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BENJAMIN CROWNINSHIELD (1758-1836)<br />
FAMILY PAPERS, 1727-1934, undated<br />
MH 16 Processed by: Robert P. Spindler<br />
December 1987<br />
Halley Grogan<br />
December 2012<br />
Volume:<br />
11 boxes, 1 oversize folder<br />
8.0 linear feet<br />
Provenance:<br />
Conservation:<br />
Copyright:<br />
Processing:<br />
The Prudent (Ship) ledger and day book were the gift of William C. Endicott in<br />
November 1918. The Custom House certificates were acquired from E. B.<br />
Rushford in 1963. Additional Crowninshield family papers, along with the related<br />
family papers, were donated by Dr. Reinier Beeuwkes on September 20, 2011<br />
(acc. 2011.041) and October 20, 2011 (acc. 2011.052). Business papers of<br />
Benjamin Crowninshield and Hannah Crowninshield were removed from MSS<br />
0.37 and incorporated into this collection. Estate papers and correspondence from<br />
Hannah Crowninshield were removed from MSS 4 and incorporated into this<br />
collection. A logbook for USS St. Mary’s was removed from this collection and<br />
has been added to the logbook collection.<br />
The material was placed in acid-free folders.<br />
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be submitted<br />
in writing to the Manuscript Librarian in the Phillips Library at the <strong>Peabody</strong> <strong>Essex</strong><br />
<strong>Museum</strong>.<br />
Processing of this collection was funded by a grant from the NHPRC (National<br />
Historical Publications and Records Commission).<br />
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH<br />
Benjamin Crowninshield (1758-1836) was born in Salem, Massachusetts, on February 15,<br />
1758 to Jacob Crowninshield (1732-1774) and Hannah Carlton Crowninshield (1734-1824). Known<br />
as “Sailor Ben,” he served as midshipman on a British man-of-war at the outbreak of the<br />
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Revolutionary War. With the captain’s permission he left the ship and joined the American militia,<br />
only to be wounded at Bunker Hill. He then began a successful career as a ship master and merchant,<br />
commanding a number of Crowninshield family vessels including the ships America, Belisarius, and<br />
Prudent. In 1817, his cousin George Crowninshield asked him to command the yacht Cleopatra’s<br />
Barge on a pleasure voyage to Europe. He then served as Collector of Customs for the<br />
Marblehead/Lynn, Massachusetts district from 1821-1830. Crowninshield was a member of the<br />
<strong>Essex</strong> Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in Salem, joined the Salem Marine Society in 1794, and<br />
became a member of the East India Marine Society in 1799. He married Mary Lambert (1760-1851)<br />
on November 9, 1780 and they had five children: Benjamin (1782-1864); Maria (1789-1870);<br />
Hannah (1789-1834); Elizabeth (1794-1870); and Jacob (1799-1849). Benjamin Crowninshield died<br />
in 1836.<br />
Benjamin Crowninshield (1782-1864) was born in 1782 to Benjamin Crowninshield (1758-<br />
1836) and Mary Lambert Crowninshield (1760-1851). He attended school in Cambridge,<br />
Massachusetts, and later transferred to the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Known as<br />
“Philosopher Ben,” he accompanied his father on the voyage of Cleopatra’s Barge and kept a<br />
detailed journal of the trip. From 1816-1822, with the exception of his voyage in 1817, he<br />
represented his brother-in-law John Crowninshield’s interests in New Orleans. He died unmarried in<br />
1864.<br />
Hannah Crowninshield Armstrong (1789-1834) was born on June 28, 1789 to Benjamin<br />
Crowninshield (1758-1836) and Mary Lambert Crowninshield (1760-1851). She was a talented<br />
portrait painter and artist. On March 29, 1819, she married James Armstrong (1794-1868) in the<br />
Crowninshield house in Salem, Massachusetts where the Reverend William Bentley resided. She<br />
died on May 4, 1834 at age 45. Armstrong later married Elizabeth Crowninshield (1794-1870) in<br />
1836.<br />
Jacob Crowninshield (1799-1849) was born on March 10, 1799 to Benjamin Crowninshield<br />
(1758-1836) and Mary Lambert Crowninshield (1760-1851). Jacob joined the United States Navy at<br />
age fourteen, moving up the ranks from midshipman to lieutenant to Inspector of Provisions in 1843.<br />
The highest rank he achieved was that of captain. On June 9, 1825, he married Harriet Wallach<br />
(1802-1885) and they had six children: Mary R. (1831-1916); William Wallach (1833-1874);<br />
Benjamin Carlton (1835-1875); Harriet Wallach (b. 1840); Daisey B. (b. 1842); and Jacob (b. 1843).<br />
In 1848 Jacob was ordered to command the USS St. Mary’s of the Pacific Squadron. He was<br />
detached from that command in 1849 and died at sea on July 9, 1849, while returning from duty<br />
aboard the Pacific Mail Steamer Oregon.<br />
Mary R. Crowninshield (1831-1916) was born in Danvers, Massachusetts on April 8, 1831<br />
to Jacob Crowninshield (1799-1849) and Harriet Wallach Crowninshield (1802-1885). She grew up<br />
surrounded by relatives and friends who were a part of the United States Navy, Army, and<br />
government. She herself volunteered with the United States Sanitary Commission, a precursor of the<br />
Red Cross, during the Civil War. She lived in the Crowninshield home in Boston, at the corner of<br />
Chestnut and Mount Vernon Streets, only a block away from the Navy Yard. In her later years she<br />
traveled to different countries with her various relatives. She died on June 4, 1916 in Cienfuegos,<br />
Cuba, at the house of her nephew, Richard Milne Bartleman, Jr., United States Consul.<br />
William Wallach Crowninshield (1833-1874) was born on April 4, 1833. He joined the<br />
United States Navy at age eighteen and rose to the rank of Acting Volunteer Lieutenant. During the<br />
Civil War he was in Confederate custody. By 1865, he was Acting Master in the United States Navy<br />
and one of several individuals who positively identified the body of John Wilkes Booth on board the<br />
USS Montauk. In 1866 he was court-martialed on charges of drunkenness while on duty. He was<br />
later stationed in Yokohama from 1869 to 1870. He died on January 3, 1874. Benjamin Carlton<br />
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Crowninshield (1835-1875) was born on April 2, 1835. He was a merchant and served as First<br />
Officer aboard the ship Horatio. He died on December 24, 1875.<br />
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE<br />
The Benjamin Crowninshield Family Papers include the shipping, business, and personal<br />
papers of Benjamin Crowninshield, his son Benjamin, Jr., and a series of other descendants of Jacob<br />
and Hannah Crowninshield. The bulk of the collection is made up of the writings of Benjamin<br />
Crowninshield, Jr, along with material related to the naval careers of Jacob Crowninshield (1799-<br />
1849) and his son, William Wallach Crowninshield (1823-1874). Finally, there is a significant<br />
amount of correspondence to and from Mary R. Crowninshield (1833-1916) along with papers of<br />
related families and friends. This collection has been arranged into six series.<br />
Series I. Benjamin Crowninshield (1758-1836) Papers include ships papers, Custom<br />
House papers, accounts and receipts, estate papers, correspondence, and personal papers. This series<br />
is arranged into three subseries. Subseries A. Ships Papers include a ledger, day book, and detailed<br />
invoice for a shipment of jewelry on the ship Prudent. The ledger includes disbursements and<br />
charges relating to the detention of Prudent at Algeciras in 1800-1801, along with accounts for the<br />
ship America at Reunion. The day book holds various personal accounts, including material on rental<br />
properties, and shipping accounts for the ships Prudent and America. Additional papers are included<br />
for the ships Alexander and Belisarius, the sloop Commerce, the brig Eunice, and the schooner<br />
Peggy. Subseries B. Business Records include Custom House papers documenting Benjamin’s<br />
work as collector for the Marblehead/Lynn district, along with folders for accounts and receipts and<br />
legal documents. Subseries C. Personal Papers include correspondence, the majority of which is<br />
made up of letters from William McLeod, a merchant agent that worked for Benjamin. There are<br />
also estate papers comprised of correspondence between executors John Crowninshield and<br />
Benjamin Merrill, along with notes, memos, and certificates from the Salem Marine Society, <strong>Essex</strong><br />
Lodge, and the Bunker Hill Monument Association.<br />
Series II. Benjamin Crowninshield (1782-1864) Papers include correspondence, notes,<br />
and writings from 1785 to 1871.This series is arranged into two subseries. Subseries A. Personal<br />
Papers include correspondence, accounts and receipts, newspaper clippings, three commission<br />
merchant cards, notes, and a portrait, presumably of Benjamin Crowninshield himself. Of particular<br />
note in the correspondence is a draft letter by Benjamin dated 1804, describing a conversation with<br />
Thomas Jefferson and a letter from Thomas Paine concerning Benjamin’s subscription to “The<br />
Prospect” and current political affairs. Letters after 1810 are largely associated with efforts to obtain<br />
a military pension on behalf of his mother. Subseries B. Writings include journals, essays, reviews<br />
and collection writings. The New Orleans journals contain poetry and personal observation of the<br />
business climate and social character of that city. The journals written on board Cleopatra’s Barge<br />
describe the progress of the voyage and the cultures of various European localities. Although some<br />
sections of the journal are not bound in chronological order, this material represents the most<br />
complete first-hand account of the voyage available. Volume 1 of the Cleopatra’s Barge journal has<br />
been temporarily removed from the collection and is on exhibition in the Cleopatra’s Barge exhibit<br />
in the Putnam Gallery in the <strong>Peabody</strong> <strong>Essex</strong> <strong>Museum</strong>. The essays and reviews are on topics of<br />
science, history, philosophy, and a number of pages of notes and portions of other essays. Collected<br />
writings are published materials most likely used as sources for Benjamin’s own writings.<br />
Series III. Jacob Crowninshield (1732-1774) Papers include the personal and business<br />
papers of Jacob Crowninshield and his wife Hannah Carlton Crowninshield. This series is arranged<br />
into two subseries. Subseries A. Personal Papers include papers for the sloop Resolution, personal<br />
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accounts, estate papers, and a certificate from the Salem Marine Society. Subseries B. Hannah<br />
Carlton Crowninshield (1734-1824) Papers include accounts, receipts, correspondence, Merchant<br />
Bank notes, legal papers and indentures. There is also an inventory of the estate of Samuel Carlton,<br />
Hannah’s father, and genealogical notes on the Carlton Family.<br />
Series IV. Jacob Crowninshield (1799-1849) Papers include the personal and business<br />
papers of Jacob Crowninshield and his wife Harriet Wallach Crowninshield. This series is arranged<br />
into two subseries. Subseries A. Personal Papers include his seaman’s papers, a letter book from<br />
Jacob’s time on various ships in the United States Navy, personal accounts and receipts, and a<br />
biography of his military service. Subseries B. Harriet Wallach Crowninshield (1802-1885)<br />
Papers includes correspondence concerning the settlement of her late husband Jacob’s affairs and<br />
efforts to procure a military pension for her.<br />
Series V. Mary R. Crowninshield (1831-1916) Papers includes correspondence and<br />
artwork created by Mary. This series is arranged into two subseries. Subseries A. Correspondence<br />
and Personal Papers include correspondence, papers related to her role as executrix of her uncle<br />
Benjamin Crowninshield Jr.’s estate, and her obituary published in the Buenos Aires Herald.<br />
Correspondence is arranged chronologically and includes letters from her sister Harriet W. “Daffy”<br />
Bartleman, her uncle James Armstrong, her nephew Richard M. Bartleman Jr., and her brother<br />
William W. Crowninshield. William’s correspondence concerns efforts to gain his release from<br />
Confederate custody in 1863 and from his time while stationed at Yokohama in 1869 to 1870.<br />
Richard M. Bartleman Jr.’s correspondence concerns his travels in South America, Spain,<br />
Switzerland, and Cuba and his work as United States Consul in Buenos Aires, Antigua, Malaga,<br />
Geneva, Valencia, Cadiz, Seville, Madrid, and Cienfuegos. Subseries B. Art Work includes<br />
autograph albums, a poetry copy book, and a drawing book from Mary’s childhood and teen years.<br />
Series VI. Crowninshield Family Papers include papers from various Crowninshield<br />
family members. This series has been arranged into five subseries. Subseries A. Hannah<br />
Crowninshield Armstrong (1789-1834) Papers include correspondence, receipts, and art work<br />
created by Hannah during her early adult life. Subseries B. Elizabeth Crowninshield Armstrong<br />
(1794-1870) Papers include correspondence, a drawing book, and a scrapbook of poems created by<br />
Elizabeth during her early adult life. Two of the items are inscribed with her alias, Ophelia<br />
Valenborg. Subseries C. William Wallach Crowninshield (1833-1874) Papers include ships<br />
papers, orders, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and a scrapbook of art work. Ships papers<br />
include the ships Bell of the West, USS Marblehead, USS Mayflower and USS Montauk. Official<br />
orders are from William’s time with the United States Navy. The newspaper clippings relate to the<br />
ironclads Monitor and Merrimac and their confrontation at Fort Monroe, Newport News, Virginia in<br />
1862, and the collision of corvette Oneida and steamer Bombay near Yokohama in 1870. Subseries<br />
D. Benjamin Carlton Crowninshield (1835-1875) Papers include ships’ papers for the bark<br />
Lyeemoon, the ship Horatio, and the brig Spec. Subseries F. Crowninshield Family Papers include<br />
various items from the Crowninshield family. When known, the items are arranged chronologically<br />
by creator. There is a discharge certificate for Jacob Crowninshield (b. 1843) from his service with<br />
the 5 th Massachusetts Regiment during the Civil War, correspondence and photographs of Edith<br />
Crane owned by Richard M. Bartleman, Jr., and correspondence from Harriet W. Barlteman. There<br />
is also a family narrative written by an unknown author. Unidentified items include diaries, lesson<br />
notebooks, prints, drawings, poetry, scrapbooks, and printed articles, newspapers, and pamphlets<br />
collected over the years. This material is arranged chronologically by subject.<br />
Series VII. Related Family Papers includes papers of friends and families related to the<br />
Crowninshields. This series is arranged into three subseries. Subseries A. Elizabeth Hodges Clark<br />
(1855-1932) Papers include correspondence to Elizabeth Hodges Clark, a cousin of Mary R.<br />
Crowninshield’s. The majority of the correspondence is from Mary and Harriet W. Bartleman. There<br />
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is also correspondence from Lawrence W. Jenkins of the <strong>Peabody</strong> <strong>Museum</strong> and George Francis Dow<br />
of the <strong>Essex</strong> Institute that references possible donations from Miss Clark. Subseries B. Reverend<br />
William Bentley Papers include published sermons, sermon notes and two letters written by<br />
Reverend Bentley, one to James Madison in 1810 and the other to John Quincy Adams in 1817.<br />
Reverend Bentley was a close family friend to the Crowninshields. Subseries C. Wallach Family<br />
Papers includes the papers of Moses Wallach and Charles S. Wallach, relatives of Harriet Wallach<br />
Crowninshield. Letters from 1857 and 1859 are inquiries of the death of Joseph Abraham Wallach in<br />
Dutch Guiana (now known as the Republic of Surinam) in South America and the current state of his<br />
property.<br />
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RELATED COLLECTIONS<br />
Bentley, William. Diary of William Bentley, D. D. Salem, MA: <strong>Essex</strong> Institute, 1905-1914.<br />
Crowninshield, Francis Boardman. The Story of George Crowninshield’s Yacht Cleopatra’s Barge.<br />
Boston, Mass: Private Print, 1913.<br />
Cummings, Abbott Lowell. “The House and It’s People.” <strong>Essex</strong> Institute Historical Collections.<br />
Vol. 97. p. 82-97.<br />
Edwards, William C. and Edward Steers, Jr. The Lincoln Assassination: The Evidence. Champaign,<br />
Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2009. Web. 19 Dec. 2012.<br />
Ferguson, David L. Cleopatra’s Barge. Boston, Mass: Little, Brown & Co., 1976. 929.2<br />
Portraits of Shipmasters and Merchants in the <strong>Peabody</strong> <strong>Museum</strong> of Salem. Salem, Mass: <strong>Peabody</strong><br />
<strong>Museum</strong>, 1939.<br />
Clifford Crowninshield Papers, 1692-1861, MSS 97, MH 17<br />
Crowninshield Family Papers, 1697-1909, MH 15, MSS 4<br />
Crowninshield Genealogy Charts, Mss. Gen.<br />
James Armstrong Papers, 1814-1868, MH 31<br />
USS St. Mary's (Sloop of War), logbook, Log 2124<br />
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BENJAMIN CROWNINSHIELD (1758-1836)<br />
FAMILY PAPERS, 1757-1934, undated<br />
SERIES LIST<br />
SERIES I. Benjamin Crowninshield (1758-1836) Papers<br />
A. Ships Papers<br />
B. Business Records<br />
C. Personal Papers<br />
SERIES II. Benjamin Crowninshield (1782-1864) Papers<br />
A. Personal Papers<br />
B. Writings<br />
SERIES III. Jacob Crowninshield (1732-1774) Papers<br />
A. Personal Papers<br />
B. Hannah Carlton Crowninshield (1734-1824) Papers<br />
SERIES IV. Jacob Crowninshield (1799-1849) Papers<br />
A. Personal Papers<br />
B. Harriet Wallach Crowninshield (1802-1885) Papers<br />
SERIES V. Mary R. Crowninshield (1831-1916) Papers<br />
A. Correspondence and Personal Papers<br />
B. Art Work<br />
SERIES VI. Crowninshield Family Papers<br />
A. Hannah Crowninshield Armstrong (1789-1834) Papers<br />
B. Elizabeth Crowninshield Armstrong (1794-1870) Papers<br />
C. William Wallach Crowninshield (1833-1874) Papers<br />
D. Benjamin Carlton Crowninshield (1835-1875) Papers<br />
E. Crowninshield Family Papers<br />
SERIES VII. Related Family Papers<br />
A. Elizabeth Hodges Clark (1855-1932) Papers<br />
B. Reverend William Bentley Papers<br />
C. Wallach Family Papers<br />
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CONTENTS LIST<br />
SERIES I. Benjamin Crowninshield (1758-1836) Papers<br />
Box Folder Contents Date<br />
A. Ships Papers<br />
1 1 Prudent (Ship), papers 1800-1801, undated<br />
2 Prudent (Ship), ledger 1800-1805, 1885<br />
3 Prudent (Ship), day book 1799-1821<br />
4 Various ships papers, Alexander (Ship); Belisarius (Ship); 1788, 1798, 1813,<br />
Commerce (Sloop); Eunice (Brig); Peggy (Schooner) 1819<br />
B. Business Records<br />
1 5 Accounts and receipts 1783-1798,<br />
1810-1826<br />
6 Custom House papers 1780, 1823, 1828<br />
7 Legal documents 1796, 1810-1838,<br />
undated<br />
C. Personal Papers<br />
1 8 Correspondence 1801-1828,<br />
1835-1838, undated<br />
10(OS) 1 Estate papers 1817<br />
9 Estate papers 1836-1838<br />
10 Notes 1802, 1819, undated<br />
10(OS) 2 Memberships, Salem Marine Society and 1797, undated<br />
<strong>Essex</strong> Lodge membership [circa 1797]<br />
1 11 Certificates Bunker Hill Monument Association undated<br />
12 I Costumi Religioso undated<br />
SERIES II. Benjamin Crowninshield (1782-1864) Papers<br />
A. Personal Papers<br />
1 13 Correspondence 1803-1858, undated<br />
14 Accounts and receipts 1811, 1823-1826,<br />
undated<br />
10(OS) 3 Certificate, Salem East India Marine Society 1849<br />
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Box Folder Contents Date<br />
2 1 Newspaper clippings and articles 1827-1828, 1840-<br />
1846, 1871, undated<br />
2 Commission merchant cards undated<br />
3 Notes undated<br />
4 Portrait undated<br />
B. Writings<br />
2 5 New Orleans journals 1816<br />
6 Cleopatra’s Barge journal, Vol. 1 [removed for exhibit] March-May 1817<br />
7 Cleopatra’s Barge journal, Vol. 2 June-August 1817<br />
8 Cleopatra’s Barge journal, 1817, transcript undated<br />
9 Essays and reviews undated<br />
10 Essays and reviews undated<br />
3 1 Essays and reviews undated<br />
2 Notebooks and pilot guide 1825, undated<br />
3 Miscellaneous writings undated<br />
4 Miscellaneous writings undated<br />
5 Miscellaneous writings undated<br />
6 Miscellaneous writings undated<br />
4 1 Miscellaneous writings undated<br />
2 Collected writings by others 1785, undated<br />
SERIES III. Jacob Crowninshield (1732-1774) Papers<br />
A. Personal Papers<br />
4 3 Resolution (Sloop), papers 1760<br />
4 Accounts 1757, 1760-1774<br />
5 Deeds 1767, 1771<br />
10(OS) 4 Certificate, Salem Marine Society 1797<br />
4 6 Estate papers 1769, 1773-1790,<br />
undated<br />
B. Hannah Carlton Crowninshield (1734-1824) Papers<br />
4 7 Accounts and receipts 1780-1807, 1818<br />
8 Correspondence 1817, 1821, undated<br />
9 Merchants Bank notes 1812-1817, undated<br />
10 Legal papers 1812<br />
11 Carlton Family papers 1767, undated<br />
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Box Folder Contents Date<br />
SERIES IV. Jacob Crowninshield (1799-1849) Papers<br />
A. Personal Papers<br />
4 12 Seaman’s papers 1813<br />
13 Letter book, various ships 1843-1849<br />
14 Accounts and receipts 1848-1849<br />
15 Biography, typescript 1934<br />
B. Harriet Wallach Crowninshield (1802-1885) Papers<br />
4 16 Correspondence 1849-1867<br />
SERIES V. Mary R. Crowninshield (1831-1916) Papers<br />
A. Correspondence and Personal Papers<br />
5 1 Correspondence to Mary 1857-1874<br />
2 Correspondence to Mary 1890-1892<br />
3 Correspondence to Mary undated<br />
4 Correspondence from Mary 1863, 1910-1915<br />
5 Papers, death of uncle, Benjamin Crowninshield 1852, 1864-1865<br />
6 Christmas postcard to Arabella and Elizabeth H. Clark 1906<br />
7 Obituary 1916<br />
B. Art Work<br />
5 8 Autograph album and “Book of Rhymes for<br />
These Dull Times” 1845, 1805<br />
9 Autograph album 1845-1846<br />
10 Autograph album, from her uncle James Armstrong 1847-1857<br />
11 Poetry copy book 1847-1857<br />
12 Chapman’s American Drawing Book 1849<br />
SERIES VI. Crowninshield Family Papers<br />
A. Hannah Crowninshield Armstrong (1789-1834) Papers<br />
6 1 Hymn book 1814<br />
2 Correspondence and receipts 1819-1821<br />
3 Drawing of Episcopal Church at Bellows Falls, VT 1823<br />
4 Art book 1828<br />
5 Drawing of Benjamin Crowninshield undated<br />
6 Artwork, drawings undated<br />
7 Artwork, paintings undated<br />
8 “College Graces or Effects of Dots and Lines” undated<br />
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Box Folder Contents Date<br />
B. Elizabeth Crowninshield Armstrong (1794-1870) Papers<br />
6 9 Correspondence 1834<br />
10 Drawing book undated [1815-1842]<br />
11 Scrapbook of poems, with alias Ophelia Valenborg undated [circa 1850s]<br />
C. William Wallach Crowninshield (1833-1874) Papers<br />
6 12 Ships’ papers, Belle of the West (Ship); USS Marblehead; 1849, 1855,<br />
USS Mayflower; USS Montauk 1865-1866<br />
13 Orders, Navy Department, official correspondence 1848-1868<br />
14 General correspondence 1849-1866, undated<br />
15 Transcript of court-martial 1866<br />
11(OS) Vol. 1 Scrapbook 1850<br />
10(OS) 5 United Grand Lodge membership 1872<br />
6 16 Newspaper clippings, copies 1863, 1870, 1872,<br />
undated<br />
17 Newspaper clippings [RESTRICTED] 1863, 1870, 1872,<br />
undated<br />
D. Benjamin Carlton Crowninshield (1835-1875) Papers<br />
7 1 Wallet, Benjamin C. Crowninshield 1853<br />
2 Ships’ papers, Carib (Ship); Horatio (Ship); 1860, 1863,<br />
Lyeemoon (Bark); Spec (Brig) 1872-1875<br />
Cab.2 Drawer 8 Lyeemoon (Bark) 1864<br />
E. Crowninshield Family Papers<br />
7 3 John Crowninshield (1696-1761): Papers 1727, undated<br />
4 Jacob Crowninshield (b. 1843): 5 th Regiment discharge<br />
certificate November 1864<br />
5 Richard M. Bartleman Jr. (b.1863): Correspondence 1891<br />
6 Richard M. Bartleman Jr. (b.1863): Photographs undated<br />
7 Harriet W. “Daffy” Bartleman (b.1839): Correspondence undated<br />
8 Crowninshield family narrative 1832<br />
10(OS) 6 Assessors count of inhabitants, Salem, MA 1784<br />
7 Hand-drawn plan, Boston, MA 1816<br />
8 USS Peacock, instructions for the officer of the watch 1825-1826<br />
9 Oversize legal documents 1700, 1736<br />
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Box Folder Contents Date<br />
7 9 Legal documents 1766, 1848, undated<br />
10 Correspondence and notes 1817-1890, undated<br />
11 Notebooks, author unknown 1818<br />
12 Lesson notebooks 1808-1810,<br />
1819-1820, undated<br />
13 Almanac with notes 1858<br />
14 “The Naval Text Book” scrapbook 1840-1841<br />
15 Ships’ papers, Phoenix (Brig) and USS Porpoise 1825, undated<br />
16 Articles, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings 1800-1804, 1837,<br />
undated<br />
8 1 Poems undated [circa 1810],<br />
1844<br />
2 Poems 1847<br />
3 Drawings and silhouettes undated<br />
4 Scrapbook of prints undated [circa 1862]<br />
5 Prints undated<br />
10(OS) 10 Oversize prints undated<br />
Series VII. Related Family Papers<br />
A. Elizabeth Hodges Clark (1855-1932) Papers<br />
9 1 Correspondence 1905-1910<br />
2 Correspondence 1912-1917, undated<br />
3 Receipts 1909-1910<br />
10(OS) 11 List of articles stored at the Boston Navy Yard undated [circa 1908]<br />
B. Reverend William Bentley Papers<br />
9 4 Published sermons 1800, 1810<br />
5 Sermon notes undated<br />
6 Correspondence from Reverend Bentley James Madison 1810, 1817<br />
C. Wallach Family Papers<br />
9 7 Moses Wallach estate papers 1807-1839<br />
10(OS) 12 Moses Wallach estate papers 1807-1839<br />
9 8 Charles S. Wallach, correspondence 1849-1859<br />
9 Wallach Family correspondence undated<br />
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