1 vol. Shipping agent. His letter copybook for 1831–36. Warren was in Calcutta, India; Havana and Matanzas, Cuba; and St. Petersburg. He sent letters to many commercial, firms, particularly in Great Britain. The amount of Russian-related material, if any, could not be determined. (NUCMC 68–951)
Henry W. Hiller
Papers, ca. 1855–1935, 7 vols., 485 items, of Hiller and his wife, Liuboff Gouberoff Hiller. Correspondence, documents, diary, notes for speeches, photographs, and other materials dealing with his career as a whaler, an agent for William H. Boardman & Co., U.S. consul in Russia (Nicolaivsk, Siberia), and later as a buyer for Tiffany & Co., New York City. Also, typed copies of many of the items, arranged by subject in 5 vols. Reference to the Crimean War. (Collection 77)
Kermit Family
Papers, ca. 1790–1860, 5,500 items. New York shipping family. Documents and correspondence directed to and from family members, primarily Captain Henry Kermit (d. 1813), captain and entrepreneur, and his sons, Henry and Robert, merchants and shipowners. Letters written from all over Europe and the eastern U.S. Also, letters from ship's captains on their voyages, and from agents and commercial firms. Letters contain political and social news as well as business information. Some groups of papers relate to individual ships owned by the Kermits: purchase, outfitting, voyages, etc. Some references to Russia. Unpublished finding aid, (Collection 68)
Logs
Ships' logs are catalogued by their ports of call. There are entries for Russian ports.
Miers Fisher, Jr. ALS
12/24 July 1810, from Fisher in St. Petersburg to an unnamed correspondent (probably in the U.S.) summarizing trade possibilities in Russia, 6 pp.
Silas Enoch Burrows
Correspondence, 1818–48, typed copies, 78 pp. Substantial portion relates to his financing of repairs for the Russian corvette Kensington and his subsequent efforts to obtain reimbursement from the Russian government.
