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Mariner James Copland kept this logbook aboard the Boxer (on which he was employed by John Jacob Astor) from March 1-May 9, 1818; the America from January 28-June 17, 1819; the Cadmus, captained by Reuben Brumly, from September 1, 1819-January 25, 1820; and the Seneca from June 1, 1820-February 6, 1821. Entries record the ships' voyages from New York to Hamburg and St. Petersburg; Madeira to Calcutta; Calcutta to New York; New York to Cape Verde, Montevideo, Cuba, and back to New York. Includes observations, happenings on board, entertainment at ports, sightseeing at Elsinore, quarantine and customs regulations, information about the cost of goods, weekly Bible classes on the Seneca, the death of [?] Hyslop, supercargo on the Seneca, and other matters. Also included is a "Public Instrument of Declaration and Protest," dated July 1824, found in the logbook, in which Copland recorded events leading to the confiscation of the ship General Brown and its cargo in the port of Callao, Peru during Peru's war for independence. This document appears to be missing pages, as Copland's account ends mid-sentence less

Martha Bradstreet (1780-1871) was born in Antigua, West Indies and died in Bennettsville, New York. Through her Bradstreet relatives, Martha inherited lands in New York State, notably tracts in Cosby's Manor in the Mohawk River Valley from the estate of Major General John Bradstreet (1714-1774). Her inheritance was legally jeopardized by her early marriage in Ireland to Mathew Codd in 1799. They emigrated to New York later that year, and in 1801 they began a lengthy legal battle to regain her property rights. She restored her maiden name after their divorce in 1817. The Martha Bradstreet land papers, dated circa 1801-circa 1871, contain manuscript maps and documents pertaining to Bradstreet's legal defense of her property interests in an area known as Cosby's Manor in the Mohawk River Valley of New York, in what are now Herkimer and Oneida Counties. They comprise an exemplified copy dated 1828 of a court document dated 1806 in the case of Mathew Codd and Martha his wife v. Richard Harison and others, partitioning properties in Cosby's Manor, with an attached survey map; a separate copy of a portion of the survey map; and an undated tabulated list of related property transactions. The documents and the survey map bear annotations by "M.B." [Martha Bradstreet]. The maps are copies made by John T. Ludlam, in 1819, of maps made by Charles C. Brodhead in 1805. less

Collection consists almost exclusively of land papers, such as indentures, partition deeds, quit claims, mortgages, tax bills, receipts, estate papers, and a map relating to New York City real estate owned by members of the Staples and Sherman families, particularly John and William Staples and Elizabeth Sherman. Other documents concern legal disputes pertaining to these properties. The properties documented are predominantly located in lower Manhattan and the Lower East Side. less

The Mercantile Collection, 1726-1950, is a synthetic collection documenting mercantile and other business activities from the early-17th to the mid-20th centuries, especially in the northeastern United States. It consists of papers and records created by persons, firms, and companies engaged chiefly in trade, finance, insurance, mining, railroad management, shipping, and whaling. A few items pertain to manufacturing and real estate. Transatlantic commerce in the colonial and early-national period, and the early railroad industry in America, are strongly represented. Notable material includes the assorted papers of New York City and Philadelphia merchants, among them members of the Pemberton family of Philadelphia; Vice-Admiralty court proceedings; and the incomplete ledger of an 18th-century New York City druggist. less