Found 2 collections related to Merchant mariners

Mariner; possibly a merchant; of Paterson, New Jersey. Papers consist of John Anderson's letters, accounts, clearance papers and other documents from his command of the "Calliope", sailing between New York and the West Indies, Nantes, etc., 1804-1805; also, the manifest of the brig "Eliza", Leghorn to New York, 1806; personal accounts, 1809-1820; letter of Isaac Jacques, 1822, relative to land of Mrs. Cain, Anderson's mother-in-law. less

Letters (1841-1850) sent from Joseph B. Loring to his wife Mary while Loring was involved in the merchant shipping trade. Letters include descriptions of ports visited, business conditions in the ports, and life on board the ship. Ports include Machias and Wicasset, Maine; Boston; New York City; New Orleans; Pensacola, Florida; Waccamaw River and Bricksville, South Carolina; and ports in Cuba; Haiti; Bermuda; the Bahamas; British Guiana, Madeira, Port Mahon, and Malaga, Spain; and Genoa and Palermo, Italy less