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245 0 0 _aPalmer-Loper family papers,
_f1667-1994
_g(bulk 1790-1930).
300 _a10,000
_fitems.
300 _a34
_fcontainers plus
_a3
_foversize.
300 _a11
_fmicrofilm reels.
300 _a13.6
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
520 8 _aIncludes 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.
520 8 _aCorrespondents 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).
530 _aMicrofilm edition of Hero logbook available,
_dno. 17,105.
530 _aMicrofilm edition available,
_dno. 18,965.
530 _aMicrofilm edition of Annawan logbook available,
_dno. 18,965.1.
533 _aMicrofilm produced from originals in Manuscript Division.
_bWashington, D.C. ;
_cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,
_d1977-1987.
545 0 _aMembers 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.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003068
600 1 0 _aBush, Frederick T.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCook, Frederick Albert,
_d1865-1940
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCrosby, John Schuyler,
_d1839-1914
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDixon, Nathan Fellows,
_d1812-1881
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDixon, Nathan Fellows,
_d1847-1897
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFanning, Edmund,
_d1769-1841
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aForbes, R. B.
_q(Robert Bennet),
_d1804-1889
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGregory, Francis H.,
_d1848-1929
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHobbs, William Herbert,
_d1864-1952
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLoper, Elizabeth Dixon Palmer,
_d1848-1929
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLoper, Richard Fanning,
_d1850-1914
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPalmer, Louis Lambert,
_d1845-1887
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPalmer, Theodore Dwight,
_d1816-1865
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPendleton, Benjamin,
_d1787-1857
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSmith, Francis Hopkinson,
_d1838-1915
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aStanton, Charles T.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aStanton, Joseph W.
_q(Joseph Warren)
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aStanton, Thomas P.
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aLoper family.
600 3 0 _aLoper family
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aPalmer family.
600 3 0 _aPalmer family
_vCorrespondence.
610 2 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy
_xProcurement.
610 2 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy
_xProcurement.
610 2 0 _aA.A. Low & Bros.
_vCorrespondence.
610 2 0 _aAnnawan (Sealing ship)
610 2 0 _aBaldwin and Spooner
_vCorrespondence.
610 2 0 _aCharles Adams (Ship)
610 2 0 _aG. Woodhull and Minturns
_vCorrespondence.
610 2 0 _aGarrick (Ship)
610 2 0 _aHero (Sloop)
610 2 0 _aLawrence Giles Company
_vCorrespondence.
610 2 0 _aLoper, Dorman, and Company.
610 2 0 _aMadgie (Yacht)
610 2 0 _aMagic (Yacht)
610 2 0 _aMary of London (Ship)
610 2 0 _aOlive Branch (Sloop)
610 2 0 _aPenguin (Schooner)
610 2 0 _aRussell & Company (Guangzhou, China)
610 2 0 _aSoutherner (Ship)
610 2 0 _aYale College (1718-1887)
650 0 _aBusiness records
_zConnecticut
_zStonington.
650 0 _aClipper ships.
650 0 _aPackets.
650 0 _aPractice of law
_zIllinois
_zChicago.
650 0 _aSealing.
650 0 _aShipbuilding.
650 0 _aShipping.
650 0 _aShips.
650 0 _aShip's papers
_y19th century.
650 0 _aSpanish-American War, 1898
_zCuba.
650 0 _aUniversities and colleges
_zConnecticut
_zNew Haven.
650 0 _aVoyages and travels.
650 0 _aWhaling.
650 0 _aYachting.
650 0 _aYachts.
651 0 _aAntarctica
_xDiscovery and exploration.
651 0 _aChicago (Ill.)
_xCommerce.
651 0 _aChina
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aConnecticut
_xHistory.
651 0 _aFrance
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aItaly
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aNew Orleans (La.)
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aNew York (State)
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aPhilippines
_xHistory
_yPhilippine American War, 1899-1902.
651 0 _aStonington (Conn.)
_vCensus.
651 0 _aStonington (Conn.)
_xCommerce.
651 0 _aStonington (Conn.)
_xHistory.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865.
700 1 _aHart, Ira.
_tIra Hart sermon notes.
700 1 _aLoper, R. F.
_q(Richard F.)
_tR.F. Loper papers.
700 1 _aPalmer, Alexander Smith,
_d1806-1894.
_tAlexander Smith Palmer papers.
700 1 _aPalmer, Nathaniel Brown,
_d1799-1877.
_tNathaniel Brown Palmer papers.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003068
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003068.3
999 _c42283
_d42283