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
William P. Ceely (1809–1882) owned a sail making business in Nantucket, Mass. This collection includes two bound, digitized volumes owned by William P. Ceely. The journal contains information about different ships’ sails and the shop book contains transactional records for different ships for his sail making shop.
Collection Details
- Collection Number:
- MS574
- Title:
- William P. Ceely Account Books
- Date(s):
- 1840–1870
- Creator:
- Ceely, William P, 1809–1882.
- 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 William P. Ceely Account Books collection, Nantucket Historical Association.
Acquisitions Information:
Gift of Adam Ceely (Acc. RL2020.25).
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
- MS10 Account Books Collection, Nantucket Historical Association
Subject Headings
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Personal Name
- Ceely, William P, 1809–1882.
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Topical Term
- Sails—Massachusetts—Nantucket—19th century.
Biographical Information
William P. Ceely owned a sail making business in Nantucket, Mass. He was born on February 13, 1809 to Elias Ceely (1773–1848) and Dinah Starbuck (1781–1848). He married Mary Bunker (1814–1884) in 1832 and together they had two children: Thomas S. Ceely (1841–1914) and Lydia M. Ceely (1848–?). Ceely died on March 9, 1882.
Scope and Content
This collection includes two bound, digitized volumes owned by William P. Ceely. The journal contains information about different ships’ sails and the shop book contains transactional records for different ships for his sail making shop.
Contents
DO-574/1: William P. Ceely journal, 1840–1853
DO-574/2: William P. Ceely shop book, 1852–1870
Processing Information
Digitized by Sara David, October 2020.
Finding aid by Kelli Yakabu, June 2021.