Skip to main content

Hancock family papers, 1664-1854 (inclusive), Volume L-1, Ship Rebecca logbook, kept by James Scott, 1755-1757

View
@ Harvard University

Hancock family

Description

The Hancock family of Boston included wealthy colonial merchant Thomas Hancock (1703-1764) and his nephew John Hancock (1737-1793), president of the Second Continental Congress, governor of Massachusetts, and signer of the Declaration of Independence. This collection, dated 1664-1854, contains business and personal correspondence, financial records, and legal papers of Thomas Hancock, John Hancock, and other relatives and associates, including Ebenezer Hancock (1741-1819; Harvard AB 1760), his sons John Hancock (1774-1859) and Thomas Hancock, bookseller Daniel Henchman (1689-1761), and merchant and slave trader Peter Faneuil (1700-1743).Hancock Family Papers. Baker Library, Harvard Business School.Volume JH-6 John Hancock letterbook (business), 1762-1783, is also available in an electronic version.Volume L-1, Ship Rebecca logbook, kept by James Scott, 1755-1757, is also available in an electronic version.Volume TG-1, Thomas Goadsby copybook, 1787-1788, is also available in an electronic version.are available on microfilm (1 reel, 35mm.) for use in the Special Collections Reading Room, Baker Library. Order no. 64-4556.are available on microfilm (1 reel, 35mm.) for use in the Special Collections Reading Room, Baker Library. Order no. 65-1446.are available on microfilm (1 reel, 35mm.) for use in the Special Collections Reading Room, Baker Library. Order no. 68-6820.is available on microfilm (1 reel, 35mm.) for use in the Special Collections Reading Room, Baker Library. Order no. 70-9247.is available on microfilm (1 reel, 35mm.) for use in the Special Collections Reading Room, Baker Library. Order no.73-7422.is available on microfilm (1 reel, 35mm.) for use in the Special Collections Reading Room, Baker Library. Order no.74-2648.Influential Boston family that included wealthy...
Type:
Text
Format:
Account Books.Bills Of Sale.Correspondence.Daybooks.Deeds.Invoices.Ledgers (Account Books).Legal Instruments.Letter Books.Negotiable Instruments.Ships' Papers.Shipping Records.
Rights:
Held in the collections of Harvard University.
View Original At:

Record Contributed By

Harvard University

Record Harvested From

Harvard Library

Keywords

  1. Acadians
  2. Adams, John, 1735 1826
  3. Adams, Samuel, 1722 1803
  4. African Americans
  5. Amherst, Jeffery Amherst Baron, 1717 1797
  6. Apthorp, Charles, 1698 1758
  7. Atkins, Henry
  8. Bastide, John Henry, Approximately 1700 1770
  9. Belcher, Jonathan, 1682 1757
  10. Blanchard & Hancock
  11. Book Industries And Trade
  12. Booksellers And Bookselling
  13. Boston Packet (Ship)
  14. Brandrams, Templeman & Co
  15. Bulkeley, Peter
  16. Businesswomen
  17. Causes
  18. Clark, William, 1670 1742
  19. Coastwise Shipping
  20. Commerce
  21. Commission Merchants
  22. Cotton Trade
  23. Decedents' Estates
  24. Deming, Hannah, Active 18th Century
  25. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company
  26. Economic Conditions
  27. Embargo, 1807 1809
  28. Employment
  29. Erving, John, 1690 1787
  30. Export Marketing
  31. Faneuil, Peter, 1700 1743
  32. First Coalition, War Of The, 1792 1797
  33. Fish Trade
  34. Free African Americans
  35. Gardiner, John, Jr
  36. Gardiner, Silvester, 1708 1786
  37. Gerrish, Benjamin, 1717 1772
  38. Goadsby, Thomas
  39. Government
  40. Great Britain. Army
  41. Gross, Simon
  42. Gunpowder Industry
  43. Hancock Family
  44. Hancock, Ebenezer, 1741 1819
  45. Hancock, Elizabeth
  46. Hancock, John, 1737 1793
  47. Hancock, John, 1774 1859
  48. Hancock, Thomas, 1703 1764
  49. Harrison & Ansley
  50. Hastings, Jonathan, 1709 1783
  51. Hayley & Hopkins
  52. Hayley (Ship)
  53. Hayley, George, 1781
  54. Henchman, Daniel, 1689 1761
  55. History
  56. Holmes, Prince, Active 1740 1760
  57. Hopson, Peregrine Thomas, 1696 1759
  58. Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711 1780
  59. Imports
  60. Indians Of North America
  61. James & Jacob Otis
  62. John & Thomas Hancock
  63. Kilby, Christopher, 1705 1771
  64. Knowles, Charles Sir, 1704? 1777
  65. Lawrence, Charles, 1709 1760
  66. Longman, Thomas, 1699 1755
  67. Longman, Thomas, 1731 1797
  68. Lydia (Brig)
  69. Marine Insurance
  70. Matchett, John
  71. Mein, John
  72. Merchants
  73. Military Supplies
  74. Otis, James, 1725 1783
  75. Participation, African American
  76. Pay, Allowances, Etc
  77. Pico, Joshua, 1732 1807
  78. Politics And Government
  79. Potash Industry And Trade
  80. Privateering
  81. Quick, Alice, Approximately 1687 1761
  82. Rebecca (Ship)
  83. Recruiting, Enlistment, Etc
  84. Retail Trade
  85. Rowe, John, 1715 1787
  86. Scott, James
  87. Second Coalition, War Of The, 1798 1801
  88. Self Employed Women
  89. Sewall, Samuel, 1689 1757
  90. Shipbuilding
  91. Shipping
  92. Shirley, William, 1694 1771
  93. Slave Bills Of Sale
  94. Slave Labor
  95. Slave Trade
  96. Slave Traders
  97. Slaver
  98. Slavery
  99. Slaves
  100. Smuggling
  101. Social Conditions
  102. Storer, Ebenezer, 1730 1807
  103. Supplies And Stores
  104. Tariff
  105. Tea Trade
  106. Textile Industry
  107. Tobacco Industry
  108. Tolman & Fayerweather
  109. Tonge, Winckworth, 1727 Or 1728 1792
  110. Tyler, William, 1688 1758
  111. United States
  112. United States. Continental Army
  113. United States. Continental Army Rhode Island Regiment, 1st
  114. United States. Continental Congress
  115. Wars
  116. Wendell, Jacob, 1691 1761
  117. Whale Oil
  118. Whaling
  119. Wharves
  120. Wholesale Trade
  121. Winslow, Joshua, 1726 1801
  122. Women

Related Content