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Lot of 37 items. Four manuscript pages from the Log Book of the Brig Patsey B. Blounts. Kept by William E. Handy Mate. Folio sheets, disbound. Title page and three pages filled out by Handy, from July 28, 1833 to August 28, 1833, and Sept. 12-15. F. Scott, Master. She begins her journey from the Port of St. Catherines to New York. Most of the notes concern weather (of course) and repairs to the ship. For example, near the first of August they replaced a board in the hull and caulked it to stop a leak that had developed. ANS, Boston, April 29, 1867. To Captain Bassett from C. Lovell, Ship Broker, Head Commercial Wharf. Information about a few ships and where they are. "Plymouth Rock ...is reported at the Vineyards be in to night I think." In business cover. 4pp, 8 x 12 in. "Statement of Health Officer's Fees for the Month of April 1854." Listing of about 169 vessels and where they were from. Great ships' names: Star of the West shows up on p. 1, Star of the South on the next page. Then there is Plymouth Rock, Clifton, Executive, Harvest, Tornado, Hurricane, Harriet, Eleanor, Acadian, Helvetica, Silver Cloud, Northern Light, and so many more. They come from all over - Liverpool, Havanna, Rio Janerio, Mobile, New Orleans, Shanghai, S. Domingo,Trinidad, Honduras, San Francisco, Guyana, Malago, etc. Deposition of Ebenezer Brown, manuscript, 1770. Describing the encounter of the Schooner William & Mary (Jos. Harding, Master) when she came upon a wreck, a sloop bound for Newport, RI. She had on board three men and one boy, plus sugar, coffee, & cotton. The mast of the sloop was loose in the step, and they were unable control the vessel. So the schooner towed her to Boston and certainly laid claim to the vessel and her cargo. 2pp deposition of Richard Price, seaman on board the Schooner Polly. Describes a trunk being dropped off and left on the deck of the ship while she was being readied for sea. A bit later, about 20 passengers came on board, and the crew assumed the trunk belonged to one of them, but no one claimed it. "...about ye 15th of said November [1773] in ye night a Violent Storm Arising, such heavy seas were Shept that near all that was on ye deck was washed off or broken to pieces, among which, Sundry of ye s[ai]d chest were destroy'd; the whole or part of the content, (which ye deponent does not know) the next morning were seen by ye Deponent, to be floating in the water on ye leeward side of the VEssel: which goods, being Cloathing of Various sorts, were taken out of ye water, & dryed as fast as the weather permitted - & afterward carried Down into the Cabba[?]" Four reports from the Port of Philadelphia for items imported. The Ship Susquehanna entered the port on 25 March 1850. With a deposition that the boards were for personal use and not intended to be sold. Second is for the Brig Lene (?), 2 June 1862. Ship Saranak, 21 Jan. 1850, carrying linen of various kinds from Liverpool (likely Irish linen). Brig Matilda from St. Barts, 29 May 1863, carrying "a quantity of Pine apples." Plus report from Port of Baltimore for goods brought in on the Schooner Shamrock, 18 March 1826. Appears to be two containers of silk handkerchiefs. Accounts of sales of Cotton: 1836, 1850 (2), 1853 (2), 1854, 1857, 1866, 1870 (10), 1873 (4) and 1874 (2). Plus 3 account sheets for Capt. Bailey (and family) from stores in Monticello, Fla. Policy from the United Marine and Fire Insurance Company of Portland (ME?). For $10,000 cargo on the Bark Active, Salem to Malago. Receipts for transportation costs of cargo on Steamboat Charter Oak, Hartford, April 24, 1840; and Steamboat Oliver Ellsworth, Jan. 6, 1829. Condition: Most very good, at least readable.