Tate Family Collection

Overview of the Collection
	Repository:	G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport
	Creator:	Tate family
	Title:	Tate Family Collection
	Dates:	1791-1914 g (bulk 1840-1894)
	Extent:	ca. 2637 items
	Abstract:	This collection contains primarily household papers, bills, family letters, account books, tax statements, and general business transactions of William and Isaac C. Tate of New London, Connecticut.
	Identification:	Coll. 81

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Biography of the Tate Family

William Tate (d. 1877) was the son of William and Hannah Tate, but nothing can be found in these papers about the family before 1821. William Tate was described as a merchant tailor, but he also owned and managed several vessels in the period from 1833 to 1850, including the bark FAME, which was involved in a case of barratry when the second mate took her on a voyage to south east Africa to get slaves for Brazil. William also owned several pieces of land in New London, and was a member of the Second Congregational Society.

Isaac C. Tate (d. 1894), his son, was President of the New London Horse Shoe Nail Company, which was formed in 1859, reached its peak during the Civil War, and went out of business in 1879. Isaac managed much of his sisters’ and mother’s affairs, invested in land and railroads, and generally assumed leadership in a growing family of nieces and nephews. He was an active member of St. James Episcopal Church, and the Thames Club, and in later years was supervisor of the Union School District #3.

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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:

Smith, Seth, d. 1878
Smith, Susan Tate
Tate family
Tate, Isaac C., d. 1894
Tate, William, d. 1877

Corporate Bodies (Including Vessels):

Emma (Schooner)
Fame (Bark)

Subjects:

Decedents’ estates–Connecticut–New London
Railroads–United States
Real property–Connecticut–New London
Real property–Illinois–Chicago
Shipping–Connecticut–New London

Document Types:

Account book
Deeds

Occupations:

Businessmen–Connecticut–New London
Pharmacists–Connecticut–New London
Shipowners–Connecticut–New London

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Coll. 81, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.

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Index to Personal and Corporate Names
	NOTE: The fraction(s) indicate the Box and Folder numbers where that particular reference can be found. For example, the researcher will find information about American Exchange Bank in Box 1, Folder 2 of the collection.
	American Exchange Bank	1/2
	Bailey, ?	1/8
	Beckwith, ?	1/7
	Belcher, William	4/5
	Belknap & Burnham	1/8
	Beneville, Emile	4/4
	Bingham, ? (Dr.)	4/14
	Boyden, Frank l.	4/6
	Braddock, ?	4/5
	Brandegee, Noyes & Brandegee	4/7
	Butler, C.W.	2/15
	Campbell, R.	2/6
	Castle, Ellen Lucinda	4/15
	Clark, John W.	1/15, 2/1
	Coit, Robert	2/7, 2/9, 2/15
	Colby, Josiah	1/13
	Colwells, Shaw & Willard	1/10
	Cowles, H.D.	1/13
	Crannell, Elizabeth T.	1/7
	Crump, William C.	2/7
	Daboll, C.L.	1/2
	Dayton & Todd	1/10
	Durrie & Rusher	1/7, 1/12
	Fitzgerald, ?	4/5
	Fowle, Luther	1/2
	Gilbert, Alice H.	4/15
	Gumble, J.H.	4/5, 4/7
	Hallam, ?	1/8
	Kinney & Standish	4/4
	Lamb, Avery	1/2
	Lamb, Elisha	1/2
	Logan, William	1/11
	Lord, Daniel C.	1/2
	Manwaring, ? (Dr.)	2/9
	Marks, Anthony	1/2
	Miles, Thomas M.	4/15
	Minor, John	1/8, 2/9
	Morgan, Joanna	1/7, 1/8, 1/13
	Mutual Safety Insurance Co.	1/2
	Nightingale, L.A.	2/4, 2/6
	Noyes, Walter C.	4/5, 4/7
	Peck, Charles	4/14
	Perry, John S.	1/14
	Potter, ?	1/7
	Pratt, ?	1/9
	Reynolds, R.M.	2/10
	Robbins, Jane	1/14
	Robinson, Henry C.	2/15
	Rusher, George	1/8
	Russell, James B.	1/14
	Russell, Susan K.	1/14, 1/15
	S.S. Putnam & Co.	1/13
	Schlesinger, Sebastian G.	1/12
	Sessions, Albert Joseph	4/15
	Sessions, Ellen Washburn	4/15
	Shaw, W.A.	1/10
	Smith, Gilbert P.	1/13
	Smith, Joseph	1/9
	Smith, Sabin	1/7, 1/9, 2/6
	Smith, Seth	2/7, 4/5, 4/14
	Smith, Susan	2/7, 2/9
	Smith, W.N.H.	2/7
	Talbot, William	2/4
	Tanner, A.P.	4/6, 4/7
	Tate, William (Jr.)	4/5
	Turner, Peter C.	1/2
	Van Bergen, H.D.	4/14
	Van Bergen, Maria	4/14
	Walker, Emeline Tate	2/7, 4/5, 4/6
	Walker, James H.	1/7, 1/8, 2/6, 4/4, 4/5
	Walker, James H. (Jr.)	4/4
	Walker, Samuel	4/4
	Ward, Benjamin C.	1/14
	Ward, Lizzie V.	1/14
	Wells, Dudley	2/2, 4/5, 4/6, 4/15
	Wells, Gideon	4/5, 4/6, 4/7
	Wells, N. Dana	1/8, 1/9
	Wells, Sarah	4/7
	Wells, Stephen M.	1/7, 1/8, 1/11, 2/15
	Wells, Virginia T.	2/3, 2/5, 4/5
	Wells, Willie T.	4/15
	Wheeler, R.	4/1
	White, Samuel S.	1/13
	Williams, Mary	2/10
	Williams, Peleg	2/9, 4/5, 4/7

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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

 

Papers, household and business; 1791-1896
Box	Folder
1	1		Household papers, accounts and receipts; 1840-1859
	2		Papers pertaining to the bark FAME and the schooner EMMA; 1844-1850
	3		Household papers, accounts and receipts; 1860 Jan-Dec
	4		Household papers, accounts and receipts; 1861 Jan-Nov
	5		Household papers, accounts and receipts; 1862 Jan-Dec
	6		Household papers, accounts and receipts; 1863 Jan-Dec
	7		Household papers, accounts, receipts and personal letters; 1864 Jan-Dec
	8		Household papers, accounts, receipts and personal letters; 1865 Jan-Jun
	9		Household papers, accounts, receipts and personal letters; 1865 Jul-Dec
	10		Household papers, accounts, receipts and a personal letter to Isaac Tate; 1866 Jan-Dec
	11		Household papers, accounts, receipts a personal letter to Isaac Tate, and a deed showing a lot of land purchased in the Cedar Grove Cemetary; 1867
	12		Household papers, accounts, receipts and personal letters; 1868
	13		Household papers, accounts, receipts, personal letters, and also an account listing Dentists’ supplies purchased by Isaac C. Tate; 1869 Jan-Jun
	14		Household papers, accounts, receipts and personal letters; 1869 Jul-Dec
	15		Household papers, accounts, receipts and one business letter from Isaac Tate; 1870
	16		Household papers, accounts and receipts; 1871
Box	Folder
2	1		Household papers, accounts, receipts and a personal letter; 1872
	2		Household papers, accounts, receipts, personal letters and a deed showing purchase of a lot, in the Cedar Grove Cementary, by Seth Smith; 1873
	3		Household papers, accounts, receipts and letters; 1874
	4		Household papers, accounts, receipts, letters and a mortage bond; 1875
	5		Household papers, accounts, receipts, letters, and a Western Union Telegram to Isaac Tate regarding illness in the family; 1876
	6		Household papers, accounts, receipts, letters and a deed showing land purchased by Thomas Gordon. Also serveral Western Union Telegrams; 1877
	7		Household papers, accounts, receipts, letters and a last will and testament of Seth Smith; 1878
	8		Household papers, accounts, receipts, bank deposits, and letters; 1879
	9		Household papers, accounts, receipts and letters; 1880
	10		Household papers, accounts, receipts and letters; 1881 Jan-Mar
	11		Household papers, accounts, and receipts; 1881 Apr-Dec
	12		Household papers, accounts, receipts and an assignment of Mortgage to Isaac Tate; 1882 Jan-Jun
	13		Household papers, accounts, receipts, and letters; 1882 Jul-Dec
	14		Household papers, accounts, receipts, letters, and a lease giving rights to a room under a store, under consent of Isaac Tate; 1883
	15		Household papers, accounts, receipts, and letters; 1884
Box	Folder
3	1		Household papers, accounts and receipts; 1885 Jan-Jun
	2		Household papers, accounts and receipts; 1885 Jul-Dec
	3		Household papers, accounts and receipts; 1886
	4		Household papers, accounts and receipts; 1887
	5		Household papers, accounts and receipts; 1888
	6		Household papers, accounts and receipts; 1889
	7		Household papers, accounts and receipts; 1890 Jan-Jun
	8		Household papers, accounts and receipts; 1890 Jul-Dec
	9		Household papers, accounts and receipts; 1891 Jan-Jun
	10		Household papers, accounts and receipts; 1891 Jul-Dec
Box	Folder
4	1		Household papers, accounts, receipts, and the last will and testament of Isaac Tate; 1892 Jan-Jun
	2		Household papers, accounts and receipts; 1892 Jul-Dec
	3		Household papers, accounts, receipts, and a Warranty Deed issued to Isaac C. Tate; 1893 Jan-Jun
	4		Household papers, accounts, receipts and letters; 1893 Jul-Dec
	5		Household papers, accounts, receipts and letters; 1894
	6		Household papers, accounts, receipts and letters; 1895
	7		Household papers, accounts, receipts and letters; 1896
	8		Bark FAME, notes and receipts; 1844-1850
	9		Bills of Sale; 1821-1841
	10		Papers, insurance policy indenture and land map; 1840-1844
	11		Statement of loss of schooner EMMA; 1845
	12		Receipts; 1840-1863
	13		Deeds and legal papers; 1791-1861
	14		Smith family papers; 1836-1877
	15		Miscellaneous material; undated
Volumes; 1840-1914
	Volume
	1		Handwritten Sermon
	2		Account book of William Tate; 1840-1842
	3		Account book of bark FAME; 1844-1846
	4		Ledger of bark FAME; 1844-1847
	5		Account book of schooner EMMA and the bark FAME; 1844-1850
	6		Account book of William Tate; 1847-1863
	7		Journal of William Tate; 1849-1850
	8		Account book of William Tate; 1857-1860
	9		Account book of William Tate; 1859-1860
	10		Account book of William Tate; 1860
	11		Account book of William Tate; 1861
	12		Account book of William Tate; 1862-1865
	13		Account book of William Tate; 1863-1864
	14		Account book of William Tate; 1864
	15		Account book of William Tate; 1865
	16		Account book of William Tate; 1866
	17		Account book of William Tate; 1867
	18		Account book of William Tate; 1868-1869
	19		Account book of William Tate; 1869-1870
	20		Account book of William Tate; 1870
	21		Account book of William Tate; 1871
	22		Account book of William Tate; 1873-1875
	23		Account book; 1875-1877
	24		Account book of William Tate; 1876-1879
	25		Account book of estate of William Tate; 1877-1888
	26		Account book of estate of Seth Smith; 1879-1884
	27		Checkbook, estate of Susan Smith; 1879-1884
	28		Account book, estates of Susan Smith, Seth Smith, and William Tate; 1881-1884
	29		Pocket notebook of Isaac C. Tate; 1883
	30		Account book, Isaac Tate and Mrs. William Tate; 1884-1889
	31		Account book of estate of William Tate; 1884-1889
	32		Account book of Isaac Tate; 1889
	33		Account book of Isaac Tate; 1890-1894
	34		Account book, Tate family stocks; 1896-1910
	35		Checkbooks of the Tate family; 1902-1908
	36		Checkbooks of the Tate family; 1910-1914
	37		Exercise book, Latin, Music, German, Algebra, etc.; undated

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