Biography of Enoch Wood
Enoch Wood was a Massachusetts ship master. Apparently living in Boxford, Mass., he sailed aboard and commanded vessels engaged in the coastal and transatlantic trades between 1824 and 1845. Vessels included the ships Mogul, built in 1823 in Medford, Mass by Thatcher Magoun; the Chatham, built in 1834 in Medford by S. Lapham; the Norman, built in 1836 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; the Chariot, George Cabot, and Alabama; as well as the Brig Kremlin, built in 1824 in Dover, Mass. Like other ship masters of his time Enoch Wood as often part owner of the vessels he commanded. He is listed as port owner of both the Norman and the Alabama.
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.
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
Corporate Entities:
Alabama (Ship)
Chariot (Ship)
Chatham (Ship)
George Cabot (Ship)
Kremlin (Ship)
Mogul (Ship)
Norman (Ship)
Subjects:
Shipmasters–New Hampshire
Ships–Cargo
Document Types:
Logbooks
Administrative Information
Coll. 264, 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.
| Logbooks, 1824-1844. | |||||||||||||
| Volume | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Logbook, Mogul (Ship) 1824-1825 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Logbook, Kremlin (Brig) 1826-1828 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Logbook, Chariot (Ship) 1830-1831 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Logbook, George Cabot (Ship) 1832 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Logbook, inc. letter copies, Chatham (Ship) 1834-1835 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Logbook, Alabama (Ship) 1842-1844 | ||||||||||||
| Account books, 1826-1845. | |||||||||||||
| Volume | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Account book, with logbook, Chatham (Ship) 1826-1833, 1834 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Account book, Norman (Ship) and Alabama (Ship) 1830-1845 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Account book, with letter copies, George Cabot (Ship), Chatham (Ship), and Norman (Ship) 1832-1840 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Account book, Alabama (Ship) 1842-1845 | ||||||||||||