The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware  19735

302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

 

 

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:         Brown, John, ship captain                  

Title:               Account book

Dates:             1772-1775

Call No.:         Doc. 799

Acc. No.:        80x230

Quantity:        1 volume

Location:        31 F 3

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

John Brown was a captain on the schooner, Hamden.  Nothing indicates where he lived.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

Contains accounts for supplies purchased for the ship Hamden from 1772 to 1775, including hammers, deck nails, buckets, twine, yarn, brooms, and rum.  There is also a list of names and amounts paid to the individuals.

           

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply.

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply.

           

 

PROVENANCE

           

Purchased from Edward J. Craig.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:

            Hamden (Schooner)

            Alcoholic beverages.

            Hardware.

            Ship's papers.

            Ships - Equipment and supplies.

            Accounts current.

            Account books.

           

 

 

 

Name Index to Doc. 799 (acc. 80x230):

 

Ayrault, Step.     8

 

Bourse, Saml.     8

Bowers, Quam[?]   5

 

Card, Richard     8

Crasson, Saml.   8

Crasson, Wm.      8

Crosby   14

Doubleday, Benjn.     8

 

Genado[?]  5

Gyles, Wm.       8

Hayward, Saml.      8

Honeyman, James     8

Horsefield, Israel    8

Hudson, Tho.      8

 

Jones, Thomas   2

King, Benjamin       8

 

Lee & Easton       8

Lyon, Wm.      8

 

Morey, Robt.     8

 

Negroes   7, 12, 14

 

Palmer, Tho.      8

Pitman, Samuel      9

 

Rider, Wm.         8

 

Sanford   13

 

Taylor, James     8

Taylor, Tho. T.      8

 

Viol, Wm. (a carpenter)   14

 

Walker, Wm.     8

Weber   15

Whitson, James  inside front cover

Wickham   12