Type
Date
15
Taylor
Telegraph
Telemachus
Ten Sisters
Tennessee
Thames
Thessalia
Thomas Perkins
Three Brothers
Three Brothers
Three Brothers
Three Friends
Bark
Schooner
Brig
Sloop
Steamship
Ship
Ship
Ship
Brig
Schooner
Ship
Brig
undated
1830
1804, 1810
1811
1850
1766
1840
undated
1805
1794
1787
1741, 1811
16
Three Friends
Three Sisters
Three Sisters
Tigre
Timoda
Timothy Brooks
Titcomb
Tobacco Plant
Traveller
Trident
Triton
Triumph
Triumphant
Tropic Bird
Truxillo
Tryall
Turk
Tuscany
Two Brothers
Two Brothers
Two Brothers
Two Brothers
Two Brothers
Two Friends
Tyger
Uncowah
Union
Union
Union
United States
Unity
Unity
Valentine
Schooner
Brigantine
Schooner
Brig
Ship
Schooner
Ship
Ship
Brig
Bark
Brig
Schooner
Ship
Bark
Schooner
Schooner
Ship
Ship
Boat
Brig
Schooner
Ship
Sloop
Brig
Ship
Ship
Ship
Brig
Schooner
Ship
Sloop
Schooner
Schooner
1806
1788-1789
1775
1820
1866
1810
1787
1844
1800
1850
1827
1840-1843
1883
1874
1827
1751, 1799, 1860
undated
1836
1813
1784, undated
1751, 1787-1788
1804
1789
1780
1808
1864
1756, 1808
1807
1731, 1790
1803, 1825
1772
1796
1807
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Ship Name
Ship Type
Date
16
Vaughn
Venus
Victor
Victory
Victory
Victory
Vigilant
Vigilant
Vintage
Virginia
Volant
Volusia
W.R. Newcomb
Wallace
Walter Baine
War Hawk
Warwickshire
Washington
Ship
Schooner
Schooner
Brig
Schooner
Sloop
Bark
Brig
Brig
Brig
Schooner
Ship
Schooner
Ship
Ship
Ship
Steamship
Brig
Washington
Wasp
Water Witch
Waverly
Welcome
Westover
Weymouth
Whalebone
Wight
Wild Rose
William
William
William
William and Ezra
William and Henry
William and Mary
William H. Jewell
William Penn
William Rotch
William Schroder
William Wirt
Privateer
Sloop
Ship
Ship
Schooner
Schooner
Ship
Ship
Brig
Ship
Ship
Brig
Schooner
Ship
Brigantine
Schooner
Schooner
Brig
Ship
Bark
Ship
1767
1755, 1798
1841
1842
1750
1753
1795
1807
1853
1836
1801
undated
1858
1873
1857-1861
1869
1923
1776, 1811, 1827, 1833,
undated
1776
1813
undated
1833-1834
1776
1865
1809
1768
1795-1799
1854
1800
1807, 1823
1773, 1775
1808
1829
1755
1894, 1941
1823
1847
1848
1851
Willson
Winged Arrow
Witch of the Wave
Wizard
Wyman
Brig
Ship
Ship
Brig
Bark
1827
1861
undated
1838
1845
17
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Ship Name
Ship Type
Date
17
Yoruba
Yorick
Young American
Zelima
Ziba
Zingara
Unknown ships
Steamer
unknown
Ship
unknown
Bark
Bark
1876
1826
1869
1827
1867
1853
1830-1835, 1842-1844,
undated
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