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Legal records: Agreements regarding W. C. C’s clerkship on the "Dorchester"

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Collection Type

  • Manuscripts

Date

1843

Location Note

Folder 39

GUSN

GUSN-295571

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Description

This folder contains an agreement between Charles Wills, for the charterers of the ship "Dorchester," and W.C.C. for Codman to act as clerk on a voyage to Calcutta in 1843. This item was framed at the time of its acquisition by Historic New England (then the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities).

Details

Collection Code

MS037

Collection Name

John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

Reference Code

MS037.06.19

Record Details

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Folder 39

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