Biography of the Latham Family
The Latham family consisted of Captain Lorenzo (Jack) Latham; his wife Mary Ann Squire; and his children, Cora, Roy and Caro who lived in Phoenixville, Connecticut; as well as Captain Latham’s brothers, parents and descendants. Lorenzo Latham commanded several vessels including the POINSETT (Brig), COMET (Steamship), FRANK PALMER (Schooner) and the ALBERT SHULTZ (Barkentine). Captain Latham spent the final years of his life as a gatekeeper at Sailors’ Snug Harbor in New York.
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.
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:
Latham, Lorenzo L.B. (d. 1902)
Latham, Mary Ann Squire (d. 1885)
Corporate Entities (Including Vessels):
Albert Shultz (Barkentine : 1875)
Comet (Steamship)
Frank Palmer (Schooner)
Poinsett (Brig)
Sailors’ Snug Harbor
Places:
Phoenixville (Conn.)
Subjects:
Shipmasters–Connecticut
Shipmasters spouses–Connecticut
Shipwrecks
Document Types:
Correspondence
Ships’ papers
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Administrative Information
Coll. 281, 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.
| Correspondence, Captain Latham to Mary Ann Squire; 1861-1882 | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Correspondence; 1861-1864 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Correspondence; 1865-1868 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Correspondence; 1869 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Correspondence; 1870-1891 | ||||||||||||
| Latham family correspondence; 1864-1956 | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Latham family correspondence; 1864-1889 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Latham family correspondence; 1890-1898 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Latham family correspondence; 1900-1909 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Latham family correspondence; 1910-1917 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Latham family correspondence; 1956 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Latham family correspondence; undated | ||||||||||||
| Ship’s papers, Albert Shultz (Bark); 1875-1880 | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Ship papers; 1875-1878 | |||||||||||
| 12 | Ship papers; 1879-1880 | ||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous papers; 1860-1910 | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Printed documents; 1860-1910 | |||||||||||
| 14 | Business, visiting and death announcement cards; ca. 1890 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Photographs (copies); undated | ||||||||||||
| Volumes; 1865-1902 | |||||||||||||
| Volume | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Account book; Lorenzo L.B. Latham 1865-1869 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Account book; Lorenzo L. B. Latham, includes expenses for Cora (Schooner); 1873 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Account book; Lorenzo L.B. Latham, includes expenses for Albert Shultz (Barkentine); 1873-1878 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Balance sheets; Lorenzo L.B.Latham, Albert Shultz (Barkentine) (Also includes expenses of Caro P. Latham, 1899); 1875-1878, 1899 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Account book; Lorenzo L.B. Latham; 1880-1881 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Account book; Lorenzo L.B. Latham, includes expenses for Chattanooga (Bark); 1881-1885 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Accounts, addresses, and memos; Lorenzo L.B. Latham; 1868-1879 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Household accounts; Lorenzo L.B. Latham; 1868-1879 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Diary; A.B. Clark; 1889 | ||||||||||||