Marine Jurisprudence Collection

Overview of the Records
	Repository:	G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport
	Creator:	Corporate Name
	Title:	Marine Jurisprudence Collection
	Dates:	1798-1809
	Extent:	72 pieces
	Abstract:	Items in this collection pertain to 28 cases of marine jurisprudence involving litigation at Portland, Cumberland County, Massachusetts (now Maine), during an 11 year period between 1798 and 1809. Organization is by specific case, usually identified by the name of the vessel involved. The names of shipmasters and shipowners, insurance companies, charterers, shipwrights, and other individuals and firms involved in these cases appear throughout the collection.
	Identification:	Coll. 98

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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.

 Subjects:

Maritime law–Maine–Portland–Cases

Document Types:

Legal documents–Maine–Portland

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Coll. 98, 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 from marine jurisprudence cases; 1798-1809
Box	Folder
1	1		John Given; 1806
	2		Haley & Emery, account with Shaw, Duncan, & Co.; 1805
	3		Jesse Hobrooks; 1808
	4		Soloman Sands; 1807
	5		Ebenezer Storer; 1807
	6		Lynde Walter; 1808
	7		Lemvel Weeks & Son; 1809
	8		Thomas Cross, Ship ORIOIN, Brigantine ABEONA; 1807
	9		Brigantine ALBERT; 1806
	10		Schooner ANNE, charter party, Jacob Adams, agent, Benjamin Delano, master, Paker & Tarbell, charterer; 1805
	11		Insurance policy & claim, ship COMMERCE, Stephen Stephenson, master; 1805
	12		Ship COMMERCE; 1807-1809
	13		Sloop DIANNA, Jacob Strembeck & Co.; 198
	14		Schooner DOLLY, Jabez Merchant, master, Barneville & Prishard, shippers; 1806
	15		Brig ENDEAVOUR, John Deering, Cammet & Haynes, Blockmasters; 1807
	16		Schooners FAVORITE, insurance polices & claims, Rowland Jones; 1800
	17		Schooner FOX; 1800
	18		Brig GENERAL WARREN, Nathaniel Jones, Jacob Knight, shipwright; 1806
	19		Schooner HAMILTON, Freeport, Todd & Worthy; 1806-1807
	20		Brig HARRIET, Samuel Storer, account with the Marine Fire & Marine Insurance Co.; 1807
	21		Brig HARRIET, Capt. John Babson; 1802-1805
	22		Ship HETTY, Jabez B. Fletcher, master; 1802-1804
	23		Schooner INDEPENDENCE, William Simpson, master, cargo mortgage of Thomas Lewis to Walter Hatch; 1805
	24		Schooner JOHN VINING, Thomas Addington, master, insurance policy claim, John Mussey; 1804
	25		Ship MARS, Joseph H. Ingraham, account with Warder & Sons; 1807
	26		Sloop NANCY, Martin Magher, master, deposition of Daniel Blaisdel; 1807
	27		Brigantine OCEAN, Thomas Roach, master, John Stanford’s deposition; 1803
	28		Schooner PHEBE; 1807
	29		Sloop PIANE, Thomas Myrick, master, Thomas Snow’s deposition; 1804
	30		Schooner POLLY, Francis Hart, master, Richard Haggerty’s deposition, Joseph Perry’s deposition; 1801
	31		Schooner RANGER; 1804
	32		Ship RESOLUTION; 1807
	33		Sloop RETRIEVE; 1805
	34		Schooner ROSE BUD; 1797
	35		Schooner RUBY, Andrew Howard, master, Nahum Warren’s deposition; 1807
	36		Schooner SALLY; undated
	37		Sloop SALLY, article of agreement – charter party, William Buckman, William Thomas, charter; 1801
	38		Schooner SARAH, William Williams, litigation of charter party; 1807 May 25
	39		Brig STEPHEN, Benjamin Gage; 1805
	40		Litigation Schooner SUSAN, Clement Jordon, master, Israel Woodbury; 1804
	41		Brigantine TRITON, Leonard S. Merrill, master, insurance policy & claim; undated
	42		Schooner VENUS; 1805-1808
	43		Brig WILLIAM; 1805

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