Joseph King Papers

Overview of the Collection
	Repository:	G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport
	Creator:	King, Joseph, ship captain
	Title:	Joseph King Papers
	Dates:	1782-1806
	Extent:	354 pieces
	Abstract:	This is a collection of correspondence, bills of lading, accounts, receipts, etc. relating to a trading voyage by the sloop POLLY between New York, Copenhagen, St. Petersburg, and Charleston, S.C., and two voyages (1803-1806) of the ship SILENUS, with accounts, manifests, crews’ wages, and bills from Antwerp, Amsterdam, the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, and New York.
	Identification:	Coll. 64

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Biography of Joseph King

Joseph King was a seaman, supercargo, and shipmaster of New York, N.Y.

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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.

Corporate Bodies (Including Vessels):

Catherine (Ship : 1786-1788)
Hero (Ship : 1782-1799)
Hesperus (Ship)
Polly (Sloop : 1793-1800)
Silenus (Ship)
Venus (Ship : 1782-1799)

Places:

New York (N.Y.)–Commerce–Africa
New York (N.Y.)–Commerce–Russia–Saint Petersburg
Africa–Commerce–New York (State)–New York
Charleston (S.C.)–Commerce–New York (State)–New York
Europe–Commerce–New York (State)–New York
New York (N.Y.)–Commerce–Europe
New York (N.Y.)–Commerce–South Carolina–Charleston
Saint Petersburg (Russia)–Commerce–New York (State)–New York

Subjects:

Coffee industry
International trade
Linen industry
Lumber trade
Merchant mariners–Salaries
Pepper (Spice) industry
Rum industry
Shipping–New York (State)–New York
Sugar trade
Transatlantic voyages
Whale oil
Whalebone

Document Types:

Accounts
Bills of lading
Logbooks
Manifests
Receipts
Ship’s papers

Occupations:

Merchant mariners–New York (State)–New York
Shipmasters–New York (State)–New York
Supercargos–New York (State)–New York

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Coll. 64, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.

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Index to Personal, Corporate and Vessel 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 Thomas Franklin in Box 1, Folder 1 of the collection.
	Franklin, Thomas	1/1
	Gardiner, Stephen	1/1
	George Smith & Co.	1/1
	POLLY (Sloop)	1/1
	Ralph & Todhunter	1/1
	Ryber & CO.	1/1
	Sansom, Philip	1/1
	Thurston & King	1/1
	Thurston, William R.	1/1

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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

Papers; 1782-1806. Volumes; 1782-1799.

Box	Folder
1	1	Bills of lading, receipts, letters, accounts, etc relating to Sloop POLLY and Joseph King; New York. Images
	2	Bills, accounts, letters, invoice, cargo records relating to Sloop POLLY and Joseph King; Charleston and New York. Images
	3	Sloop POLLY papers. Images
	4	Ship SILENUS papers; Antwerp, New York and Cape Town. Images
	5	Ship SILENUS papers; Antwerp and Amsterdam.. Images
	6	Ship SILENUS papers; Amsterdam. Images
	7	Ship SILENUS papers; New York. Images
	8	Ship SILENUS papers; Cape of Good Hope. Images
	9	Ship SILENUS papers; New York. Images
	10	Ship SILENUS papers; Amsterdam. Images
	11	Ship SILENUS papers, Amsterdam. Images
	12	Ship SILENUS papers; Amsterdam. Images
	13	Ship SILENUS papers; Amsterdam. Images
	14	Ship SILENUS papers; Cape of Good Hope. Images
	15	Ship SILENUS papers; Cape of Good Hope. Images
	16	Ship SILENUS papers; Cape of Good Hope. Images
	17	Ship SILENUS papers; New York (and aboard ship). Images
	18	Ship SILENUS papers; Amsterdam. Images
	19	Ship SILENUS papers. Images
	20	Unidentified material. Images
Volume
	1	Ship HESPERUS log; 1782 – 1783. Images
	2	Ship CATHERINE log; 1782 – 1783. Images
	3	Ship HERO, Ship VENUS, and Sloop POLLY logs.; 1795-1799. Images