Shipping collection

Collection

Call Number: MS 543

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of ships' journals, invoices, manifests, lists of crews, clearance papers and other documents relating to shipping, largely from Connecticut ports in the 18th and 19th centuries. There is also a small quantity of papers from Massachusetts, New York and elsewhere.

Dates

1749-1923

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

The entire collection, with the exception of Accession 1999-M-116, is available on microfilm. Patrons must use FILM HM 154 instead of the originals.

Existence and Location of Copies

Entire collection, with the exception of Accession 1999-M-116, is also available on microfilm (3 reels, 35mm.) from Gale, a Cengage Company, at gale.com.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown, though much of the material in this collection is likely in the public domain. 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.