Records of E.P. Treat & Co.

Overview of the Records
	Repository:	G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport
	Creator:	E.P. Treat & Co.
	Title:	Records of E.P. Treat & Co.
	Dates:	1840-1894
	Extent:	2017 pieces
	Abstract:	This collections consists of letters from ship masters of vessels owned or managed by members of the Treat family and from merchants in Bangor, Frankfort, and Winterport, Me., New York, N.Y., Boston, Mass., Baltimore, Md., Cuba, and South American ports, chiefly relating to cargo transported, but also providing reports of the voyages, the weather, and departure and arrival dates; together with accounts, bills, charter-parties, bills of lading, receipts, insurance policies, cargo manifests, and other records, relating to nearly 40 vessels. Correspondents include Webster, Albert and James Treat, other Treat family members, and ship masters William A. Atwood (schooner SAVANNAH) and Henry Averill (bark WARREN).
	Identification:	Coll. 30

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

Available for use in the Manuscripts Division.

Restrictions on Use

Various copying restriction apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts Division.

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Index Terms

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:

Atwood, William A.– Correspondence
Averill, Henry– Correspondence
Treat family
Treat, Albert– Correspondence
Treat, James– Correspondence
Treat, Webster– Correspondence

Corporate Bodies (Including Vessels):

Savannah (Schooner : 1881-1885)
Warren (Bark : 1865-1867)

Places:

Baltimore (Md.)
Bangor (Me.)
Boston (Mass.)
Cuba
New York (N.Y.)
South America.
Winterport (Me.)

Subjects:

Charter-parties
Freight and freightage
Shipping– Maine– Frankfort
Ships– Cargo

Document Types:

Bills of lading
Insurance policies
Manifests

Occupations:

Merchants
Shipmasters
Shipowners– Maine– Frankfort

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Coll. 30, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.

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Detailed Description of the Records

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

 

Papers; 1840-1894
Box	Folder
1	1		Papers regarding primarily schooners PROSPECT and REPORTER; 1841-1852
	2		Papers regarding primarily schooners REPORTER and FRANCIS NEWTON; 1853-1855
	3		Papers, regarding primarily schooner NANCY R. HEAGAN; 1856
	4		Papers; 1857
	5		Papers regarding primarily schooner DELMONT; 1858-1859
	6		Papers regarding primarily schooner DELMONT; 1860
	7		Papers regarding primarily schooner DELMONT and brig WENONAH; 1861
	8		Papers regarding primarily schooner R.H. PERKINS; 1862 Jan – Jul
	9		Papers regarding primarily schooner R.H. PERKINS and brig EDWIN P. TREAT; 1862 Aug – Dec
Box	Folder
2	1		Papers regarding primarily schooner R.H. PERKINS and brig EDWIN P. TREAT; 1863 Jan – Mar
	2		Papers regarding primarily schooner R.H. PERKINS and brig EDWIN P. TREAT 1863 Apr – May
	3		Papers regarding primarily schooner R.H. PERKINS and brig EDWIN P. TREAT; 1863 Jun- Aug
	4		Papers regarding primarily schooner R.H. PERKINS; 1863 Sep- Dec
	5		Papers regarding primarily R.H. PERKINS; 1864 Jan – May
	6		Papers regarding primarily R.H. PERKINS; 1864 Jun- Dec
	7		Papers regarding primarily R.H. PERKINS; 1865 Jan – Apr
	8		Papers mostly letters regarding primarily R.H. PERKINS and CHARLESTON, brig SPARKING SEA, and bark LIBERTAD; 1865 May
	9		Papers mostly letters; 1865 Jun
	10		Papers, mostly letters regarding primarily schooner R.H. PERKINS and bark WARREN; 1865 Jul
Box	Folder
3	1		Papers regarding primarily schooner R.H. PERKINS; 1865 Aug – Sep
	2		Papers regarding primarily schooner R.H. PERKINS; 1865 Oct – Dec
	3		Papers regarding primarily schooner R.H. PERKINS; 1866
	4		Papers regarding primarily schooner JULIA ANN; 1867 Jan – Jul
	5		Papers mostly letters regarding primarily schooner JULIA ANN; 1867 Aug – Dec
	6		Papers regarding primarily schooner JULIA ANN; 1868
	7		Papers regarding primarily schooners NELLIE TREAT and EDDIE F. TREAT; 1869
	8		Papers regarding primarily schooners NELLIE TREAT and EDDIE F. TREAT; 1870 Jan – Apr
Box	Folder
	9		Papers regarding primarily schooners NELLIE TREAT and EDDIE F. TREAT; 1870 May – Dec
	10		Papers, mostly letters; 1871
	11		Papers, mostly letters; 1872-1873
	12		Paper, mostly letters regarding primarily brig ROBIN and schooner LOUISA; 1874-1875
	13		Papers, mostly letters; 1876
Box	Folder
4	1		Papers, mostly letters regarding schooners CHARLESTON and SAVANNAH; 1877-1880
	2		Papers, mostly letters regarding schooners SAVANNAH and CHARLESTON; 1881
	3		Papers regarding schooners CHARLESTON and SAVANNAH; 1882-1883
	4		Papers regarding primarily schooner SAVANNAH; 1884
	5		Papers mostly letters regarding schooners CHARLESTON and SAVANNAH; 1885 Jan – Jun
	6		Papers regarding primarily schooner SAVANNAH and CHARLESTON; 1885 Jul – Dec
	7		Papers regarding primarily schooner SAVANNAH; 1886
	8		Papers, mostly letters regarding primarily schooner CHARLESTON; 1887
	9		Papers, regarding primarily schooner CHARLESTON; 1888 – Jul 1889
	10		Papers regarding primarily schooner CHARLESTON; 1899 Aug – Dec
	11		Papers regarding primarily schooner CHARLESTON; 1890 Jan – Jul
	12		Papers regarding primarily schooner CHARLESTON; 1890 Aug – Dec
	13		Papers and miscellaneous; 1893-1894
	14		Anonymous account book; 1854-1864

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