Biography of Jacob Little
Jacob Little, of Newbury, Massachusetts, was a merchant and shipowner-agent engaged in British and European trade during the Jeffersonian embargo period.
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.
Corporate Bodies (Including Vessels):
Alfred (Ship)
Alligator (Ship : 1802)
Arrow (Ship : 1806)
Olive Branch (Ship : 1803)
Romulus (Ship)
Places:
Europe–Commerce–Massachusetts–Newbury
Newbury (Mass.)–Commerce–Europe
Subjects:
Embargo, 1807-1809 International trade
Shipping–Massachusetts–Newbury
Document Types:
Accounts–Massachusetts–Newbury
Business records–Massachusetts–Newbury
Insurance policies–Massachusetts–Newbury
Receipts–Massachusetts–Newbury
Occupations:
Merchants–Massachusetts–Newbury
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Administrative Information
Coll. 137, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
Indexes
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
| Papers; 1787-1816 | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Business accounts, notes, receipts, insurance on Schooner SALLY, etc.; 1787-1799; 17 pieces | |||||||||||
| 2 | Business and domestic accounts, notes, receipts, shipping accounts, etc.; 1800; 7 pieces | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Business accounts and letters, insurance, etc. relating to Ship ALLIGATOR, Moses Goodrich, master, and to Schooner JANE; 1801; 7 pieces | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Invoices, bills, customs certificate, all relative to Brig EDWIN, also minutes of school district meeting; 1802; 7 pieces | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Accounts and invoices relative to: Brig EDWIN, Ship ELIZA, Schooner CAROLINE, Brig OLIVE BRANCH and her owner, Jacob Little; 1803; 3 pieces | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Disbursements, accounts, letters, bills, etc., relating to primarily to Ship OLIVE BRANCH and her owner, Jacob Little; 1804; 18 pieces | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Accounts, notes, receipts, relative to Brig ELIZABETH COATS, Ship ROMULUS (insurance policy), Ship ALFRED, and Brig ESSEX (insurance policy); 1805; 26 pieces | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Bills, notes, receipts, etc. regarding the building the Ship ARROW, accounts, shipping documents, letters, etc. relative to Ship ROMULUS and her master, Caleb Lufkin; 1806; 35 pieces | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Accounts, disbursements, letters and orders, etc., relative to Ship ROMULUS, Ship ALFRED (insurance policy), Brig RELIEF (insurance policy), and Ship EDWARD (insurance policy); 1807; 13 pieces | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Bills, accounts, and notes relative to Ship ALFRED; 1808; 6 pieces | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Disbursements, accounts, and notes, letters, etc. relative to Ship ROMULUS and to Brig RELIEF; 1809; 12 pieces | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Bank notes, letters, accounts, relative to Ship ROMULUS, also an underwritten account listing the names of numerous vessels; 1810; 16 pieces | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Disbursements, letters, accounts, protest, surveys, etc. primarily relating to Ship ALFRED and Schooner POLLY; 1811 16 pieces | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Letter of instruction to new master of Ship ALFRED, disbursements, accounts, letters, and other information relating to Ship EDWARD, also a poem entitled “Fly Traitors”; 1812; 6 pieces | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Letters regarding protest and sale of the Ship ROMULUS; 1813-1816; 2 pieces | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Miscellaneous bills, notes, accounts, etc., unidentified;14 pieces undated; | ||||||||||||