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BOX 1-4 History and Settlement of French Spoliation Claims, 1793-1916
Manuscripts and printed matter.
Arrangement is roughly by topic.
BOX 1 Copies of treaties relating to claims
BOX 1 Lists of claims and claimants
BOX 1 History of French spoliation claims prior to 1800
BOX 2 Congressional action on bills pertaining to claims
BOX 3 Congressional action on bills pertaining to claims
BOX 3 Memorials to Congress concerning claims
BOX 3 Records dealing with efforts to settle claims
BOX 4 Papers dealing with James H. Causten's efforts to settle claims
BOX 4 Awards
BOX 4 Clippings
BOX 5-14 Fulwar Skipwith Papers, 1765-1872
Personal and official correspondence and records.
Arranged by type of material. Correspondence further arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent and case files on ships alphabetically by name of ship.
BOX 5 Personal correspondence
BOX 5 Financial records
BOX 5 Records of personal claims against the U.S.
BOX 6 General correspondence
BOX 6 A-C
BOX 7 D-L
BOX 8 L-Z
BOX 9 French spoliation claims
BOX 9 A-C
BOX 10 D-L
BOX 11 M-P
BOX 12 S-Z
BOX 12 Miscellany
BOX 13 Records relating to claims for supplies sold or forcibly taken by the French in West Indies and Leghorn (Livorno, Italy)
BOX 14 Claims for financial help given to stranded American seamen
BOX 14 Miscellany
BOX 15 Joshua Gilpin and Edward Dunant Papers, 1793-1834
Letterbook, correspondence, and financial records.
Arranged by type of material with correspondence arranged chronologically.
BOX 15 Letterbook
BOX 15 Correspondence
BOX 15 Financial records
BOX 16-33 Records of Insurance Companies, 1783-1842
Correspondence, applications for insurance, powers of attorney given to transfer stock and receive dividends, promissory notes, bills of lading, insurance policies, bills of exchange, and financial records.
Arranged by name of company and therein by type of material with further arrangement of correspondence alphabetically by name of correspondent and applications chronologically.
BOX 16 Baltimore Insurance Co.
BOX 16 Powers of attorney
(3 folders)
BOX 17 (2 folders)
BOX 18 (2 folders)
BOX 19 Miscellaneous documents
BOX 20 Applications for insurance
BOX 20 1796, Feb. 20-1797, June 3
BOX 21 1797, June 12-1798, Aug. 9
BOX 22 1798, Aug. 9-1799, Sept. 27
BOX 23 1799, Sept. 24-1800, Dec. 23
BOX 24 1800, Dec. 29-1801, July 29
BOX 25 Peter Chardon Brooks Insurance Agency
BOX 25 Correspondence
BOX 25 A-D
BOX 26 E-L
BOX 27 M-V
BOX 28 W-Z
BOX 29 Applications for insurance
(3 folders)
BOX 30 (1 folder)
BOX 30 Bills, receipts, and related matter
BOX 30 Powers of attorney
BOX 30 Miscellaneous applications for insurance
(2 folders)
BOX 31 Accounts, 1798-1799
BOX 31 Acts of insolvency
BOX 31 Foreign bills of exchange
BOX 31 Lists and index of claimants for French spoliation claims
BOX 31 Lists of ships' claims prior to 1800
BOX 31 Bills of lading
BOX 31 Policies on money
BOX 31 Promissory notes, 1783-1800
BOX 32 Maryland Insurance Co.
BOX 32 List of vessels in European "captures" in West Indies, 1809-1810
BOX 32 Correspondence of Robert Hollins, John Hollins, and Thomas Hollins with John Mason regarding Florida Treaty and Spanish claims, 1821-1823
(2 folders)
BOX 32 Maryland Insurance Co. and Commercial Insurance Co., claims under Florida Treaty, circa 1799-circa 1817
BOX 33 Miscellaneous insurance companies
BOX 34-77 Case Files on Ships, circa 1789-1910
Correspondence, bills for ship repair, insurance policies, bills of lading, and captain's protests.
Arranged alphabetically by name of ship with bound volumes of case books and lists of captures filed first.
BOX 34 Case books, 1796-1801
BOX 35 List of captures, bound volume
BOX 36 By name of ship
BOX 36 Ab-Al
BOX 37 Am-An
BOX 38 Ap-Av
BOX 38 "A" miscellaneous
BOX 39 Ba-Ber
BOX 39 Betsey and Betsy
(13 folders)
BOX 40 (18 folders)
BOX 41 Betsy and Jenny
BOX 41 Betsey Lloyd
BOX 41 Bil-Charle
BOX 42 Charlo-Com
BOX 43 Con-Dil
BOX 44 Dis-Ec
BOX 45 El
BOX 46 En-Fair
BOX 47 Fam-Fox
BOX 48 Fra-Friendship
BOX 49 Friendship-Ge
BOX 50 Ge-Ha
BOX 51 Ha-He
BOX 52 Hi-Ho
BOX 53 Ho-Ind
BOX 54 Ind-Jo
BOX 55 Jo-Li
BOX 56 Li-Ly
BOX 57 Mad-Mar
BOX 58 Mar-Mer
BOX 59 Mi-Mon
BOX 59 "M" miscellaneous
BOX 60 Nab-Nan
BOX 61 Nan-New
BOX 61 "N" miscellaneous
BOX 62 O
BOX 63 Pa-Ph
BOX 64 Ph-Po
BOX 65 Po-Pr
BOX 65 "P" miscellaneous
BOX 66 Ra-Ri
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