This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Research Library at the Nantucket Historical Association. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the internet.
Summary
The bark Hosea Rich was a cargo ship out of Bangor, Me. This collection includes correspondence and documents relating to an 1882–1883 voyage from New York, N.Y., to Montevideo, Uruguay, and Pernambuco, Brazil, and sale of the vessel in 1883.
Collection Details
- Collection Number:
- MS251
- Title:
- Bark "Hosea Rich" Papers
- Date(s):
- 1813–1883, undated
- Creator:
- Hosea Rich (Bark).
- Repository:
- Nantucket Historical Association
- Language:
- Material is in English.
Information for Users
Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use: No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation: [identification of item], in the Bark "Hosea Rich" Papers, Nantucket Historical Association.
Acquisitions Information:
Gift of Mrs. Ernest H. Menges in 1987 (Acc. 1987.160).
Sensitive Materials Statement:Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual’s private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Nantucket Historical Association assumes no responsibility.
Related Collections
- Log 311, Log of the ship "Hosea Rich", in the Ships' Logs Collection, Nantucket Historical Association.
Subject Headings
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Corporate Name
- Hosea Rich (Bark).
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Topical Term
- Ship captains.
- Voyages and travels -- 19th century.
- Barks (Sailing ships) -- Maine.
- Shipping -- Maine.
- International trade.
- Sugar trade.
Biographical Information
The bark Hosea Rich was a cargo ship out of Bangor, Me.
Scope and Content
This collection includes correspondence and documents relating to an 1882–1883 voyage from New York, N.Y., to Montevideo, Uruguay, and Pernambuco, Brazil, and return to New York with sugar; and information pertaining to the sale of the vessel (1883). Correspondents include Charles Norton, captain, of Edgartown, Mass.
Contents
Folder 1 Bill of Sale, bonds, certificate of ownership, 1813–1883
Folder 2 Insurance policies, 1880–1882
Folder 3 Letters out by Charles Norton, 1882–1883, undated
Folder 4 Letters in to Charles Norton, 1882–1883
Folder 5 Sale of bark, 1883, undated
Folder 6 Receipts, 1880–1881, 1883
Processing Information
Finding aid by Ashley Miller, June 2022.
Materials in this collection were digitized with support from Connie and Tom Cigarran.