mixed material monographic eng 10,000 34 3 11 13.6 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). Open to research. 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. Loper, R. F. (Richard F.) Palmer, Alexander Smith, 1806-1894 Palmer, Nathaniel Brown, 1799-1877 mm 79035410 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms003068 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms003068.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003068 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003068.3 Open to research. DLC 791031 20260227111656.0 mm 79035410