Biography of Clarence H. Rayner
Clarence H. Rayer lived in Stony Brook, N. Y., and during the period covered by these papers, he commanded several coasting schooners. He was master of the schooner E. H. BRAZAS, which was lost in a storm off the New Jersey coast on October 31, 1877. In 1978 he commanded the Schooner QUICKSTEP, carrying coal from New York to Middletown, CT. Between 1894 and 1903 he purchased controlling interest in three schooners; the BENJAMIN ENGLISH (4/16), the B.H. WARFORD (31/32), and the LILLIE O. WELLS (16/16). The WELLS was lost during a storm on Long Island Sound a few months later. Rayner later commanded the coal schooner HAMLET in 1913-1914
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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.
Corporate Bodies (Including Vessels):
E.H. Brazos (Schooner)
Quickstep (Schooner)
Subjects:
Freight and freightage
Shipping–New York (State)–Stony Brook
Ships–Cargo
Shipwrecks–New Jersey
Towing
Document Types:
Bills of lading
Bills of sale
Occupations:
Shipmasters–New York (State)–Stony Brook
Shipowners–New York (State)–Stony Brook
Administrative Information
Coll. 202, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
| Shipping papers and account book; 1877-1914 | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Schooner E. H. BRAZOS; description of shipwreck; 1877 Oct 31 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Schooner QUICKSTEP; bills, etc.; 1878 Apr-May | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Bill of Sale, BENJAMIN ENGLISH, B. H. WARFORD, LILLIE O. WELLS; 1894-1903 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Schooner HAMLET; Bill of Lading for coal cargo; 1913-1914 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Volume 1, Schooner QUICKSTEP; freight accounts and port charges; 1878 | ||||||||||||