Israel Thorndike business records

Scope and Contents Contains invoices, accounts, and receipts of Moses Brown, Israel Thorndike, John Lovett (1769-1805), and other merchants and mariners, primarily related to privateering during the Revolutionary War, dated 1740-1800. The earliest record from 1740 is an account of soap delivered to Captain Henry Atkins from George Hewes. The remainder include a 1776 account current of Captain Seth Harding (1734-1814) with the Connecticut government for wages and use of the state brigantine Defense; Nathan...

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Contains accounts, invoices, and receipts of Brown & Thorndike, dated 1781-1788. Included are receipts and accounts to Captain Isaac Randall and Thorndike related to outfitting the privateer ship Scourge; and an account current to Brown & Thorndike for the privateer ship Mohawk's second cruise in 1782. There is also an insurance policy of Brown & Thorndike for their ship Swallow and her cargo for a voyage to the West Indies.

Scope and Contents Contains an agreement by Brown & Thorndike to sell the ship Dragon, a bill of sale for their purchase in a share of the schooner Prudentia, an insurance policy on the brigantine Rambler, and invoices, accounts, and receipts of Brown & Thorndike and other merchants, dated 1789-1790. There is also a copy of a protest related to the grounding of the ship Sally off Cape St. Francis, and a deposition on behalf of Brown & Thorndike in a suit they brought against Boston merchants...

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Account sales of sundry..., E. & J. Brush & Co., April 24, 1790. Removed from Box 1, folder 3, item 23.

Scope and Contents Contains a charter agreement leasing the schooner Prudentia, owned by Brown & Thorndike and Lee & Cabot, to fisherman Azor Orne for four months, a counterpart of that agreement, and a deed, several invoices, receipts, and promissory notes, and a small account book, dated 1790-1792. The account book, kept by Thorndike's wife, Anna, records payments for items like ribbon, gloves, hair combs, thread, diapers, and stockings, assorted groceries, and tools the Thorndike farm. Some entries...

Scope and Contents Contains correspondence, bills, accounts, and bills of lading of Brown & Thorndike, dated 1792-1793. Several letters refer to a lawsuit related to the grounding of the ship Sally off Cape St. Francis due to leakage. There are also bills of lading for port and Madeira shipped by Brown & Thorndike, as well as invoices and bills for commodities they bought including nails, coffee, molasses, and nutmeg, and work done on ships. Several bills to Thorndike are for day labor at his farm and...

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Letter from Jones & Clarke to Brown & Thorndike, July 23, 1792. Removed from Box 1, folder 5, item 36.

Scope and Contents Contains correspondence, invoices, and legal documents of Brown & Thorndike, dated 1793-1794, regarding the grounding of the ship Sally in Cape St. Francis, and the capture and condemnation of George Dodge's and Israel Thorndike's cargo and schooner Three Brothers by English privateers in St. Lucia. Correspondence from the ship's captain, William Abbott, describes the capture and plans to reacquire the Three Brothers and return to the United States with cargo including molasses and rum....

Scope and Contents Contains numbered correspondence, accounts, and legal documents related to the capture and condemnation of George Dodge's and Israel Thorndike's cargo and the schooner Three Brothers in St. Lucia by English privateers, dated 1794, and efforts at restitution. The ship carried whale and liver oil, nails, flour, fish, soap, linen, and candles. Correspondence from Thorndike to the captain, William Abbott, prior to the ship's capture, instructs him to return with molasses, sugar, coffee, and...

Scope and Contents Contains numbered correspondence, accounts, and legal documents related to the capture and condemnation of George Dodge's and Israel Thorndike's cargo and the schooner Three Brothers in St. Lucia by English privateers, and efforts at restitution, dated 1794-1795. Included are a charter party agreement, crew depositions about the capture, copies of proclamations, and other evidence used in the case appealing the ship's condemnation before the British Court of Vice Admiralty. Also includes...

Scope and Contents Contains numbered legal documents related to the capture and condemnation of George Dodge's and Israel Thorndike's cargo and the schooner Three Brothers in St. Lucia by English privateers, dated 1794-1797. Included are depositions related to insurance and an insurance policy, and a schedule of cargo and provisions on the ship when it was captured. There is also an account of sales of molasses and rum, in part cargo of the Three Brothers, which was shipped back to Boston on the sloop Industry...

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Contains legal documents and correspondence related to the capture of George Dodge's and Israel Thorndike's cargo and the schooner Three Brothers in St. Lucia by English privateers, cargo manifests, and records of sales of rum and molasses, dated 1794. There are also captain's orders from Thorndike to William Fairfield with instructions about trading cotton on the brigantine Eliza.

Scope and Contents Contains accounts and invoices of several voyages by Israel Thorndike's ships in 1795-1796, including the brig Eliza, which imported Irish linen and cotton, and the schooner Two Friends, with charges related to the latter vessel settled by Moses Brown and Thorndike in 1800. Also included is an account from Jonathan Stone of the ship Phebe's voyage to Africa, showing sales of staves, and expenses incurred at ports in Tenerife; the "Ile of Mayo," probably referring to an island near County...

Scope and Contents Contains receipts, promissory notes, and accounts of Israel and Anna Thorndike, dated 1796-1800. The records show payment for wages of day laborers, and purchase of household and personal items. Anna Thorndike bought eggs, calico, ribbon, a tea pot, and spices from Mary Campbell, who also made her a muff. Other items she bought from merchants include lace, gloves, and Moroccan slippers. There are also bills for Israel, Jr.'s tuition and board, such as an invoice to Thorndike from Joshua...

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Contains bills and receipts, dated 1796, to Israel Thorndike and his son, Israel, Jr., for items like an ink stand, paper, quills, and school texts including Nicholas Pike's A New and Complete System of Arithmetic.

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Contains oversized items removed from Box 1, folders 1 and 13, an account of Israel Thorndike with Isaac Randall for the ship Scourge, dated 1781, and a bill for day labor, dated 1796.

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Contains a French customs document, receipts and bills for household items and services bought by Israel and Anna Thorndike, bills for work done on Thorndike's ships, and insurance policies for ships and cargo, dated 1796-1797. There are bills for clothing including sable fur and stockings. There is also an account listing expenses associated with a lawsuit that Thorndike filed against William Bingham.

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Letter from J. Stone to Daniel Walker, February 25, 1797. Removed from Box 1, folder 14, item 7.

Scope and Contents Contains correspondence, and household accounts of Israel Thorndike, dated 1797-1799. Letters relate to trade, shipping, and accounts current with merchants in Amsterdam, the capture and condemnation of the Hope and her cargo of coffee by an English privateer in Jamaica, and the completion of work by a tradesman on one of Thorndike's ships. There are also orders to Thorndike for items like Russian duck and gun powder, and several requests for payment of sailors' wages directly to their...

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Contains orders to Israel Thorndike for top sail duck, tuition bills for Israel, Jr., invoices, and promissory notes, dated 1797-1799. Included are unsigned, undated attorney's papers related to a lawsuit of Brown & Thorndike over the grounding of the ship Sally.

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Contains undated, unsigned attorney's papers related to a lawsuit regarding damage to the ship Sally brought by Brown & Thorndike, as well as promissory notes, bills for Israel Thorndike, Jr.'s tuition and board, and receipts for goods and services purchased by Israel Thorndike, dated 1797. Included are a receipt from a female servant for domestic service and a bill for tailoring.

Scope and Contents Contains promissory notes, invoices, and receipts of Israel and Anna Thorndike, accounts related to shipping, and bills of exchange, dated 1797-1798. Included are an invoice for Anna Thorndike's purchase of items including tobacco, raisins, diapers, and lemons, and a bill for a male servant's wages. There is also an invoice for 130 boxes of brown sugar shipped on the brigantine Betsey to Hamburg, Germany, with Thorndike assuming half the risk, and an account of sales and proceeds from fish...

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Contains bills and invoices of Anna and Nancy Thorndike for goods and services including silk gloves, china, and lace, and invoices and accounts of Israel Thorndike related to trade, dated 1798. There are also bills for tuition, board, and supplies for Israel, Jr. In addition, there are bills of exchange and a government import tax obligation signed by Thorndike.

Scope and Contents Contains obligations to pay duties on goods to the United States government signed by Israel Thorndike, promissory notes, and bills for tuition for Israel, Jr., dated 1798. Included are invoices of Anna Thorndike from Rebecca Bowles for groceries, and a bill from Eliza Champney for instructing Betsey Roundy, possibly the daughter of Nehemiah Roundy, who worked as a shipmaster for Thorndike. There is also a bill from Salem shipwright Enos Briggs (1746-1819) for $300 for "the vessel I am about...

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Contains bills and invoices for day labor at Israel Thorndike's estate, tuition for Israel, Jr., and for groceries purchased by Anna Thorndike, dated 1798-1799. There are also promissory notes and an account related to the schooner Hope. Invoices include charges from Hannah Down to Anna Thorndike for keeping a child, for yarn and food, and two weeks' work.