Matches in Harvard for { ?s ?p The bulk of the collection pertains to operations at various ports and canals. Included are Marblehead Custom House records, 1789-1870, consisting of letters and circulars, mainly from the U.S. Treasury Dept. or other custom houses, fishermen's agreements, crew lists, vessel registrations, and manifests of cargoes; Philadelphia Custom House records, 1796-1802, consisting of a cashbook which contains the names of hundreds of ships sailing from Philadelphia and the names of their owners and captains, and a receipt book for bounties on exports from the U.S. and for damages on imports; Kennebunkport, Me. port records, 1804-1830, containing seamen's oaths, crew lists, and oaths to property; New York State Comptrollers' Office (Albany) records, 1823-1850, consisting of letters from collectors of tolls at New York State canals including Cayuga, Seneca, Erie, Chenango and Genesee Valley canals, and two letters relating to convict labor; and Boston Custom House records, 1843, consisting of letters, mainly to Hon. Levi Lincoln, former governor of Massachusetts, concerning smuggling.. }
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- catalog description "The bulk of the collection pertains to operations at various ports and canals. Included are Marblehead Custom House records, 1789-1870, consisting of letters and circulars, mainly from the U.S. Treasury Dept. or other custom houses, fishermen's agreements, crew lists, vessel registrations, and manifests of cargoes; Philadelphia Custom House records, 1796-1802, consisting of a cashbook which contains the names of hundreds of ships sailing from Philadelphia and the names of their owners and captains, and a receipt book for bounties on exports from the U.S. and for damages on imports; Kennebunkport, Me. port records, 1804-1830, containing seamen's oaths, crew lists, and oaths to property; New York State Comptrollers' Office (Albany) records, 1823-1850, consisting of letters from collectors of tolls at New York State canals including Cayuga, Seneca, Erie, Chenango and Genesee Valley canals, and two letters relating to convict labor; and Boston Custom House records, 1843, consisting of letters, mainly to Hon. Levi Lincoln, former governor of Massachusetts, concerning smuggling.".