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- catalog abstract "This collection contains ownership and accounting records created and collected by the Harvard Corporation related to its ownership of the sloop Cyrus between 1793 and 1798. The documents include four bills of sale for the sloop; a handwritten copy of the vessel's federal enrollment certificate; financial account records compiled by Harvard College Treasurer Ebenezer Storer, Harvard Steward Caleb Gannett, and joint-owner of the sloop, William Winthrop, related to the transportation and dispersal of the sloop's wood freight; and two letters from Samuel P. Russell to Ebenezer Storer regarding the sale of the sloop by Harvard in 1798.".
- catalog contributor b2352046.
- catalog contributor b2352047.
- catalog contributor b2352048.
- catalog contributor b2352049.
- catalog contributor b2352050.
- catalog coverage "Cambridge (Mass.) History 18th century Sources.".
- catalog coverage "Massachusetts Commerce History 18th century Sources.".
- catalog date "1793".
- catalog description "Detailed inventory available electronically: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:hua39011".
- catalog description "Harvard University. Corporation. Records relating to Harvard's ownership of the sloop Cyrus, 1793-1798. UAI 20.793, Harvard University Archives.".
- catalog description "In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, much of the fuel wood used in Boston was cut on farms in New Hampshire and Maine and transported to the city by coastal sloops (a type of smaller sailing vessel). Between 1793 and 1798, Harvard College maintained the sloop Cyrus to transport wood from the College's property in Maine, through Boston Harbor, and up the Charles River to Cambridge. The wood was both sold at market and used to supply the College. On February 2, 1793, Treasurer Ebenezer Storer, on behalf of the Harvard Corporation, purchased a wood sloop jointly with wealthy Cambridge resident William Winthrop. The vessel was captained by Captain Levi Drinkwater and managed by Treasurer Storer who maintained financial accounts related to the sloop's cargo and repairs, and Steward Caleb Gannett who managed the College's supply of wood and provided inventory figures for the Treasurer's accounts. The sloop offered Harvard a means to more effectively control their wood supply and potentially make a profit selling wood in the Boston area, and the Cyrus made regular trips until its sale on March 7, 1798.".
- catalog description "This collection contains ownership and accounting records created and collected by the Harvard Corporation related to its ownership of the sloop Cyrus between 1793 and 1798. The documents include four bills of sale for the sloop; a handwritten copy of the vessel's federal enrollment certificate; financial account records compiled by Harvard College Treasurer Ebenezer Storer, Harvard Steward Caleb Gannett, and joint-owner of the sloop, William Winthrop, related to the transportation and dispersal of the sloop's wood freight; and two letters from Samuel P. Russell to Ebenezer Storer regarding the sale of the sloop by Harvard in 1798.".
- catalog extent ".26 cubic feet (1 flat box)".
- catalog isPartOf "Collections of the Harvard University Archives. University records. hua".
- catalog isPartOf "Colonial North American Project at Harvard University. net".
- catalog isPartOf "Harvard in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. hua".
- catalog issued "1793".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog spatial "Cambridge (Mass.) History 18th century Sources.".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Cambridge".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Commerce History 18th century Sources.".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts.".
- catalog subject "Coastwise shipping Massachusetts.".
- catalog subject "College costs Massachusetts Cambridge 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Harvard University Finance.".
- catalog subject "Harvard University. Corporation.".
- catalog subject "Harvard University. Treasurer.".
- catalog subject "Shipping Massachusetts Cambridge 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Ships 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Sloops.".
- catalog title "Records relating to Harvard's ownership of the sloop Cyrus, 1793-1798.".
- catalog type "Accounts. ftamc".
- catalog type "Bills of sale. aat".
- catalog type "Legal instruments. rbgenr".
- catalog type "collection".