Inventor Name
Business Records Collection
Repository
Old Dartmouth Historical Society
Whaling Museum Library
18 Johnny Cake Hill
New Bedford, Massachusetts 02740
508-997-0046
http://arcticcentre.urova.fi/polarweb/polar/lbuswmlo.htm
Physical Description
28 linear ft.
Summary
Correspondence, financial and business papers, ships’ papers, administrative records, legal documents, insurance policies, patents and other materials, of and relating to merchants, businessmen, and tradesmen of Southeastern Massachusetts. Records relating to American whaling include patents for and catalog of whalecraft.