07990cpcaa2201273 a 4500 mm 79035410 DLC 20260227111656.0 cr ||||||||||| 791031|||||||||||| eng mm 79035410 ms 64001578 DLC DLC DLC dacs N lcmd Palmer-Loper family papers, 1667-1994 (bulk 1790-1930). 10,000 items. 34 containers plus 3 oversize. 11 microfilm reels. 13.6 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, logs and journals, financial and business papers, ships' papers, printed material, and other papers of various members of the seafaring and merchant Palmer and Loper families of Stonington, Conn. Includes papers of Nathanial Brown Palmer relating to his discovery in 1820 of the Antarctic subcontinent, to various whaling and sealing enterprises, to the China trade, and to mercantile and shipping interests; papers of his younger brother Alexander Smith Palmer relating chiefly to mercantile and shipping interests; and papers of R.F. Loper relating principally to shipbuilding activities, the operation of Loper, Dorman, and Company, and business contracts with the U.S. Army and Navy during the Civil War. Subjects include local and national events, trans-Atlantic packet ship voyages, sailing vessels including clipper ships, yachts and yachting, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War in Cuba, and the Philippine American War. Includes logs or log extracts for the Annawan, Charles Adams, Garrick, Hero, Mary of London, Olive Branch, Penguin, and Southerner. Also includes a 1776 census of Long Point, Stonington, receipts and other documents relating to the yacht Madgie (later renamed Magic), diaries of journeys to New York and New Orleans, La., by Priscilla Dixon Palmer, Elizabeth Dixon Palmer Loper's diary recording a family trip through France and Italy in 1871-1872, late 18th century sermon notes by Ira Hart, and correspondence of Louis Lambert Palmer from his years at Yale College, New Haven, Conn., and as a businessman and lawyer in Chicago, Ill. Correspondents include Frederick T. Bush, Frederick Albert Cook, J. Schuyler Crosby, Nathan Fellows Dixon (1812-1881), Nathan Fellows Dixon (1847-1897), Edmund Fanning, R.B. Forbes, William Grant, Francis H. Gregory, William Herbert Hobbs, Elizabeth Dixon Palmer Loper, Richard F. Loper, Jr., William H. Loper, Alexander Smith Palmer, Jr., Louis Lambert Palmer, Nathaniel B. Palmer II, Priscilla Dixon Palmer, Theodore Dwight Palmer, Benjamin Pendleton, Francis H. Smith, John R. Spears, Charles T. Stanton, Joseph W. Stanton, and Thomas P. Stanton and the firms of A.A. Low & Bros., Baldwin and Spooner, G. Woodhull and Minturns, Lawrence Giles Company, and Russell & Company (Guangzhou, China). Microfilm edition of Hero logbook available, no. 17,105. Microfilm edition available, no. 18,965. Microfilm edition of Annawan logbook available, no. 18,965.1. Microfilm produced from originals in Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. ; Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1977-1987. Members of the Palmer and Loper families including Nathaniel Brown Palmer (1799-1877) and his brother Alexander Smith Palmer (1806-1894), merchants and sea captains of Stonington, Conn., and R.F. (Richard Fanning) Loper (1800-1880), inventor, merchant, sea captain, and shipbuilder of Stonington, Conn., and Philadelphia, Pa. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003068 Bush, Frederick T. Correspondence. Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940 Correspondence. Crosby, John Schuyler, 1839-1914 Correspondence. Dixon, Nathan Fellows, 1812-1881 Correspondence. Dixon, Nathan Fellows, 1847-1897 Correspondence. Fanning, Edmund, 1769-1841 Correspondence. Forbes, R. B. (Robert Bennet), 1804-1889 Correspondence. Gregory, Francis H., 1848-1929 Correspondence. Hobbs, William Herbert, 1864-1952 Correspondence. Loper, Elizabeth Dixon Palmer, 1848-1929 Correspondence. Loper, Richard Fanning, 1850-1914 Correspondence. Palmer, Louis Lambert, 1845-1887 Correspondence. Palmer, Theodore Dwight, 1816-1865 Correspondence. Pendleton, Benjamin, 1787-1857 Correspondence. Smith, Francis Hopkinson, 1838-1915 Correspondence. Stanton, Charles T. Correspondence. Stanton, Joseph W. (Joseph Warren) Correspondence. Stanton, Thomas P. Correspondence. Loper family. Loper family Correspondence. Palmer family. Palmer family Correspondence. United States. Army Procurement. United States. Navy Procurement. A.A. Low & Bros. Correspondence. Annawan (Sealing ship) Baldwin and Spooner Correspondence. Charles Adams (Ship) G. Woodhull and Minturns Correspondence. Garrick (Ship) Hero (Sloop) Lawrence Giles Company Correspondence. Loper, Dorman, and Company. Madgie (Yacht) Magic (Yacht) Mary of London (Ship) Olive Branch (Sloop) Penguin (Schooner) Russell & Company (Guangzhou, China) Southerner (Ship) Yale College (1718-1887) Business records Connecticut Stonington. Clipper ships. Packets. Practice of law Illinois Chicago. Sealing. Shipbuilding. Shipping. Ships. Ship's papers 19th century. Spanish-American War, 1898 Cuba. Universities and colleges Connecticut New Haven. Voyages and travels. Whaling. Yachting. Yachts. Antarctica Discovery and exploration. Chicago (Ill.) Commerce. China Description and travel. Connecticut History. France Description and travel. Italy Description and travel. New Orleans (La.) Description and travel. New York (State) Description and travel. Philippines History Philippine American War, 1899-1902. Stonington (Conn.) Census. Stonington (Conn.) Commerce. Stonington (Conn.) History. United States History. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. Hart, Ira. Ira Hart sermon notes. Loper, R. F. (Richard F.) R.F. Loper papers. Palmer, Alexander Smith, 1806-1894. Alexander Smith Palmer papers. Palmer, Nathaniel Brown, 1799-1877. Nathaniel Brown Palmer papers. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003068 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003068.3 42283 42283