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Records of the U.S. Custom House, Bristol-Warren, Rhode Island
Records, 1790-1882 Size: 65 linear feet Catalog number: MSS 28 sg2 Processed by: Harold Kemble, circa 1980 Expanded by Rick Stattler, October 1999 USE MICROFILM HD8039 .S4 R46 1982 (Certificates of enrollmentof vessels May-December 1801; Abstract of endorsements of changes of masters’ names on Registers, etc. 1822-1855; Abstract of Protections granted to American Seamen 1822-1827; Abstract of licenses to vessels under 20 tons 1818-1855; Abstracts of Permanent and of Temporary Registers, issued and surrendered in 1820-1855)
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Historical note:
The United States Custom Service was created by an act of the Congress dated July 31, 1789 (1 Stat. L, 24) as a branch of the Treasury Department. It was responsible for the collection of duties on imports, the registering and licensing of vessels, the enforcement of all regulations restricting import and export of goods, and the enforcement of laws governing the entry and clearances of seamen and ships' passengers.
A supplementary Customs Act (1 Stat. L, 24-29) provided for the establishment of custom districts and ports of entry, the appointment of customs officers, and regulations for the collection of duties. This act created fifty-nine custom districts in eleven states. No provision was made for Rhode Island, which had not yet ratified the Constitution of the United States.
The Act of June 14, 1790 (1 State. L, 127) created the Rhode Island custom districts of Providence and Newport. Both towns were constituted Ports of Entry and for each were appointed a collector, a naval officer and a surveyor. There were seven Ports of Delivery--Pawtuxet, in the Providence district, and North Kingstown, East Greenwich, Westerly, Bristol, Warren and Barrington in the Newport district.
In 1794, Congress passed an act prohibiting the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Bristol merchants involved in the trade chafed at the aggressive enforcement of the law by the Newport customs officials. Traders James D'Wolf and Shearjashub Bourne began lobbying for a separate customs district that would be more amenable to their business. Providence merchant John Brown, a former slave trader and vocal defender of the trade, was elected to the House of Representatives in 1799. He ushered legislation through Congress that created the Bristol Customs House on February 23, 1800. Jonathan Russell was appointed as the first collector, and he continued the enforcement of the slave trading laws. After the D'Wolf family circulated a petition for his removal and generally asserted their political clout, Jonathan Russell was fired by President Jefferson in February of 1804. The new collector, Charles Collins, was a major investor in the slave trade and a brother-in-law of James D'Wolf. He served as collector through 1820.
Custom Officials
Each district employed a variety of officials including a collector, naval officer, surveyors, weighers, gaugers and inspectors. Appointments were made by the President of the United States, and were usually accompanied by considerable infighting and intrigue. The position of district Collector, because of its attendant political influence and control over the maritime commerce of the district, was a particularly valued job and one of the most honored and lucrative of government appointments.
The Providence Custom House Collector, as chief officer of the district, was responsible for collecting duties and keeping records of all financial transactions for reporting to the Treasury Department. He was required to enforce the revenue laws and impose fines, penalties and forfeitures. He was responsible for the appointment and paying of the other custom officials; for the admeasurement and documentation of American merchant vessels; licensing of fishing vessels; registration of American seamen and ships' passengers entering and clearing the port; maintenance of custom buildings and property; collection of funds for the administration of the Marine Hospital and records of the Pension Agency, and the placement of harbor stakes and buoys.
The Naval Officer, equal in rank with the Collector, was required to keep copies of all manifests and entries; to estimate custom duties; to keep separate records, and to countersign certain of the Collector's accounts,
The Surveyor, under the supervision of the Collector, kept a daily record of all vessels arriving. He was assisted by the inspectors, weighers and gaugers in estimating impost and tonnage duties on goods. The surveyor also supervised cargo lading for drawback, the collection and payment of bounty allowances and fees on goods, and the admeasurement of foreign vessels for tonnage duty.
The salaries of collectors of customs districts were paid from specified fees and a commission on the amounts paid by the district into the Treasury Department. Naval officers, surveyors, weighers, gaugers, and measurers were paid entirely from fees. Inspectors were paid a fixed sum per day.
Custom House Activities
Although the basic function of the Custom House remained relatively unchanged during the nineteenth century, its duties became more complex and specialized as the volume of maritime commerce grew. The Treasury Department required the custom collectors to keep increasingly detailed accounts of the custom house's activities and its importation statistics.
After the war between Britain and France was declared in 1793, the customs districts were required to regulate exports in addition to imports. Between 1798 and 1809, the customs enforced various embargo and non-intercourse laws, issued special clearances or permits and reported any violations of the laws.
The Marine Hospital, providing for the care of sick or disabled seamen, was founded in 1798, and the customs officials were required to collect hospital dues from vessels arriving from foreign ports and to make reports of these dues to the Treasury.
After 1819, the customs districts were required to collect passenger lists from all incoming vessels from foreign ports for the preparation of United States immigration statistics.
In addition to the above activities, the customs district was charged with keeping the records of the naval and army pension agency. The collectors were designated as pension agents in 1790 and were directed to pay the military pensions which had been granted by the states and which had been assumed by the United Sates.
Other functions of the customs district were to warehouse goods imported in a custom warehouse until duty could be paid (established in 1846); to keep the official records of the sale of vessels, after 1850; and to regulate steamship commerce. Although steamship trade began in the 1830s, the first steamboat inspectors were appointed in 1852 and were required to issue licenses after inspection and to enforce safely regulations.
Bibliography:
Coughtry, Jay. The Notorious Triangle: Rhode Island and the African Slave Trade, 1700-1807 (Philadelphia: Temple University, 1981), 221-229.
Kemble, Harold. "United States Custom House - Providence, Rhode Island: Records, 1789-1900" (unpublished typescript in Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division).
Scope and content:
The records of the Bristol/Warren Custom House date from 1790 to 1899. Some of the records (1790-1797) predate the federal custom offices and were the records kept by the state customs service.
A card index to the Bristol/Warren crew lists was prepared in the 1980s by volunteer Renee White. The index covers the years 1802 to 1865. It is stored in a wooden cabinet on a shelf at the end of the collection. The crew lists after 1865 are not indexed.
Unlike the Providence Custom House Papers, the Bristol/Warren materials are organized chronologically and include the following types of records: business letters, manifests for inward and outward coastal and foreign trade, seamen protections, licenses, imports and exports, crew lists, entries and clearances, passenger and crew lists, whaling voyages, lists of sick and injured, marine hospital records and postal records.
The last nine (9) boxes are by type of record. They include:
Abstract of bounty, pickled fish, 1816-1821 (box 62)
Cashbooks 1801-1836 (box 62)
Correspondence, outward (1805-1808) box 62)
Debentures (1821-1826) (box 62)
Enrollments and licenses, abstracts, 1819-1855 (box 62)
Enrollment bonds & oaths, 1804-1865 (box 63)
Inspectors returns, 1820-1869 (box 64)
License bonds, 1818-1849 (box 64, 66)
Gauger returns (1804-1825) (box 65)
lost marine papers,1822-23
masters' oaths of citizenship, 1802-10
measurer returns
Mediterranean passports, abstracts and bonds, 1821-1835 (box 66)
Passport bonds, 1801-1820 (Box 66)
Publications, 1817-1863
Licenses abstracts 1801-1848
Register abstracts of surrendered, issued, bonds and oaths, 1801-1849 (box 67)
Weigher returns, 1806-1869 (box 68)
Seaman's timebook, bonds, and protections abstract, 1803-1878 (box 69)
Sick and disabled-funds received and expenditures, 1843-1854 (box 59)
The earliest correspondence files include letters to and from many important early Federalists. The following is a selected list:
Bosworth, Samuel. Collector/inspector of the Revenue at Bristol. Correspondence, 1791-1801.
Brown & Francis. Letter from, 3/7/1795.
Collins, Charles. Correspondence, 1804-1820.
Dearborn, Henry (1751-1829). Letters from, 7/19/1809, 8/9/1809.
Ellery, William (1727-1820). Letters from, 6/16/1794, 7/24/1794, 10/15/1794, 11/27/1794, 8/24/1801, 3/1806, 5/5/1806, 11/10/1808, 12/24/1808, 2/1809. Also copy letters to Ellery, 1794.
Gallatin, A.A.Albert (1761-1849). Many signed letters and circulars from, 1801-1813.
Hamilton, Alexander (1757-1804). Letter copy to, 1/26/1791
Howell, David (1747-1824). Several letters from, 1808-1809.
Lamb, John (1735-1800). Letter from, 7/7/1791
Rush, Richard (1780-1859). Frequent correspondence as comptroller of the Treasury, 1812-1814.
Russell, Jonathan (1771-1832). Correspondence, 1801-1804.
Wolcott, Oliver (1760-1833). Letters from, 7/31/1792, 8/5/1799.
Provenance:
These records almost certainly arrived in 1902 as part of the records delivered by the Providence Customs Collector. This gift was mandated by an act of Congress, and is discussed in the October 1902 issue of Rhode Island Historical Society News Sheet. The Bristol/Warren records are not specifically mentioned there, but they are mentioned in conjunction with the Providence records in the April 1918 issue of Rhode Island History.
Processing note:
These records were organized circa 1980 in conjunction with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, by a staff including Harold Kemble, Caroline Preston, Lucinda Manning and others. The historical note for this subgroup was taken almost verbatim from their guide to the Providence records. Rick Stattler typed in the box list as a volunteer in 1993, and completed the finding aid in 1999.
Inventory:
1790 commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
miscellaneous
1791 business - letters
business - miscellaneous
vessels - miscellaneous
1792 business - letters
business - miscellaneous
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
1793 business - miscellaneous
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
vessels - licenses
vessels - miscellaneous
1794 business - letters
business - miscellaneous
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise - Providence
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
commerce - miscellaneous
vessels - licenses
1795 business - letters
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
vessels - licenses
1796 business - letters
1797 business - letters
business - miscellaneous
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
1798 business - miscellaneous
vessels - detained
1799 business - letters
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
1800 business - miscellaneous
vessels - entries and clearances
1801 business - letters
business - miscellaneous
commerce - imports and exports
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - inward foreign - Providence
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - miscellaneous
seamen - protections
vessels - licenses
vessels - miscellaneous
1802 business - letters
business - miscellaneous
commerce - imports and exports
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise - Providence
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - miscellaneous
seamen - crew lists
vessels - entries and clearances
vessels - licenses
1803 business - letters
commerce - imports and exports
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - inward foreign - Providence
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - miscellaneous
seamen - crew lists
seamen - protections
vessels - entries and clearances
1801-1822 running accounts
Box 2 (1804-1805)
1804 business - misc.
commerce - imports and exports
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - misc. (2)
seamen - crew lists - departing
seamen - crew lists - returning (2)
seamen - protections
1805 business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - imports and exports
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - misc.
seamen - crew lists
seamen - protections
Box 3 - (1806-1807)
1806 business - letters
business - miscellaneous
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - miscellaneous
seamen - crew lists - departing
seamen - crew lists - returning
vessels - ownership
1807 business - letters
business - miscellaneous
commerce - imports and exports
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - miscellaneous
seamen - crew lists - returning
seamen - protections
vessels - ownership
Box 4 (1808-1810)
1808 business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
seamen - protections
vessels - entries and clearances
vessels - ownership
vessels - non-intercourse bonds
1809 business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
seamen - crew lists
seamen - protections
vessels - entries and clearances
vessels - licenses
vessels - non-intercourse bonds
1810 business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - misc.
seamen - crew lists - departing
seamen - crew lists - returning
seamen - protections
vessels - licenses
vessels - misc.
Box 5 (1811-1815)
1811 business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
commerce - misc.
seamen - protections
1812 business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - misc.
seamen - crew lists - departing
seamen - crew lists - returning
seamen - protections
1813 business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - misc.
seamen - protections
vessels - licenses
1814 business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - misc.
vessels - licenses
1815 business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - misc.
seamen - crew lists
seamen - protections
vessels - licenses
vessels - ownership
Box 6 (1816-1819)
1816 business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - misc.
seamen - crew lists
vessels - licenses
1817 business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - misc.
seamen - crew lists
seamen - sick and injured
vessels - entries and clearances
1818 business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - misc.
seamen - crew lists
vessels - entries and clearances
1819 business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - imports and exports
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
Box 7 (1819-1820)
1819 commerce - misc.
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns
seamen - protections
seamen - sick and injured
vessels - entries and clearances
1820 business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign (4)
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
Box 8 (1820-1821)
1820 commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - misc.
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departing (2)
seamen - crew lists - returning (2)
seamen - protections
vessels - entries and clearances
vessels - ownership
1821 business - letters
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign (2)
Box 9 (1821) (half-box)
1821 commerce - manifests - inward foreign (2)
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise
Box 10 (1821)
1821 commerce - manifests - outward coastwise (2)
commerce - manifests - outward foreign (3)
commerce - misc.
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departing (3)
seamen - crew lists - returning (3)
seamen - protections
vessels - entries and clearances
Box 11 (1822)
1822 business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign (7)
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise (3)
commerce - manifests - outward foreign (3)
Box 12 (1822) (half-box)
1822 commerce - misc.
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns (2)
seamen - protections
vessels - entries and clearances
Box 13 (1823)
1823 business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign (6)
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise (3)
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - misc.
immigration - passenger lists
Box 14 (1823-1824)
1823 seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns (2)
seamen - protections
vessels - entries and clearances
1824 business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign (6)
Box 15 (1824)
1824 commerce - manifests - outward coastwise (4)
commerce - manifests - outward foreign (2)
misc.
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns (3)
seamen - protections
vessels - entries and clearances
Box 16 (1825)
1825 business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - entries and clearances
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise (2)
commerce - manifests - inward foreign (5)
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise (6)
commerce - manifests - outward foreign (4)
commerce - misc.
Box 17 (1825) (half-box)
1825 immigration - passenger lists
seaman - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns (2)
seamen - protections
vessels - admeasurements
vessels - agreements
Box 18 (1826)
1826 business - letters
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise (2)
commerce - manifests - inward foreign (3)
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise (4)
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - misc.
immigration - passenger lists
seaman - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns (3)
seamen - protections (2)
vessels - agreements
Box 19 (1827)
1827 business - accounts - collector
business - disbursements
business - marine hospital
business - letters
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise (2)
commerce - manifests - inward foreign (2)
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise (4)
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - misc.
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns (3)
seamen - protections
vessels - agreements
vessels - ownership
Box 20 (1828) (half-box)
1828 business - accounts - collector
business - marine hospital
business - letters
commerce - entries and clearances
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign (2)
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise (3)
Box 21 (1828-1829)
1828 commerce - manifests - outward coastwise (2)
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - misc.
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns (3)
seamen - protections
vessels - agreements
vessels - enrollments
vessels - ownership
1829 business - accounts - collector
business - marine hospital
business - letters
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise (2)
commerce - manifests - inward foreign (2)
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise (2)
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - misc.
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns (2)
seamen - protections
vessels - agreements
Box 22 (1830)
1830 business - letters
business - records
business - records - hospital
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - inward whaling
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise (3)
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward whaling
commerce - misc.
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns (2)
seamen - protections
vessels - agreements
vessels - registrations
Box 23 (1831) (half-box)
1831 business - current
business - letters
business - marine hospital
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise (2)
commerce - manifests - inward foreign (3)
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise (2)
Box 24 (1831-1832)
1831 commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward whaling
commerce - misc.
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns (3)
seamen - protections
vessels - licences
vessels - ownership
1832 business - letters
business - marine hospital
business - records - current
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign (4)
commerce - manifests - inward whaling
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise (2)
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward whaling
commerce - misc.
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
Box 25 (1832-1833)
1832 seamen - crew lists - returns (3)
seamen - protections (2)
vessels - enrollments
vessels - entries and clearances
1833 business - accounts
business - letters
business - marine hospital
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise (2)
commerce - manifests - inward foreign (2)
commerce - manifests - inward whaling
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise (4)
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward whaling
commerce - misc.
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns (2)
seamen - protections
vessels - entries and clearances
Box 26 (1834)
1834 business - current
business - letters
business - marine hospital
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward foreign (2)
commerce - manifests - inward whaling
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise (3)
Box 27 (1834-1835)
1834 commerce - manifests - outward foreign (2)
commerce - manifests - outward whaling
commerce - misc.
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns (4)
seamen - protections
vessels - agreements
vessels - entries and clearances
1835 business - current
business - letters
business - marine hospital
business - misc.
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise (2)
commerce - manifests - inward foreign (2)
commerce - manifests - inward whaling
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise (3)
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward whaling
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns (3)
seamen - protections
vessels - entries and clearances
Box 28 (1836)
1836 business - current
business - letters
business - marine hospital
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise (3)
commerce - manifests - inward foreign
commerce - manifests - inward whaling
commerce - manifests - outward coastwise (2)
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward whaling
commerce - misc.
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns (2)
seamen - protections
vessels - entries and clearances
Box 29 (1837)
1837 business - commercial abstracts
business - current
business - letters
business - marine hospital
business - misc.
commerce - manifests - inward coastwise
Box 30 (1837-1838)
1837 commerce - manifests - outward coastwise (2)
commerce - manifests - outward foreign
commerce - manifests - outward foreign (whaling)
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns (2)
seamen - protections
vessels - entered and cleared
1838
business - letters
business - general current
business - commercial abstracts
business - marine hospital
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward - foreign
commerce - manifests - inward - foreign (whaling)
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign (whaling)
commerce - misc.
seamen - crew lists - departures
Box 31 (1838-1839)
1838
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - returns (January-June)
seamen - crew lists - returns (July-December)
seamen - protections
vessels - enrollment and license
vessels - entered and cleared
1839
business - accounts general
business - commercial abstracts
business - letters
business - marine hospital
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward - foreign
commerce - manifests - inward - foreign (whaling)
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise (2)
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign (whaling)
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - bill of health
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns (2)
seamen - protections
vessels - entered and cleared
Box 32 (1840)
business - letters
commerce - manifests - voyages in (2)
commerce - manifests - voyages out(3)
commerce - manifests - whaling voyages in
commerce - manifests - whaling voyages out
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - protections
Box 32a (1840)
business - commercial abstracts
business - marine hospital
business - records
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - returns (2)
Box 33 (1841)
business - commercial abstracts
business - commercial abstracts
business - letters
business - marine hospital
business - marine hospital
business - records
commerce - manifests - voyages in (2)
commerce - manifests - voyages out (2)
commerce - manifests - whaling voyages in
commerce - manifests - whaling voyages out
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns
seamen - protections (2)
Box 34 (1842-1843)
1842
business - commercial abstracts
business - letters
business - marine hospital
business - records
commerce - manifests - voyages in
commerce - manifests - voyages out
commerce - manifests - whaling voyages in
commerce - manifests - whaling voyages out
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns
seamen - protections
1843
business - commercial abstracts
business - letters
business - marine hospital accounts
business - records
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns
seamen - crew lists - returns and consulate documents
seamen - protections
Box 35 (1843)
business - records
commerce - manifests - voyages in
commerce - manifests - voyages out
commerce - manifests - whaling voyages out (2)
commerce - manifests - whaling voyages in
Box 36 (1844-1845)
1844
business - commercial abstracts
business - letters
business - letters
business - marine hospital
business - records
business - records (hospital)
commerce - manifests - voyages in
commerce - manifests - voyages in (2)
commerce - manifests - voyages out
commerce - manifests - whaling voyages in
commerce - manifests - whaling voyages out
seamen - crew lists - returns
seamen - protections
1845
business - commercial abstracts
business - letters
business - marine hospital
business - records
commerce - manifests - voyages in (2)
commerce - manifests - voyages out
commerce - manifests - whaling voyages in
commerce - manifests - whaling voyages out
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns
seamen - protections
vessels
Box 37 (1846-1847)
1846
business - commercial abstracts
business - letters
business - marine hospital
business - records
commerce - manifests - voyages in
commerce - manifests - voyages out
commerce - manifests - whaling voyages in
commerce - manifests - whaling voyages out
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - returns (2)
1847
business - commercial abstracts
business - letters
business - records
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - voyages in
commerce - manifests - voyages out (2)
commerce - manifests - whaling voyages in
commerce - manifests - whaling voyages out
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns
seamen - protections
Box 38 (1848)
business - commercial abstracts
business - letters
business - marine hospital
business - records
commerce - manifests - voyages in
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - returns (3)
seamen - protections
vessels - clearance
Box 39 (1848-1849)
1848
commerce - manifests - voyages in (2)
commerce - manifests - whaling voyages in
commerce - manifests - voyages out (3)
commerce - manifests - whaling voyages out
1849
business - commercial abstracts
business - letters
business - marine hospital
business - records
commerce - manifests - voyages in
commerce - manifests - whaling voyages in
commerce - manifests - whaling voyages out (2)
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - bills of health
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns (2)
seamen - protections
vessels - ships papers
Box 40 (1850)
business - commercial abstracts
business - letters
business - marine hospital
business - records
commerce - manifests - voyages in (4)
commerce - manifests - voyages out (4)
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns
seamen - protections
vessels - ships papers
Box 41 (1851)
business - commercial abstracts (2)
business - letters
business - marine hospital
business - records (2)
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns (2)
seamen - protections
vessels - shipping articles
Box 42 (1851-1852)
1851
commerce - manifests - voyages in (2)
commerce - manifests - voyages out (4)
1852
business - commercial abstracts
business - letters
business - marine hospital
business - records
commerce - manifests - inward - foreign
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - voyages inward - coastwise
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns (2)
Box 43 (1852)
business - commercial abstracts
commerce - manifests - voyages outward - coastwise (3)
commerce - manifests - voyages outward - foreign
Box 44 (1853-1854)
1853
business - commercial abstracts
business - letters
business - marine hospital
business - records
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward - foreign
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns (2)
shipping articles (2)
1854
business - commercial abstracts
business - letters
business - marine hospital
business - records
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise (2)
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns
seamen - protections
Box 45 (1855-1856)
1855
business - commercial abstracts
business - letters
business - marine hospital
business - records
commerce - manifests - foreign
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise (3)
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - returns
seamen - protections
seamen - protections
1856
business - commercial abstracts
business - letters
business - marine hospital
business - records
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - returning (2)
seamen - protections
Box 46 (1854)
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward - foreign
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise (2)
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign
seamen - protections
vessels - shipping articles
Box 47 (1856-1857)
1856
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward - foreign
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign
vessels - shipping articles
1857
business - commercial abstracts
business - letters
business - marine hospital
business - records (2)
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns (2)
seamen - hospital returns
vessels - shipping articles
Box 48 (1857-1858)
1857
commerce - manifests - inward - foreign
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign
1858
business - commercial abstracts (2)
business - letters
business - marine hospital
business - records (2)
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists
seamen - crew lists - returns
seamen - protections
vessels - changes of master
Box 49 (1858-1859)
1858
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward - foreign
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise (2)
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign
vessels - shipping articles
1859
business - commercial abstracts (2)
business - letters
business - marine hospital
business - records
commerce - manifests - foreign
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward - foreign
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns
seamen - crew lists - returns
seamen - hospital returns
seamen - protections (2)
vessels - change of master
vessels - licenses
vessels - shipping articles
Box 50 (1860-1861)
1860
business - commercial abstracts
business - letters
business - marine hospital
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward - foreign
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign
misc.
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns
seamen - protections
vessels - changes of master
vessels - registry
vessels - shipping articles
1861
business - commercial abstracts (2)
business - letters
business - marine hospital
business - records
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - protections
Box 51 (1861-1863)
1861
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns
seamen - protections
vessels - original shipping articles
vessels - registry
1862
business - commercial abstracts
business - letters
business - marine hospital
business - records
business - registration and ownership
business - shipping articles
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward - foreign
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns
seamen - crew lists - returns
seamen - protections
1863
business - marine hospital
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - hospital returns of seamen
seamen - protections
vessels - master's oath of allegiance
vessels - owners and registers
Box 52 (1863-1864)
1863
business - commercial abstracts (2)
business - entries and clearances
business - letters
business - records
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward - foreign
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign
seamen - crew lists - returns
vessels - shipping articles
1864
business - accounts
business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - duties
commerce - entries and clearances
commerce - imports and exports
commerce - manifests - foreign
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward - foreign
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns
seamen - hospital returns of crew
seamen - marine hospital accounts
seamen - protections
vessels - change of master
vessels - enrollment and licenses
vessels - entered and cleared
vessels - shipping articles
Box 53 (1865)
business - accounts
business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - duties
commerce - imports and exports
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign
commerce - misc.
seamen - protections
vessels - enrollment and license surr.
vessels - entries and clearances
vessels - entries and clearances
vessels - misc.
Box 54 (1865)
commerce - manifests - inward - foreign
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns
seamen - shipping articles
seamen - sick and disabled
Box 55 (1866-1867)
1866
business - accounts current
business - misc.
commerce - imports and exports
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward - foreign
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign
commerce - misc.
correspondence
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns
seamen - protections
seamen - sick and disabled
vessels - enrollment - license - registry
vessels - entries (1865-1867)
vessels - entries and clearances
vessels - misc.
vessels - shipping articles
1867
business - accounts
business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - imports and exports
commerce - manifests - coastwise - inward
commerce - manifests - coastwise - outward
commerce - manifests - foreign - inward
commerce - manifests - foreign - outward
immigration and emigration
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns
seamen - protections
seamen - sick and disabled
vessels - entries and clearances
vessels - ships articles
Box 56 (1868-1870)
1868
business - business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - imports and exports
commerce - manifests - inward - foreign
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise (2)
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign
seamen - crew lists - departures
seamen - crew lists - returns
seamen - ships articles
seamen - sick and injured
vessels - entries and clearances
vessels - registers and licenses
1869
business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - imports and exports
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward - foreign
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise (2)
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign
commerce - misc.
seamen - crew lists
seamen - protections
seamen - sick and injured
vessels - enrollments and licenses
vessels - entries and clearances
vessels - misc.
vessels - owners
vessels - shipping articles
1870
business - letters
business - misc. (2)
business - records (general)
Box 57 (1870-1871)
1870
commerce - imports and exports (2)
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward - foreign
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign
commerce - misc.
seamen - crew lists
seamen - sick and injured
vessels - enrollment and licenses
vessels - entries and clearances
vessels - misc.
vessels - ships articles
1871
business - letters
business - misc. (2)
commerce - imports and exports (2)
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward - foreign
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign
commerce - misc.
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - returns (2)
seamen - sick and injured
vessels - enrollments and licenses
vessels - entries and clearances
vessels - misc.
vessels - shipping articles
Box 58 (1872-1874)
1872
business - letters
business - misc. (2)
commerce - imports and exports
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward - foreign
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign
commerce - misc.
seamen - crew lists - return
seamen - sick and injured
vessels - enrollment and licenses
vessels - entries and clearances
vessels - misc.
vessels - shipping articles
1873
business - letters
business - misc. (2)
commerce - imports and exports (2)
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward - foreign
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign
commerce - misc.
seamen - crew lists - return
seamen - sick and injured
vessels - enrollment and licenses
vessels - entries and clearances
vessels - misc.
vessels - shipping articles
1874
business - letters
business - misc. (2)
commerce - imports and exports
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - inward - foreign
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign
Box 59 (1874-1877)
1874
immigration - passenger lists
seamen - crew lists - returns
seamen - sick and injured
vessels - enrollments and licenses
vessels - entries and clearances
vessels - misc.
vessels - shipping articles
1875
business - letters
business - misc. (2)
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign
seamen - crew lists - return
seamen - sick and injured
vessels - enrollments and licenses
vessels - misc.
vessels - shipping articles
1876
business - misc. (2)
commerce - imports and exports
vessels - enrollments and licenses
vessels - misc.
1877
business - misc. (2)
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise
commerce - misc.
seamen - crew lists
vessels - enrollments and licenses
vessels - misc.
Box 60 (1878-1883)
1878
business - letters
business - misc. (2)
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward - foreign
commerce - misc. (2)
seamen - crew lists - return
vessels - enrollments and licenses
vessels - entries and clearances
vessels - misc.
1879
business - misc.
commerce - imports and exports
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise
commerce- misc. (2)
seamen - sick and injured
vessels - enrollments and licenses
vessels - entries and clearances
vessels - misc.
1880
business - misc.
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
commerce - manifests - outward - coastwise
commerce - misc.
seamen - crew lists - return
vessels - entries and clearances
vessels - misc.
1881
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
seamen - sick and injured
vessels - entries and clearances
1882
seamen - crew lists - return
1883
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
Box 61 (1884-1899)
1884
business - letters
business - misc.
business - oath of office
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
vessels - entries and clearances
vessels - misc.
1885
business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
vessels - enrollments and licenses
vessels - lost at sea
1886
business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - imports and exports
vessels - lost at sea
1887
business - letters
business - misc.
vessels - misc.
1888
business - letters
business - misc.
commerce - imports and exports
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
vessels - misc.
1895
business - misc./postal records
1896
business - records
business - misc./postal records
1898
business - misc./postal records
1899
commerce - manifests - inward - coastwise
business - misc./postal receipts
Box 62
1816-1821 bounty, pickled fish, abstract of
1801-1804 cash book
1809 cash book
1812-1819 cash books
1827-1829 cash books
1830-1832 cash books
1833,1834 cash books
1835 cash books
1836 cash books
1805-1808 correspondence, outward
1821-1826 debentures
1819-1827 enrollments, abstracts of
1827-1843 enrollments, permanent, abstracts of
1830-1834 licenses
1840-1853 enrollments, abstract
1848-1855 licenses, abstract
Box 63
1804 (13 April-11 Dec.) enrollment bonds
1806 (2 Jan.-26 Nov.) enrollment bonds
1812 (3 Jan.-4 Dec.) enrollment bonds
1820 enrollment bonds
1821-1825 enrollment bonds
1825 enrollment bonds
1826-1833 (2 Jan.-9 April) enrollment bonds
1830-1834 enrollment and registry bonds
1834-1839 (1 Nov.-31 May) enrollment bonds
1837-1838 (3 July-24 Dec.) enrollment bonds
1838-1840 (28 Dec.-12 May) enrollment bonds
1840-1847 enrollment bonds
1841-1852 enrollment bonds surrendered
1814-1820 enrollment oaths
1821-1824 enrollment oaths
1821-1825 enrollment oaths (prior to endorsement)
1825-1829 enrollment oaths
1829-1832 enrollment oaths
1827-1829 enrollment oaths
1831-1833 enrollment oaths
1831-1836 enrollment oaths
1842-1843 (13 Aug. 8 April) enrollment oaths
1843 (18 April-4 Aug.) enrollment oaths
1839-1842 enrollment oaths
1843-1847 enrollment oaths
1851-1853 enrollment oaths
1854-1858 enrollment oaths
1859-1865 enrollment oaths
Box 64
1820-1823 inspector returns, inward, foreign
1824-1829 inspector returns, inward, foreign
1830-1837,1839 inspector returns, inward, foreign
1840-1849 inspector returns, inward, foreign
1850-1853 inspector returns, inward, foreign
1858-1859 inspector returns, inward, foreign
1860-1869 inspector returns, inward, foreign (2)
1807-1809 license bonds
1814 license bonds
1818-1820 license bonds
1821-1822 license bonds
1823-1825 license bonds
1826-1827 license bonds
1829-1831 license bonds
1831-1834 license bonds
1834-1837 (3 Sept.-18 Sept.) license bonds
Box 65 Gauger returns
1804-1806 gauger returns, inward, foreign
1809-1813 gauger returns, inward, foreign
1811-1816 gauger returns, inward, foreign
1817-1820 gauger returns, inward, foreign
1820-1825 gauger returns, inward, foreign
Box 66
1837-1841 license bonds
1841-1844 license bonds
1844-1847 license bonds
1847-1849 license bonds
1822,1823 marine papers, lost
1802-1810 masters' oaths of citizenship
1823 measurer returns, inward, foreign
1824-1827 Mediterranean passports- abstract of duties on,
1821-1835 Mediterranean passport bonds
1801-1820 passport bonds
1817-1819 publications
1820-1829 publications
1830-1832 publications
1833-1863 publications
1801-1818 licenses, abstracts
1820-1830 licenses, abstracts
1834-1848 licenses to enrolled vessels, abstract
Box 67
1801-1812 registers, abstract of issued,
1844-1855 enrollments/registers, abstracts of surrendered
1845-1854 registers, abstract of issued, etc.
1805 register bond
1807 register bonds
1819-1820 (2 Jan.-25 Dec.) register bonds
1821-1823 register bonds
1824-1830 register bonds
1838-1834 register bonds
1834-1838 register bonds
1839-1846 register bonds
1846-1849 register bonds
1807 register oath
1814 register oath
1818 register oath
1820-1826 register oath of owner/s or master
1826-1832 registry oaths
1831-1837 oath on endorsing registers
1831-1839 register oaths
1834-1839 register oaths
Box 68 Weigher returns
1806-1819 weigher returns, inward, foreign
1820-1824 weigher returns, inward, foreign
1821-1826 weigher returns, outward, coastwise
1825-1829 weigher returns, inward, foreign
1830-1839 weigher returns, inward, foreign
1840-1849 weigher returns, inward, foreign
1850-1859 weigher returns, inward, foreign
1860-1869 weigher returns, inward, coastwise
Box 69
1875-1878 seaman's time book
1803 seamen, bond for return of
1818 seamen, bond for return of
1820-1822 seamen, bonds for return of
1823-1826 seamen, bonds for return of
1826-1830 seamen, bonds for return of
1830-1833 seamen, bonds for return of
1834-1838 seamen, bonds for return of
1838-1845 seamen, bonds for return of
1845-1848 seamen, bonds for return of
1848-1854 seamen, bonds for return of
1841-1855 seaman protections, abstract
1843-1854 amounts of funds received (sick and disabled)
1845-1852 expenditures (sick and disabled)
Box 70 Miscellaneous
vessels, ownership (2)
1824 admeasures, etc.
1805 seamen's protections
1839 crew lists, return
1835 crew lists, return
consular, seals and stamps (2)
misc. (2)
1820 citizenship
1807 citizenship oath
1884 citizenship
1804 citizenship (2)
1809 citizenship
1876 crew lists, return
1850-1859 correspondence
1808 bond
1828 bond
1841 bond
1840 business records
1846 hospital returns
1804 crew lists, return
1803 crew lists, return
1804 crew lists, return
1808 non-intercourse bonds
1801-1821 abstract of sea letters
Subjects:
Bosworth, Samuel. Collector/inspector of the Revenue at Bristol. Correspondence, 1791-1801.
Bristol, R.I. - Commerce
Brown & Francis
Collins, Charles
Customs administration - Rhode Island - Bristol
Dearborn, Henry (1751-1829)
Ellery, William (1727-1820)
Gallatin, A.A. Albert (1761-1849)
Hamilton, Alexander (1757-1804)
Howell, David (1747-1824)
Lamb, John (1735-1800)
Rush, Richard (1780-1859)
Russell, Jonathan (1771-1832)
Warren, R.I. - Commerce
Wolcott, Oliver (1760-1833)
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