Captain Phillip Hamman of Ipswich, Mass., master of the schooner Hopewell and other vessels.
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Phillip Hamman Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Logbooks and accounts, 1768-1787, of Captain Phillip Hamman of Ipswich, Mass., master of the schooner, Hopewell, and other vessels. Includes logbook, 20 March - 17 April 1768, of a voyage from St. Eustatius, Leeward Islands, West Indies to Ipswich; logbook Feb. 1768; ledger, 1768-1787, of labor and fish trade; logbook, 1769, with memorandum of crew and cargo; logbook, 1787, tallying cargo of corn; and accounts, 1771.
This group of six pieces, dated 1768-1787, consists of logs and accounts of Phillip Hamman, ship captain, of Ipswich, Massachusetts. Item 1: Longbook of schooner Hopewell, February 1768 Longbook of schooner Hopewell, February 1768. Manuscript Volume. 12 pages. 6 1/4 inches x 3 3/4 inches. Item 2: Longbook of the schooner Hopewell on a voyage from St. Eustice [St. Eustache], Dutch West Indies, to Ipswich, Massachusetts, 20 March 1768 - 17 April 1768 Longbook of the schooner Hopewell on a voyage from St. Eustice [St. Eustache], Dutch West Indies, to Ipswich, Massachusetts. 20 March 1768 - 17 April 1768. Manuscript Volume. 24 pages. 6 1/4 inches x 4 inches. Item 3: Book containing memoranda of crew and cargo, 1769 Book containing memoranda of crew and cargo. 1769. Manuscript Volume. 13 pages. 6 1/4 inches x 4 inches. Item 4: Ledger containing accounts for labor and fish furnished by Phillip Hamman to masters of other vessels, 1768-1787 Ledger containing accounts for labor and fish furnished by Phillip Hamman to masters of other vessels. 1768-1787. Manuscript Volume. 16 pages. 12 3/4 inches x 4 inches. Folder 5: Accounts of Phillip Hamman with James Leach and with William Ireland, 1771 Accounts of Phillip Hamman with James Leach and with William Ireland. 1771. Document. 1 page. Folder 6: Book containing tally of a cargo of corn, 1787 Book containing tally of a cargo of corn. 1787. Manuscript Volume. 8 pages. 14 1/2 inches x 4 1/2 inches.