British Royal Navy ship list, 1798
Scope and Contents
This series contains signal books from the Italian-Neapolitan fleet (1813), a ship list from the British Royal Navy (1798), as well as protests from the Island of Haiti’s United States Agency filed for the ship William Taylor from 1816-1817. Also included in this series is one folder of records, primarily correspondence, of whaling ventures by Preston Cummings of Fall Rivers, Massachusetts, as well as the papers of the U.S.S. Rolla, including correspondence and contact information from the early 18th century pertaining to the business of prominent Middletown merchant Elijah Hubbard.
Dates
- Creation: 1798
Creator
- From the Collection: Great Britain. Royal Navy (Organization)
- From the Collection: Hudson, William Leverreth, 1794-1862 (Person)
- From the Collection: United States. Department of the Navy (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to the public and must be used in the John M.K. Davis Reading Room of the Watkinson Library, Trinity College Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws when using this collection.
Extent
From the Collection: 2.5 Cubic Feet (8 flat boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Italian
Repository Details
Part of the Watkinson Library - Archival Collections Repository
Trinity College Library
300 Summit St.
Hartford Connecticut 06106