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- Creator
- Hill, Samuel, 1777-1825
- Call number
- MssCol 4448
- Physical description
- 2 items (1 folder)
- Preferred Citation
- Samuel Hill letters, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
Samuel Hill (1777-1825) of Machias, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts, was a ship captain. Letter 1817 Feb. 28 at Boston, Massachusetts, to Messrs. Bryant & Sturgis, merchants at Boston, 8 p., stating his reasons for discharging his first officer, John J. King from the ship Ophelia; and letter, 1823 Mar. 8 at Boston to John P. Cushing at Canton, China, 20 p., stating his side in a dispute with Col. Israel Thorndike, arising from the Packet voyage, 1817-1822.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift;, Mrs. R.D. Sanderson;Key terms
Names
- Hill, Samuel, 1777-1825
- Cushing, John Perkins, 1787-1862 (Recipient)
- Bryant & Sturgis (Boston, Mass.) (Recipient)
- London Packet (Ship)
- Ophelia (Ship)
Occupations
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328
Location of originals
Originals in Thomas Handasyd Perkins Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society; Boston, MA