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JAMES LOWELL PAPERS, 1808-1850
Collection Summary | |
| Repository: | The Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum 132 Essex Street Salem, MA 01970 Phone: 978-745-9500 Fax: 978-531-1516 |
| Creator: | Lowell, James, d. circa 1843 |
| Title: | James Lowell Papers |
| Dates: | 1808/1850 |
| Quantity: | 0.25 linear feet (1 box) |
| Abstract: | This collection documents the voyages Captain James Lowell made from Bath, Maine, to Charleston, New Orleans, Liverpool, Glasgow, Marseilles, Martinique, the West Indies, and the Bahamas. |
| Collection Number: | MSS 60 |
Series List
SERIES I. Vessel RecordsSERIES II. Business and Personal Papers
Scope and Content Note
This collection documents the voyages Captain James Lowell made from Bath, Maine, to Charleston, New Orleans, Liverpool, Glasgow, Marseilles, Martinique, the West Indies, and the Bahamas. The majority of the collection is in English, with some papers of the ship Pleiades in French. Each series is arranged chronologically.
Series I. Vessel Records contains records relating to
the brigs Sarah and Pleiades, the schooner William, and the
ships Ceylon and Roger
Sherman; an 1823 agreement with Gilbert Trufant for the building of a new
vessel; and correspondence written after Captain James Lowell's death that
references the vessels Sea Gull, James Henry, and Butler.
Series II. Business and Personal Papers consist of
correspondence and financial papers. These papers include an 1831 letter by Freeman
Clark about his severed connection with an abolition society and a document
appointing Freeman Clark, William D. Sewall, and Thomas H. Donnell to a committee
for the appraisal of Captain James Lowell's estate in 1843.
Biographical Sketch
James Currier Lowell (d. circa 1843) was a shipmaster and ship owner from Bath, Maine. His parents were John Lowell and Rachel (Curtis) Lowell. James's siblings were William Lowell; John Lowell, who died young; and Truxton Lowell. He also had two half-siblings from his father's second marriage: Mary Ann Lowell (1813-1900), who married William Heath (1814-1896) in 1843; and John Currier Lowell (1822-1867), also a sea captain. James Lowell's papers indicate that he did business with ship-builder Gilbert Trufant and with the ship-building firm Clark & Sewall owned by Freeman Clark and William D. Sewall. William Heath became the administrator of James Lowell's estate in 1843.
Index Terms
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Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Administrative Information
Copyright
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be submitted in writing to the Manuscript Librarian in the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum.
Preferred Citation
James Lowell Papers, MSS 60, Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass.
Provenance
The James Lowell Papers are a reorganization and integration of folders from the Andrew and William Heath Papers and several items removed from the Phillips Family Papers and the Churchill, Brown & Manson Company Records.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Sylvia Kennick, July 1982. Updated by Jennifer Prentice, July 2012.
Related Material
The Historic Genealogy of the Lowells of America from 1639 to 1899. Compiled and Edited by Delmar R. Lowell. Rutland, VT: The Tuttle Company, Printers, 1899.
James Lowell Papers, 1817-1855. Coll. 35, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt
White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
Reed, Parker McCobb. History of Bath and Environs,
Sagadahoc County, Maine: 1607-1894. Portland, ME: Lakeside, 1894.
Andrew and William Heath Papers, 1811-1879, MSS
61