Skip to main content

Jesse Hurd family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 295

Scope and Contents

The Jesse Hurd Family Papers consist of correspondence, diaries, legal papers, account books, ship's papers, and miscellanea relating to the private lives and business interests of the Hurd family of Chatham, Connecticut, and New York, New York. Family interests in shipbuilding, ship repair, mercantile holdings, distillery operations, and politics are detailed, with extensive records for the operations of the New York Screw Dock Company and for many of the ships built, owned, and operated by the Hurd family.

Dates

  • 1700-1910

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Margaret S. Dart, 1961, 1965.

Arrangement

Arranged in three series: I. Correspondence and Papers, 1774-1853. II. Business Papers, 1700-1910. III. Ship's Papers, 1791-1831.

Extent

5.25 Linear Feet (14 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0295

Additional Description

Abstract

The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, legal papers, account books, ship's papers, and miscellanea relating to the private lives and business interests of the Hurd family of Chatham, Connecticut, and New York, New York. Family interests in shipbuilding, ship repair, mercantile holdings, distillery operations, and politics are detailed, with extensive records for the New York Screw Dock Company and for many of the ships built, owned, and operated by the Hurd family.

Biographical / Historical

Three generations of the Hurd family of Chatham, Connecticut, are represented in the papers. The primary figures are Jesse Hurd (1760-1831); his brother Benjamin Hurd (1739-1781); Jesse's sons Jesse II, Cyrus, and Nelson; and Cyrus Hurd's sons Cyrus II and Charles W.B. Hurd.

Jesse Hurd was a storekeeper, distiller, ship builder, shipmaster, shipowner, state representative from Chatham, and first president of the New York Screw Dock Company (1827-1831).

Nathaniel Lynde Griswold (1773-1866); George Griswold (1776-1859), and Huntington Selden are also represented in the papers, in relation to their business dealings with the Hurd family.

For a chart outlining the genealogical relations of the Hurd family, please consult the Genealogical Chart.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Jesse Hurd Family Papers
Status
Under Revision
Author
compiled by William E. Brown, Jr.
Date
September 1984
Description rules
Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository

http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa/
Contact:
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)

Location

Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Opening Hours

Suggest a Correction