Series I. Commercial approximately 1700-1981
Subseries A. Manuscripts 1798-1866
Bill of sale between John C. Whitridge of New Bedford, Mass., and William Hathaway, of New Bedford, for part of the profiteer Potomka [printed form filled in, 4 pages]. priTEC 0004 1854
Bill of sale between Lot Phinney of Osterville, Mass., and William Hathaway, for part of the ship Niger [printed form filled in, 4 pages]. priTEC 0005 1865
Bill of sale between Robert Farley of Boston, Mass., and William Hathaway, and Matthew Luce of New Bedford, for part of the ship Statira [printed form filled in, 4 pages]. priTEC 0006 1848
An outward entry of goods entitled to drawback, intended to be shipped ... by Henry Prince and Nathaniel Bowditch in the Ship Astrea [printed form filled in, 1 leaf]. priTEC 0007 1798
Whaling signals on board ship J. Perry [handwritten document with name of 4th Officer Gifford, 1 leaf]. priTEC 0008 after 1852
Letter from Frank Richardson, Cumberland Inlet, to his mother in Lawrence, Mass. [3 pages]. priTEC 0009 1866 October 10
Letter from Captain Richard Luce, Jr., New Bedford, Mass., to Dr. Leroy M. Yale, Holmes Hole, Mass. [1 page]. priTEC 0010 1847 November 20
Letter from Captain Richard Luce, Jr., on the Ship Margaret Scott, to Dr. Leroy M. Yale [2 pages]. priTEC 0011 1849 July 10
Letter from Captain Richard Luce, Jr., on the Ship Margaret Scott at sea, to Dr. Leroy M. Yale [1 page]. priTEC 0012 1849 August 17
Letter from Captain Richard Luce, Jr., on the Ship Margaret Scott, to Dr. Leroy M. Yale [2 pages]. priTEC 0013 1849
Letter from Captain Thomas Burdett, off Paita, to William Hathaway [3 pages]. priTEC 0014 1854 October 22
Letter from Captain Thomas Peakes, Ship Julian [?] at sea, to William Hathaway [3 pages]. priTEC 0015 1856 March 30
Letter from Royal Thurber to William Hathaway about recruiting ship crews [1 page]. priTEC 0016 1856 [July] 20
Letter from E. Wyszynski, Louisville, Kentucky, to William Hathaway about his son, Eustace Wyszynski [3 pages]. priTEC 0017 1864 April 4
Letter from Captain Jacob L. Cleveland to William Hathaway [3 pages]. priTEC 0018 1857 March 27
Letter from Captain Jacob L. Cleveland, on the Barque Luce, at Talcahuano, to William Hathaway [4 pages]. priTEC 0019 1860 February 13
Letter from S. P. Hinegar, Honolulu, Hawaii, to William Hathaway [2 pages]. priTEC 0020 1860 October 13
Letter from Captain Jacob L. Cleveland, Talcahuano, to William Hathaway [4 pages]. priTEC 0021 1861 March 18
Letter from William Standish Fuller to Mallichi Ellis [i.e. Malachi Ellis?], Mattapoisett, Rochester, Mass. [2 pages]. priTEC 0022 1834 August 19
Subseries B. Prints approximately 1700-1981
Young America. priTEC 0042 approximately 1901
Courier (built in 1822). priTEC 0046 approximately 1901
Sovereign of the Seas. priTEC 0048 approximately 1901
Pêche au cachalot sur les côtes du Méxique. priTEC 0051 approximately 1837-1866
Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 1. priTEC 0052 ©1872
Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 2. priTEC 0053 ©1872
Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 3. priTEC 0054 ©1872
Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 4. priTEC 0055 ©1872
Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 5. priTEC 0056 ©1872
South Sea Whale Fishery. A representation of the ships Amelia Wilson & Castor off the Isle of Bouro, with their boats & crew in the various process of fishing, showing the manner the spermacetti [sic] whales are caught, also the mode of cutting them into the ship, & boiling the oil upon deck. priTEC 0057 1825 January 1
South Sea Whale Fishery. A representation of boats attacking a sperm whale from descriptions given by experienced masters and officers in the South Sea Fishery. priTEC 0058 1834
Northern Whale Fishery. A representation of the ship Harmony of Hull, & other vessels with their boats & crews in the various process of attacking and killing the whale in Davis Straits and Greenland, with the mode of flinching & taking in the blubber. priTEC 0059 1829 March
A ship on the north-west coast cutting in her last right whale. priTEC 0060 after 1843
[Sailing vessel in Arctic ice.] priTEC 0061 approximately 1880-1890
Pêche de la Baleine. Whale-Fishery. priTEC 0064 approximately 1835
Pêche du Cachalot. Chachalot Fishery. priTEC 0065 approximately 1835
Right whaling in Behering Straits & Arctic Ocean with its varieties. priTEC 0066 ©1871
Sperm whaling with its varieties. priTEC 0067 ©1870
Subseries C. Publications 1788-1855
Series II. Naval 1703-1977
Subseries A. Manuscripts 1703-1811
Order of battle and sailing. priTEC 0068 1811 December 20
Order from Horatio Nelson to Sir William Hamilton [2 pages]. priTEC 0185 1800 February 28
Order from Horatio Nelson to Richard H. Moubray to take command of the Thunder [2 pages]. priTEC 0186 1804 July 16
Order from the Great Britain Privy Council to Wriothesley, Duke of Bedford, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the County of Middlesex, concerning deserting seamen [1 page]. priTEC 0187 1703 May 4
Order from the Great Britain Admiralty to Lord Shuldham [1 page]. priTEC 0188 1778 March 16
Subseries B. Prints 1776-1977
H. M. S. Carysfort, 26 guns. priTEC 0069 approximately 1838-1845
Breaking up of the Agamemnon. priTEC 0070 1870
A view of the grand fleet in the order of sailing under the command of Adm. Earl Howe, in 1790 is dedicated by permission to his most gracious majesty William the fourth. priTEC 0072 1834 June 1
This representation of His Majesty's Ship Majestic, 57 guns, John Hayes, Esq. Captain, meeting with two French frigates, - an American private ship of war, a Spanish Lima ship, - & a brig on the 3rd of Feby. 1814, in Latde. 37 N. and Longde. 20 W. - and capturing one of the frigates : is by gracious permission dedicated to his most excellent majesty William IVth, by his majesty's faithful subject and servant, John Haynes, Capt., R.N., C.B. priTEC 0073 approximately 1830-1837
The memorable engagement of Captn. Pearson of the Serapis, with Paul Jones of the Bon Homme Richard & his squadron, Sep. 23, 1779. priTEC 0074 1780 December 12 ; 1781
To the memory of the brave Capt. John Harvey... of His Majesty's Ship the Brunswick this print representing the Brunswick after breaking the enemy's line ... on the first of June 1794 grappled to, and engaging Le Vengeur with her starboard guns, and totally dismasting L' Achille in an attempt to board on the larboard quarter is respectfully inscribed by Nicholas Pocock. priTEC 0075 1796 February 16
Spoils of war : portraits of the French and Spanish ships taken by Lord Anson, Captain Buckle and Sir E Hawk in the year 1747. priTEC 0076 1748-1751 ([reproduction] ©1977
Battle of the Nile, the attack at sunset. priTEC 0077 1799 February
Battle of the Nile, at 10 o'clock at night. priTEC 0078 1799 February
Battle of the Nile, near midnight. priTEC 0079 1799 February
Battle of the Nile, on the ensuing morning. priTEC 0080 1799 February
Six engraved outlines of ships of war, from a first-rate to a cutter. priTEC 0081 1815
[A series of four views, to illustrate the naval action fought on the first day of June, 1813, between the English frigate Shannon, and the American frigate Chesapeake.] priTEC 0082 1830
[Liber nauticus and instructor in the art of marine drawing.] priTEC 0164 1805
By the president of the United States of America. Suffer the brig Peggy of Newport ... priTEC 0165 1797 ; 1800
John Adams, president of the United States of America, to all who shall see these presents, greeting: know ye ... priTEC 0166 1800
John Adams, president of the United States of America, to all who shall see these presents, greeting: ... priTEC 0167 1798
By the president of the United States of America. Suffer the ... priTEC 0168 approximately 1801-1809
Thomas Jefferson, president des Etats Unis d'Amerique. A tous ceux qui les presentes, verront: ... priTEC 0169 1802
By the president of the United States of America. Suffer the ship Maria of New York, James Davis ... priTEC 0170 1809
James Madison, president of the United States of America, to all who shall see these presents, greeting: ... priTEC 0171 1813
James Madison, president of the United States of America, to all who shall see these presents, greeting: ... priTEC 0172 approximately 1809-1817
To captain ___ commander of the private armed ___ called the ... priTEC 0173 1812
By the president of the United States of America. suffer the brig Juno of Providence ... priTEC 0174 1817
By the president of the United States of America. suffer the brig Wm. Thacher ... priTEC 0175 1819
By the president of the United States of America. suffer the brig Cadet, Albert A Farnham ... priTEC 0176 1826
Andrew Jackson, president des Etats Unis d'Amerique. A tous ceux qui les presentes, verront: ... priTEC 0177 1834
By the president of the United States of America. suffer the ship Mary of New Bedford ... priTEC 0178 1839
Martin Van Buren, president des Etats Unis d'Amerique. A tous ceux qui les presentes, verront: ... priTEC 0179 1839
By the president of the United States of America. suffer the ship Franklin of New Bedford ... priTEC 0180 1841
By the president of the United States of America. suffer the ship Montpelier, Ellery T. Taber ... priTEC 0181 1844
James Buchanan, president des Etats Unis d'Amerique. A tous ceux qui les presentes, verront: ... priTEC 0182 1859
Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America. priTEC 0183 1864
In Congress, Wednesday, April 3, 1776. Instructions to the commanders of private ships or vessels of war ... [broadside] priTEC 0189 1776 April 3
United States. Continental Congress. Commission to Joseph Hurd, commander of a sloop, to outfit his sloop in a "warlike Manner," signed by John Jay [printed form filled in, 1 leaf]. priTEC 0190 1779 September 1
Series III. Recreational 1851-1990
Subseries A. Paintings 1866-1866
Subseries B. Photographs 1890-approximately 1965
Resolute. priTEC 0085 approximately 1920
Start E.Y.C. race, June 27 '08. priTEC 0092 1908
"Enterprise" takes four straight. priTEC 0098 1930 September
Rainbow wins Astor Cup. priTEC 0100 1934 August 16
England's America Cup challenger is out-sailed in trials. priTEC 0101 1934 July 11
Rainbow leads Weetamoe in America's Cup defense trials. priTEC 0102 1934 August 22
Vim wins 54-mile race at Cowes Regatta. priTEC 0103 1939 August 7
The Yankee in all its grandeur. priTEC 0105 1930 July 28
Carina. priTEC 0109 approximately 1930
Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part 1, First Class Sloops [Plates 1-10]. priTEC 0155 1890
Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part 3, Plates 71-80 -- Thirty-Footers. priTEC 0156 ©1891
Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part 4, Plates 81-90 -- Thirty-Footers. priTEC 0157 ©1891
Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Forty-six-Foot Racing Yachts [Part 5, plates 41-50] priTEC 0158 ©1891
Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part 6, Plates 11-19 -- Schooners. priTEC 0159 ©1892
Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part 7, Plates 27-40 -- Sixty-Footers. priTEC 0160 ©1892
Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part 9, Plates 61-70 -- Forty-Footers. priTEC 0161 ©1892
Representative American yachts, a collection of one hundred and ten views : Part 10, Plates, 92-100, Twenty-one-Footers. priTEC 0162 1892
Subseries C. Prints 1862-1990
The ocean yacht-race between the Dauntless and the Cambria : the start. priTEC 0120 1870 July 16
Annual schooner race of the Royal Thames Yacht Club : the yachts at the Mouse light ship. priTEC 0121 1862 July 5
To Count Edmund Batthyany, Rear Commodore of the Royal Albert Yacht Club, this print of his schooner yacht "Flying Cloud," in the walk over for the second class prize, value £50, in the schooner and yawl match of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, June 8th 1870, is dedicated by his obed't servant, Josiah Taylor. priTEC 0140 1871 May 31
Schooner yacht "Henrietta," 205 tons, New-York Yacht Club. priTEC 0141 1867 January 25
A winning yacht. priTEC 0144 ©1885
The America and the defenders of the America's Cup, 1851-1930 after original drawings in pencil by Robert F. Paterson. priTEC 0163 ©1935
Subseries D. Publications 1851-1970
The Columbia record of international yacht races for the America's Cup. : A history of the New York Yacht Club, Royal Ulster Yacht Club and the races for the America's Cup. priTEC 0090 ©1899
Sailing : the beauty of sail. priTEC 0125 1970 August
The Illustrated London News. priTEC 0126 1851 August 9
The Illustrated London News. priTEC 0127 1851 August 23
The Illustrated London News. priTEC 0128 1851 August 30