Carrington Papers

Merchant and textile manufacturer, of Providence, R.I.

Family papers, 1798-1911. Bulk, 1802-1860.

Size: 122 linear feet

Catalog number: MSS 333

Processed by: Jacques Downs, 1962

Finding aid by Greg McGurin and Rick Stattler, December 2003

©Rhode Island Historical Society

Manuscripts Division

Historical note:

Edward Carrington (1775-1843) was born in New Haven, Connecticut. As a young man, he came to Providence, R.I., where he worked as a clerk and supercargo for local merchants Seth Wheaton, Samuel Butler, and Richard Jackson. He resided in Canton, China from 1802 to 1810, serving as American Consul, acting as an agent for other American merchants, and amassing a considerable fortune by trading on his own behalf. He returned to Providence in 1811, where he continued to invest in mercantile trading (to China, South America, Europe and other ports). In 1815, he took in partner Samuel Wetmore and founded the firm of Edward Carrington & Company. The firm was reorganized in 1821 to allow for the addition of W.W. Wetmore as a partner. Carrington also invested in the Blackstone Canal in the 1820s, and several textile mills such as the Hamlet Mill in Woonsocket. He suffered extensive losses on his investments in the late 1830s, when he gradually began to cede control over his business to his son Edward Jr.

Edward Carrington Sr. married Lorania Hoppin (1774-1861). Their son Edward Carrington II (1813-1891) entered into the family businesses and took over upon his father's death in 1843. Edward Jr. prospered until losing most of his assets in the depression of 1857, at which point he withdrew from business. Edward II married Candace C. Dorr (1815-1886), sister of Dorr Rebellion leader Thomas Wilson Dorr. They had two children: Edward "Ned" Carrington III (1852-1934), who was married late in life to Mary F. Sayles Washburn (1850-1926) and left no children; and Anne I. (Carrington) Dwight (1849-1904). Anne Dwight's only child, Margarethe L. Dwight (1871-1962), never married. She was the great-granddaughter and last surviving descendant of Edward Carrington Sr.

Bibliography:

Bayles, Richard M., ed. History of Providence County, Rhode Island, New York: W.W. Preston & Co., 1891, Vol. 2, p. 310. (For history of Stone Mill and Hamlet Mill)

Downs, Jacques M. "The Edward Carrington Collection," Rhode Island History, Jan. 1963, p 16-21

Rhode Island History, vol.19, no. 3, p. 96; vol. 21, no. 1, p. 64

RIHS annual meeting minutes, January 21 1962: "During the year we acquired ownership of...the Carrington Papers."

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Scope and content:

The heart of this collection is the Carrington mercantile records, from Edward Carrington's personal investments in the China trade from 1802 to 1815, to the firm of Edward Carrington & Co. from 1816 to 1843; to Edward Carrington II's shipping and textile investments through 1860. The records are exceptionally detailed, and are often considered to be one of the world's great private mercantile archives for the early nineteenth century.

Also included in this collection are a relatively small quantity of personal papers from Edward Carrington, his son Edward II, and Edward II's wife Candace C. (Dorr) Carrington.

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Provenance:

This collection was donated by Margarethe L. Dwight (Edward Carrington's sole surviving descendant) to the Rhode Island School of Design as part of their acquisition of the Carrington House. The Rhode Island School of Design placed the papers on deposit at the Rhode Island Historical Society in 1960, and made a full gift in 1961.

Two letters to Edward Carrington (from Alsop, Wetmore & Co. in Lima, 4/7/1828; and from Russell & Co. in Canton, 2/27/1831) were donated by Frances Talbot in 1973 as part of the Charles Nicholl Talbot Papers.

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Processing note:

This collection was partially processed circa 1960-1962 through a grant from the American Philosophical Society. The effort was led by scholar Jacques Downs, with the help of Nino Scotti, Mrs. J. Carrol Fulkerson, and Elizabeth W. Downs. A box and volume inventory reflecting their organization was compiled in 1993.

Probably circa 1960-1962, many related papers were separated out from the original gift and made into distinct collections, including the Samuel Wetmore Records (Mss 799); Wetmore, Hoppin & Co. Records (Mss 797); Sullivan Dorr diary and related papers (in Mss 390); David Howell memorandum book (in Mss 496); Charles L. Hyatt Papers (Mss 503); and numerous ship's logs of the Essex, 1810-1812; Christopher, 1819; Franklin, 1827-1829; Panther, 1828-1830 and 1833; Joan, 1813; Lion, 1830-1832, 1832-1833, and 1835-1836; Nancy, 1821-1822;Providence, 1829-1830; Superior, 1824-1826 (2) and 1826-1827 (in Mss 828).

In 2003, volunteer Greg McGurin organized the bound volumes into subgroups and series. The remainder of this collection has still not been fully processed, but the 1993 inventory has been arranged to reflect the series arrangement. Items with the "RB" designation are fully organized and housed in archival records storage boxes. Other items are for the most part loosely organized in non-archival flat-storage boxes. Approximately 12 linear feet of loose financial papers such as invoices and receipts are still almost entirely unprocessed, with some of them still tightly folded into bricks.

Series arrangement:

Sub-Group I – Mercantile and Shipping Records

Including records of Edward Carrington, Edward Carrington & Co., and Edward Carrington II

Series 1: Correspondence

Sub-Series 1. Incoming Correspondence

Sub-Series 2. Outgoing Correspondence

Series 2: General Accounts

Sub-Series 1. Waste Books (Day Books)

Sub-Series 2. Journals

Sub-Series 3. Ledgers/ Accounts Current

Sub-Series 4. Cash Books

Sub-Series 5. Invoice Books

Sub-Series 6. Sales Books

Sub-Series 7. Blotters

Sub-Series 8. Memo Books

Sub-Series 9. Bank Accounts (see also SGI, S2, SS3 and SS4)

Sub-Series 10.Inventory Books

Sub-Series 11. Loose Financial Papers

Series 3: Individual Accounts

Sub-Series 1. With Edward Carrington (I)

Sub-Series 2. With Wetmore, Hoppin & Sons (see also SGI, S2, SS1)

Sub-Series 3. With Redwood Fisher (Subscribers Account)

Sub-Series 4. Miscellaneous Accounts

Series 4: Legal Papers

Series 5: Personnel Records

Sub-Series 1. Seaman’s and Ship’s Laborers Ledgers

Sub-Series 2. Labor Accounts

Sub-Series 3. Comprador’s Accounts

Series 6: Prices Current and Commercial Information (see also SGI, S2, SS2)

Sub-Series 1. Canton

Sub-Series 2. Europe

Sub-Series 3. Latin America

Sub-Series 4. United States

Series 7: Individual Ship Records

Sub-Series 1. Ship Abigail Sub-Series 11. Ship Integrity

Sub-Series 2. Brig. Brilliant Sub-Series 12. Ship Lion

Sub-Series 3. Ship Christopher Sub-Series 13. Ship Mary Ann

Sub-Series 4. Ship Edward Sub-Series 14. Ship Panther

Sub-Series 5. Schooner Essex Sub-Series 15. Ship Providence

Sub-Series 6. Ship Fame Sub-Series 16. Ship Resource

Sub-Series 7. Ship Franklin Sub-Series 17. Ship Trumbull

Sub-Series 8. Ship Grafton Sub-Series 18. Brig. Viper

Sub-Series 9. Ship Gen. Hamilton Sub-Series 19. Ship William Baker

Sub-Series 10. Ship George

Series 8: Various Ships Records

Sub-Series 1. Account Books/Disbursements

Sub-Series 2. Sales Ledgers

Sub-Series 3. Inventories (see also SGI, S2, SS3)

Sub-Series 4. Impost Books

Sub-Series 5. Postage Books

Sub-Series 6. Ship Papers

Series 9: Miscellaneous Records (including Consulate Records)

Sub-Group II – Records of Blackstone Canal Co.

Series 1: General Accounts

Sub-Series 1. Expenses

Sub-Series 2. Ledgers / Accounts Current

Sub-Series 3. Bank Accounts

Sub-Series 4. Memoranda (see also SGI, S2, SS8)

Sub-Group III – Records of Hamlet Mill and Manufacturing Co. (see also SGVI)

Series 1: General Accounts

Sub-Series 1. Journals

Sub-Series 2. Ledgers

Sub-Series 3. Account Books (See also SGI, S9)

Sub-Series 4. Invoice Books

Sub-Series 5. Cash Books

Sub-Series 6. Sales Books

Sub-Series 7. Blotters/Waste Books

Sub-Series 8. Inventory Books

Sub-Series 9. Bank Accounts

Series 2: Personnel Records

Sub-Series 1. Employee Time & Production Registers

Series 3: Canal Bleachery Records

Sub-Series 1. Accounts & Consignments (See also SGIII, S1, SS3 and SS6)

Sub-Group IV – Records of Cheapside Estate Co.

Series 1: General Accounts

Sub-Series 1. Accounts Current

Sub-Series 2. Bank Accounts

Sub-Group V – Records of RI Cloth Hall Co.

Series 1: General Accounts

Sub-Series 1. Subscriber’s Books

Sub-Series 2. Cash Books

Sub-Group VI – Records of Stone Mill Woonsocket

Series 1: General Accounts

Sub-Series 1. Account Books (See also SGI, S2, SS2 and SGI, S9 and SGIII)

Sub-Group VII – Carrington Family Papers

Series 1: Edward Carrington

Series 2: Edward Carrington II

Series 3: Edward Carrington III

Series 4: Candace (Dorr) Carrington

Series 5: Anne I. (Carrington) Dwight

Sub-Group VIII – Miscellaneous Volumes

1. Various Indexes with no corresponding volumes

2. Inventory of Lonsdale Estate, 1834-1836

3. Providence Auxiliary Marine Bible Society

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Inventory:

Sub-Group I: Mercantile and Shipping Records

(including mercantile records of Edward Carrington, 1799-1815; Edward Carrington & Co., 1815-1844; and Edward Carrington II, 1844-onward)

SGI Series 1: Correspondence

Sub-Series 1: Incoming Correspondence

Edward Carrington:

Box 11 1799-1805

Box 12 1806-1809

Box 13 1810-1811, including inventory & sale of effects of George Biddle, Canton

Box 14 1812

Box 15 1813

Box 16 1814

Box 17 1815

Edward Carrington & Co.

Box 18 1816: European

Box 19 1816: East India / George W. Talbot

Box 20 1816: American, Jan.-Dec.

Box 21 1817: American

Box 22 1817: George W. Talbot / Benjamin Hoppin / Samuel Wetmore

Box 23 1817: East India / South American / D. Crommelin

Box 24 1817: European

Box 25 1818: American, Jan.-Sept.

Box 26 1818: American Oct.-Dec. / Latin American / East India / African

Box 27 1818: George W. Talbot / D. Crommelin & Son / Whitwell Bond & Co.

Box 28 1818: European Letters

Box 29 1819: Daniel Crommelin & Sons, Amsterdam / East India

Box 30 1819: European, misc. / Samuel Russell en route to Canton

Box 31 1819: American, misc., Jan.-June

Box 32 1819: American, misc., July-Dec. / Ephraim Talbot 1819 (Canton)

Box 33 1819: American / George W. Talbot & Co. / New York

Box 34 1820: Daniel Crommelin & Sons, Amsterdam / East India

Box 35 1820: George W. Talbot, New York / Samuel Wetmore, New York / Whitwell Bond & Co., Boston

Box 36 1820: American Letters / Miscellaneous

Box 37 1820: European, misc., Sept.-Dec. / Latin American

Box 38 1820: European, misc., Jan.-Aug. 1820

Box 39 1821: George W. Talbot / misc. American, Jan.-April

Box 40 1821: East India / Latin American

Box 41 1821: J. B. Gosler & Co. / misc. European

Box 42 1821: Misc. American, May-Dec.

Box 43 1821: Daniel Crommelin & Sons

Box 44 1822: Misc. American, Jan.-June

Box 45 1822: Misc. American, July-Dec.

Box 46 1822: South American / J. B. Gosler & Co.

Box 47 1822: George W. Talbot / East India Letters

Box 48 1822: Misc. European

Box 49 1823: Misc. European

Box 50 1823: Misc. American, Jan.-June

Box 51 1823: George W. Talbot / Whitwell Bond, & Co. / East India

Box 52 1823: Misc. American, July-Dec.

Box 53 1823: D. Crommelin & Sons / J. B. Gosler & Co. / misc. Latin American

Box 54 1824: Misc. European / D. Crommelin & Sons

Box 55 1824: J. B. Gosler & Co. / misc. Latin American / East India

Box 56 1824: George W. Talbot / Whitwell Bond & Co. / Payson & Co.

Box 57 1824: Misc. American

Box 58 1825: Misc. American

Box 59 1825: Misc. Latin American

Box 60 1825: Misc. European / D. Crommelin & Sons / J. Gosler

Box 61 1825: George W. Talbot / Whitwell Bond & Co. / East India

Box 62 1826: George E. Talbot / Whitwell Bond & Co. / East India

Box 63 1826: Misc. American

Box 64 1826: J. B. Gosler & Co. / Misc. European / D. Crommelin & Sons

Box 65 1826: Latin American

Box 66 1827: Misc. European

Box 67 1827: Misc. American

Box 68 1827: Latin American / D. Crommelin & Sons / J. B. Gosler & Co.

Box 69 1827: George W. Talbot / Whitwell Bond & Co. / East India

Box 70 1828: Misc. American, Jan.-July

Box 71 1828: Misc. Latin American / D. Crommelin & Sons / J. B. Gosler & Co.

Box 721828: Misc. American, Aug.-Dec. / Whitwell Bond & Co. / George W. Talbot / East

India

Box 73 1828: Misc. American

Box 74 1829: Misc. American

Box 75 1829: George W. Talbot / Whitwell Bond & Co. / East India / D. Crommelin & Sons

Box 76 1829: Misc. European

Box 77 1829: J. B. Gosler & Co. / Misc. Latin American

Box 78 1830: George W. Talbot / Whitwell Bond & Co. / East India / Latin American

Box 79 1830: J. B. Gosler & Co. / D. Crommelin & Sons / Misc. European

Box 80 1830: Misc. American

Box 81 1831: Misc. American, Jan.-July

Box 82 1831: J. B. Gosler & Co. / D. Crommelin & Co. / Misc. Latin American / Misc. European

Box 83 1831: Misc. American, Aug.-Dec. / East India

Box 84 1832: Misc. American

Box 85 1832: J. B. Gosler & Co. / British / D. Crommelin & Co. / Misc. Latin American

Box 86 1832: East India / Misc. European (except Britain)

Box 87 1833: Misc. American

Box 88 1833: Samuel Wetmore / Misc. European / D. Crommelin & Sons

Box 89 1833: J. B. Gosler & Co. / Latin American / East India

Box 90 1834: Misc. American, Jan.-June

Box 91 1834: East India / Misc. European

Box 92 1834: Samuel Wetmore / J. B. Gosler & Co. / D. Crommelin & Sons / South American

Box 93 1834: Misc. American, July-Dec.

Box 94 1835: Samuel Wetmore / Stephen Smith (Hamlet Mill)

Box 95 1835: Misc. European / J. B. Gosler & Co. / D. Crommelin & Sons / Latin American / East India

Box 96 1835: Misc. American

Box 97 1836: Latin American / J. B. Gosler & Co. / D. Crommelin & Sons / Misc. European / East India / Thomas P. Bucklin, New York

Box 98 1836: Misc. American Aug.-Dec. / Stephen Smith Hamlet Mill

Box 99 1836: Samuel Wetmore

Box 100 1836: Misc. American, Jan.-July

Box 101 1837: Stephen Smith (Hamlet Mill) / D. Crommelin & Sons / Misc. European / Latin American / East India

Box 102 1837: Misc. American

Box 103 1837: Samuel Wetmore

Box 104 1838: Thomas P. Bucklin / Stephen Smith (Hamlet Mill) / East India / South American / European

Box 105 1838: Misc. American

Box 106 1838: Samuel Wetmore

Box 107 1839: Misc. American / East India (including imperial Chinese edicts)

Box 108 1839: Stephen Smith / Thomas P. Bucklin / European / Latin American

Box 109 1839: Samuel Wetmore

Box 110 1840: Misc. American / East India

Box 111 1840: Thomas P. Bucklin / Stephen Smith (Hamlet Mill) / Latin American / European

Box 112 1840: European / Latin American / Samuel Wetmore

Box 113 1841: Samuel Wetmore / Stephen Smith (Hamlet Mill) / European / Latin American / East India

Box 114 1841: Misc. American

Box 115 1841: Thomas P. Bucklin

Box 116 1842: Misc. American / Thomas P. Bucklin

Box 117 1842: Samuel Wetmore / Stephen Smith (Hamlet Mill ) / East India / European

Box 118 1843: Misc. American

Box 119 1843: Thomas P. Bucklin / Stephen Smith (Hamlet Mill) / George Worwell and undated

Box 120 1843: Samuel Wetmore / Latin American / East India / European

Edward Carrington II:

Box 121 1844: American

Box 122 1844: Bucklin & Crane / Foreign

Box 123 1845: American / Foreign / Bucklin & Crane

Box 124 1846: American / Foreign / Bucklin & Crane

Box 125 1847: American / Foreign / Bucklin & Crane

Box 126 1848: American / Foreign / Bucklin & Crane

Box 127 1849: American / Foreign / Bucklin & Crane

Box 128 1850: American / Foreign / Bucklin & Crane

Box 129 1851: American / Foreign / Bucklin

Box 130 1852-1853: Incoming

Box 131 1854: American / Foreign / Bucklin & Crane

Box 132 1855: American / Foreign / Bucklin & Crane

Box 133 1856: American / Foreign / Bucklin & Crane

Box 134 1857: American / Foreign / Bucklin & Crane

Box 135 1858-1867: Incoming / Misc.

SGI Series 2:Correspondence

Sub-Series 2: Outgoing Correspondence

RB.1, F.1 Letter Book, 1803-1804

RB.1, F.2 Letter Book, 1804-1805

Vol. 1 Letter Book, Carrington & Snow, 3/1804 - 5/1806

RB.1, F.3 Letter Book, 1805

RB.1, F.4 Letter Book, 1805-1806

RB.1, F.5 Letter Book, 1806-1807

RB.1, F.6 Letter Book, 1808-1809

RB.1, F.7 Letter Book, 1809-1810

Vol. 2 Letter Book A, 10/1815 -10/1817

Vol. 3 Letter Book B, 10/1817 - 3/1819

Vol. 4 Letter Book C, 3/1819 - 7/1821

Vol. 5 Letter Book D, 7/1821 - 3/1823

Vol. 6 Letter Book E, 3/1823 - 7/1826

Vol. 7 Letter Book F, 7/1826 - 6/1829

Vol. 8 Letter Book G, 6/1829 - 7/1832

Vol. 9 Letter Book H, 7/1832 - 7/1835

Vol.10 Private Letter Book, 1/1834 - 6/1834

RB.1, F.8 Letter Book, 1837-1840 (E.C. II)

Box 1 Copies of outgoing letters 1799-1819

Box 2 Copies of outgoing letters 1820-1826

Box 3 Copies of outgoing letters 1827-1830

Box 4 Copies of outgoing letters 1831-1832

Box 5 Copies of outgoing letters 1833

Box 6 Copies of outgoing letters Jan.-May 1834

Box 7 Copies of outgoing letters June-Dec. 1834

Box 8 Copies of outgoing letters 1835-1840

Box 9 Copies of outgoing letters 1840-1843

Box 10 Copies of outgoing letters 1844-1857

Box 243 List of Edward Carrington & Co.'s foreign correspondence

SGI Series 2: General Accounts

Sub-Series 1: Waste Books (Day Books)

Corresponding ledger book

RB.1, F.9 Waste Book, 1803 A

RB.1, F.10 Waste Book, 1804-1806 B

RB.1, F.11 Waste Book, 1806 B

RB.1, F.12 Waste Book, 1806-1811 C

Vol.11 Waste Book, 1815-1817 D

Vol.12 Waste Book, 1817-1818 D

Vol.13 Waste Book, 1819-1820 E

Vol.14 Waste Book, 1820-1821 E

Vol.15 Waste Book, 1821-1824 (Old Concern entries to 1835) E

Vol.16 Waste Book, (New Concern) 1821-1822 A

Vol.17 Waste Book, 1823-1825 A

RB.1, F.13 Waste Book (w/ Summary Holdings), 1824

Vol.18 Waste Book, 1825-1827 B

Vol.19 Waste Book, 1827-1829 B

Vol.20 Waste Book, 1829-1831 C

Vol.21 Waste Book, 1831-1833 C

Vol.22 Waste Book, 1833-1835 C

Vol.23 Waste Book (no corresponding journal) 1834-1835 None

Vol.24 Waste Book, 1835-1840 D

Vol.25 Waste Book, 1840-1843 D

Vol.26 Waste Book, 1843 D

RB.1, F.14 Waste Book, 1837-1840 (E.C. II) D-2

RB.1, F.15 Waste Book, 1840-1842 (E.C. II) D-2

RB.1, F.16 Waste Book (w/ Summary Entries), 1835-1836

(also contains Accts. Current w/ Wetmore, Hoppin & Co.

1834-1837)

SGI Series 2: General Accounts

Sub-Series 2: Journals

Corresponding ledger

Vol.27 Journal, 1802-1804 A

RB.2, F.1 Journal, 1804-1806 B

Vol.28 Journal,1806-1811 C

RB.2, F.2 Journal, 1814-1815 None

Vol.29 Journal, 9/1815 - 2/1819 D

Vol.30 Journal, 1819-1821 (Old Concern Entries to 1835) E

Vol.31 Journal, (New Concern with some Old Concern entries) 1821-1825 A

Vol.32 Journal, 1825 A-2

Vol.33 Journal, 1824-1825 (Also Ship's Adventures 1824-1825) A-2

Vol.34 Journal, 1825-1829 B

Vol.35 Journal, 1829-1835 C

RB.2, F.3 Journal, 3/1835 - 7/1835 None

(also contains summaries of foreign currencies and

sales records of Hamlet Mfg. Co., 1836)

Vol.36 Journal, 1835-1844 (Later years by Edw. Carrington II) D

RB.2, F.4 Journal, 1837-1846 (E.C. II) D-2

Vol.37 Journal, 1846-1855 (E.C. II) E

RB.2, F.5 Journal of Payments Received, 1857 (E.C. II)

RB.2, F.6 Journal of Payments Made, 1857 (E.C. II)

SGI Series 2: General Accounts

Sub-Series 3: Ledgers/ Accounts Current (see also SGI, S8, SS1)

Vol.37a Ledger, 1799-1800

Vol.37b Ledger A, Carrington & Snow, 1804-1806

Vol.37c Ledger B, Carrington & Snow, 1802-1806

RB.2, F.7 Ledger of Voyages, 1800-1802

Vol.38 Ledger A, 1802-1804

Vol.39 Ledger B, 1802-1806

RB.2, F.8 Ledger C (w/ index), 1806-1811

RB.2, F.9 Canton Ledger, 1807-1809

Vol.40 Ledger D, 1815-1819

Vol.41 Ledger E, 1819-1821 (Old Concern Entries to 1835)

Vol.42 Ledger A, (New Concern) 1821-1826

Vol.43 Ledger A-2, 1824-1825

Vol.44 Ledger of Ship's Adventures, 1822-1825

RB.2, F.10 Ledger w/ index (No Corresponding Journal or Waste Book), 1824

Vol.45 Ledger B, 1825-1829

Vol.46 Ledger C, 1829-1835

Vol.47 Ledger D, 1835-1844 (Later years by Edw. Carrington II)

RB.2, F.11 Ledger D-2, 1837-1846 (E.C. II)

Vol.48 Ledger E, 1846-1855 (E.C. II)

RB.2, F.12 Ledger of Payments, 1857 (E.C. II)

RB.2, F.13 Accounts Current, 1803-1809

RB.2, F.14 Accounts, 1806-1816

Vol.49 Accounts Current,1816-1834 (Also Ships Inventories, 1815-1816)

Vol.50 Accounts Current (w/ Cyrus Butler), 1816-1837

RB.2, F.15 Accounts Current, 1819-1823

RB.2, F.16 Accounts Current, 1821-1824 (Also Inventory of Company Holdings, 1824)

RB.2, F.17 Accounts Current, 1823-1829 (Also Ships Disbursements, 1823-1829)

RB.2, F.18 Accounts Current, 1824-1826 (Also Bills Payable, Receivable, 1824-1826)

RB.2, F.19 Accounts Current w/ Ledger of Goods, 1835

RB.11, F.12 Accounts Current, 1837-1838

(also Various Ships Sales Invoices & Disbursements, 1837-1843)

RB.3, F.1 Accounts Current, 1838-1843 (E.C. II)

RB.3, F.2 Accounts Current, 1845-1848 (E.C. II)

SGI Series 2: General Accounts

Sub-Series 4: Cash Books

RB.3, F.3 Cash Book, 1802-1804

RB.3, F.4 Cash Book, 1804-1807

RB.3, F.5 Cash Book, 1807-1811

Vol.51 Cash Book, 1815-1823

Vol.52 Cash Book, 1823-1837

RB.3, F.6 Cash Book, 1824-1825

RB.3, F.7 Cash Books, 1843-1844 and 1847-1848 (E.C. II)

RB.3, F.8 Cash Book, 1854-1856 (E.C. II)

(also contains Bank Account at Woonsocket Falls Bank, 1854-1856)

SGI Series 2: General Accounts

Sub-Series 5: Invoice Books

RB.3, F.9 Invoice Book, 1809-1810

Vol.53 Invoice Book of Exports, 1815-1821

Vol.54 Invoice Book of Imports, 1823-1840

Vol.55 Invoice Book, 1815-1824

Vol.56 Invoice Book, 1823-1835

RB.3, F.10 Invoice Book w/ detail of goods unsold at Valparaiso, 1826

RB.3, F.11 Invoice Book w/ Sales Register, 1835

SGI Series 2: General Accounts

Sub-Series 6: Sales Books

RB.3, F.12 Sales Account Book, 1803-1806

SGI Series 2: General Accounts

Sub-Series 7: Blotters

RB.4, F.1 Blotters, 6/1821-3/1822

RB.4, F.2 Blotters, 3/1822-9/1822

RB.4, F.3 Blotters, 9/1822-2/1823

RB.4, F.4 Blotters, 2/1823-9/1823

RB.4, F.5 Blotters, 9/1823-2/1824

RB.4, F.6 Blotters, 3/1824-7/1824

RB.4, F.7 Blotters, 7/1824-12/1824

RB.4, F.8 Blotters, 12/1824-3/1825

RB.4, F.9 Blotters, 3/1825-9/1825

RB.4, F.10 Blotters, 9/1825-11/1825

RB.4, F.11 Blotters, 11/1825-6/1826

RB.4, F.12 Blotters, 6/1816-2/1827

RB.4, F.13 Blotters, 2/1827-9/1827

RB.4, F.14 Blotters, 9/1827-6/1828

RB.5, F.1 Blotters, 6/1828-3/1829

RB.5, F.2 Blotters, 3/1829-1/1830

RB.5, F.3 Blotters, 1/1830-3/1831

RB.5, F.4 Blotters, 3/1831-5/1832

RB.5, F.5 Blotters, 5/1832-2/1833

RB.5, F.6 Blotters, 2/1833-2/1834

RB.5, F.7 Blotters, 2/1834-11/1834

RB.5, F.8 Blotters, 11/1834-12/1835

RB.5, F.9 Blotters, 12/1835-11/1836

RB.5, F.10 Blotters, 11/1836-6/1836

RB.5, F.11 Blotters, 6/1838-9/1841

RB.5, F.12 Blotters, 9/1841-12/1843

RB.5, F.13 Blotters, 1849-1852 (E.C. II)

RB.5, F.14 Blotters, 1854 (E.C. II)

RB.5, F.15 Blotters, 1854-1856 (E.C. II)

SGI Series 2: General Accounts

Sub-Series 8: Memo Books

RB.6, F.1 Memo Books, 1815-1819

RB.6, F.2 Memo Books, 1820-1823

RB.6, F.3 Memo Books, 1823-1826

RB.6, F.4 Memo Book of Ships Cargoes & Deliveries, 1826-1828

(also contains records of Blackstone Canal Co. projects, 1826-1828)

RB.6, F.5 Memo Books, 1828-1834

SGI Series 2: General Accounts

Sub-Series 9: Bank Accounts (see also SGI, S2, SS3 and 4)

RB.6, F.6 Bank Payables/Receivables, 1815-1819

RB.6, F.7 Bank Payables/Receivables, 1819-1821

RB.6, F.8 Bank Payables/Receivables, 1821-1823

RB.6, F.9 Bank Notes, Custom House Bonds, Notes Receivable, 1819-1826

RB.6, F.10 Bank Payables, 1823-1828

RB.6, F.11 Bank Receivables, 1823-1825

RB.7, F.1 Bank Payables, 1828-1832

RB.7, F.2 Bank Payables, 1832-1837

RB.7, F.3 Exchange Bank Accounts, 1815-1819

RB.7, F.4 Exchange Bank Accounts (E.C. & Co. w/ Cyrus Butler), 1818-1819

Vol.57 Exchange Bank Accounts, 1819-1836

RB.7, F.5 Exchange Bank Accounts and Providence Bank Accounts, 1839-1845

RB.7, F.6 Providence Bank Accounts, 1829 and 1841-1843

RB.7, F.7 Providence Bank Accounts, 1851-1857 (E.C. II)

RB.7, F.8 Branch Bank Accounts and Office of Discount & Deposit Accounts, 1817-1825

RB.7, F.9 Blackstone Canal Bank Account Books, 1831-1836

RB.7, F.10 Miscellaneous Bank Accounts, 1825-1842

RB.7, F.11 Miscellaneous Bank Accounts, 1844-1846 (E.C. II)

RB.7, F.12 Eagle Bank Checks Register, 1821-1822

Vol.58 J.B. Wood's Office of Discount & Deposit, Checks Register, 1822

Vol.59 Branch Bank Checks Register, 1823-1830

Vol. 60 Exchange Bank Checks Register, 1823-1830

RB.7, F.13 Checks Registers, 1840-1848

Vol.61 Checks Register, 1848-1852 (E.C. II)

Vol.62 Checks Register, 1856-1857 (E.C. II)

Vol.63 Exchange Bank Checks Register, 1854-1859 (E.C. II)

Vol.64 Checks Register, 1855-1869 (E.C. II)

RB.7, F.14 Endorsements of Bank Notes, 1824-1835

RB.7, F.15 Payables on Drafts to Wetmore, Hoppin & Co., 1837-1841

RB.7, F.16 Payables on Drafts (Various Drafts), 1837-1843

RB.7, F.16a Promissory Note Stubs, 1860-1866 (E.C. II)

SGI Series 2: General Accounts

Sub-Series 10: Inventory Books

RB.7, F.17 Inventories & Storage Book, 1831-1836 (also Truckage Book, 1832)

RB.7, F.18 Stock Book, 1820s(?)

SGI Series 2: General Accounts

Sub-Series 11: Loose Financial Papers

Box 210 1799-1808

Box 211 1809-1812

Box 212 1813-1816

Box 213 1817-1818; B. & T. C. Hoppin Account 1807-1817

Box 214 1819-1820

Box 215 1821; Samuel Russell & Co. 1819-1821; Inventory of Ships, Cargoes about 1821; Daniel Crommelin & Son Account 1817-1821

Box 216 1822

Box 217 1823

Box 218 1824

Box 219 1825; Edwin T. Jenks account 1820-1825

Box 220 1826; Sylvester Marble's Account settled by referees in 1827

Box 221 1827-1828

Box 222 1829-1830; J. B. & F. G. Parker shipbuilding & repairing account to 1830; Cyrus Butler Account to 1830

Box 223 1831; account with the Brig Antelope to 1831; D. Crommelin & Son account 1823-1831

Box 224 1833-1840

Box 225 Timothy Wiggin affair; attachment of Carrington's property (contains inventory) 1833-1840

Box 226 1832; Samuel Russell & Co. account 1821-1833

Box 227 1835-1836

Box 228 1837-1839

Box 229 1840; Wetmore, Hoppin & Co. Account 1836-1840

Box 230 1841-1842

Box 231 1843-1844

Shelves 22872 - 22878: Approximately 12 cubic feet of unprocessed loose financial papers, circa 1820-1850, from Edward Carrington & Co. and Hamlet Mill

SGI Series 3: Individual Accounts

Sub-Series 1: With Edward Carrington (I)

RB.8, F.1 Account with Edward Carrington I, 1815-1824 (Old Concern, 1815-1821)

RB.8, F.2 Account with Edward Carrington I, 1824-1831 (New Concern)

RB.8, F.3 Account with Edward Carrington I, 1831-1836

RB.8, F.4 Account with Edward Carrington I, 1836-1839

RB.8, F.5 Old Concern Account with New Concern, 1821-1824

RB.8, F.6 New Concern Account with Old Concern, 1821-1834

SGI Series 3: Individual Accounts

Sub-Series 2: With Wetmore, Hoppin & Sons (see also SGI, S2, SS1)

RB.8, F.7 Account with Benjamin Hoppin & Sons, 1806-1810

RB.8, F.8 Accounts Current with Willard W. Wetmore, 1816-1835

RB.8, F.9 Account with Samuel Wetmore, 1815-1823

RB.8, F.10 Account with Samuel Wetmore, 1824-1835

RB.8, F.11 Account with Wetmore, Hoppin & Co., 1835-1840

SGI Series 3: Individual Accounts

Sub-Series 3: With Redwood Fisher

RB.8, F.12 Subscribers Account with Redwood Fisher, 1833

SGI Series 3: Individual Accounts

Sub-Series 4: Miscellaneous Accounts

RB.8, F.13 Account with Henry Searle, 1816-1822

RB.8, F.14 Account with J.B. Wood, 1820-1822

RB.8, F.15 Account with J. Howard, 1823-1825

Box 265 Joint speculations of Isaac M. Bull & Thomas Peck Bucklin while clerks with Edward Carrington & Co., 1825-1830; personal bills of Thomas P. Bucklin

SGI Series 4: Legal Papers

Box 266 Ship Abigail case 1801-1810

Estate of John Dorrance 1813-1836

United States v. Daniel T. Aborn 1821

Murray & Mumford v. Munro, Snow & Munro 1801

Box 267 E. Andrews, Master of the ship John Brown claim against Estanislaw Lynch 1823

Peruvian claim 1824 (Ship Providence)

Insurance claim re: Ship Franklin 1832-1837

French Spoliation claims 1834

Carrington & Co. v. Tiernan, Cuddy & Co. 1834

Box 268 Ship General Carrington Spanish claims

Box 269 Ship General Carrington Spanish claims

Box 270 Mathewson v. Clarke

Box 271 [no box 271]

Box 272 [no box 272]

Box 273 Mathewson v. Clarke

Box 274 Mathewson v. Clarke

Box 275 Mathewson v. Clarke

SGI Series 5: Personnel Records

Sub-Series 1: Seaman's and Ship's Laborers Ledgers

RB.8, F.16 Seaman's Ledgers, 1815-1820

RB.8, F.17 Seaman's Ledger, 1817-1820

RB.8, F.18 Seaman's Ledger, 1818-1821

RB.8, F.19 Seaman's Ledgers, 1819-1824

RB.8, F.20 Seaman's Ledger, 1820-1826

RB.8, F.21 Seaman's Ledger, 1821-1825

RB.9, F.1 Seaman's Ledger, 1824-1828

RB.9, F.2 Seaman's Ledger, 1828-1831

RB.9, F.3 Seaman's Ledger, 1831-1835

RB.9, F.4 Seaman's Ledger, 1846-1847 (also Ship Candace Disbursements, 1846-1847)

RB.9, F.5 Ship's Laborers Ledgers, 1815-1818

RB.9, F.6 Ship's Laborers Ledger, 1817-1818

RB.9, F.7 Ship's Laborers Ledgers, 1819-1822

RB.9, F.8 Ship'S Laborers Ledger, 1822-1824

SGI Series 5: Personnel Records

Sub-Series 2: Labor Accounts

RB.9, F.9 Ship's Laborers Account Books, 1815-1819

RB.9, F.10 Laborer's Accounts for Ships Panther and Lion, 1841-1842

SGI Series 5: Personnel Records

Sub-Series 3: Comprador Accounts

RB.9, F.11 Comprador Accounts & Records, 1803-1807

SGI Series 6: Prices Current & Commercial Information (see also SGI, S2, SS2)

NEWSPAPERS: For exact dates of Issue SEE INVENTORY

Sub-Series 1: East India

Box 244 Canton commercial information, including one-page "Estimate of the Total Value

of Imports and Exports of American Vessels at Canton," 1804-1821

Box 245 Canton Prices Current 1839-1858

Box 246 Canton Prices Current 1810-1838

Box 247 East India Prices Current & Commercial Information (excepting Canton)

Box 248 East India Prices Current & Commercial Information (excepting Canton)

Oversize Box 1: Misc. copies of The Overland Register, 1845-1853; The Hongkong Register,

1844-1845; Hongkong, Late Canton Register, 1843;

Misc. items found with newspapers: (2) "Public Notice to Her Majesty's

Subjects", Macao, 5th June 1841, re: withdrawl of troops; (1) printed map

of the Battle of the Bogue, probably a mis-filed insert to The Canton Register.

Oversize Box 2: Misc. copies of The Canton Press, 1839-1842

Oversize Box 3: Misc. copies of The Canton Register, 1834-1837;

Ceylon Government Gazette, 7 Aug 1847

Oversize Box 4: Misc. copies of The Canton Register, 1838-1839

Oversize Box 5: Misc. copies of The Bombay Times, 1848-1849

Misc. pages of The Ceylon Overland Observer, 1847

Misc. copies of The China Mail, 1846-1848

Misc. copies of The North China Herald, 1850-1859

Misc. copies of Overland China Mail, 1848

The Overland Colombo Observer, 16 Aug 1847

Misc. copies of The Overland Singapore Free Press, 1846-1848

SGI Series 6: Prices Current & Commercial Information

Sub-Series 2: Europe

RB.9, F.12 Commercial Information on Foreign Exchanges, 1837-1843

RB.9, F.13 Notes on European Exchanges, 1839

Box 249 European Prices Current & Commercial Information A-C

Box 250 European Prices Current & Commercial Information D-F

Box 251 European Prices Current & Commercial Information G-H

Box 252 [No box 252]

Box 253 European Prices Current & Commercial Information G-H

Box 254 European Prices Current & Commercial Information I-N

Box 255 European Prices Current & Commercial Information N

Box 256 European Prices Current & Commercial Information N-Z

Oversize Box 5: Misc. copies of Prince's Prices Current, 1841

Oversize Box 6: Misc. copies of The London Mercantile Journal, 1856

Misc. copies of Willmer & Smith