Summary Information

Title: Abstracts of English Shipping Records Relating to Massachusetts Ports
Inclusive Dates: 1686-1765

Call Number: England Mss D; Micro 633

Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (3 archives boxes and 1 flat box) and 3 reels of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Photostats of abstracts, with index, noting arrivals and departures from the Massachusetts ports of Boston and Salem, 1686-1688 and 1712-1765, and Newbury and York, 1762-1763, copied from original records in the Public Record Office, London, England. Information includes date entered to record; name of vessel; type of rigging; master's name; number of tons, guns, and men; where and when the ship was built; where and when registered; owner's name; cargo (subdivided by type); destination or from what place she sailed; and where and when bond was given.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-eng00d

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