1779 -1781

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Autograph manuscript

Title: [John Lovett account book of ships and prizes]

Documents the name, sailing date, and captain of ships and schooners, and details the goods these ships brought back to Lovett. Lovett was a ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. During the Revolutionary War privateering ships, privately owned vessels, were used to assist in defending the colonies from the British Navy. In return, they received profits from prizes captured. Includes 5 loose fragments inserted.

GLC01450.006.01

July 2, 1783

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Lovett family account and ledger book]

Details the Lovett family accounts. Most are lists of sundry goods brought to Lovett by ship and their costs. Mentions the names of many ships, their sailing dates, and their captains. Note on last page signed by Jeremiah and Ezra Lovett, 2 July 1783. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. Dated 11 September 1778 - May 31, 1779.

GLC01450.006.03

1778-1779

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Lovett family account and ledger book for receipts from the Earl of Sandwich]

Lists what each captain received from the Earl of Sandwich. Mostly lists of goods and their costs. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. Dated 11 September 1778 - May 11, 1779.

GLC01450.006.04

1775

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Lovett family account book] [incomplete]

Details the Lovett family accounts. Most are lists of sundry goods brought to Lovett by ship and their costs. Mentions the names of many ships, their sailing dates, and their captains. The dates run backwards with the earliest at the end of the book. The pages of the first half of the ledger book have been cut out. A few other pages are fragments. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. Dated April 28, 1775 - 21 September 1775.

GLC01450.006.05

1 November 1777 - July 1779

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Lovett family account book]

Details the Lovett family accounts. Most are lists of sundry goods brought to Lovett by ship and their costs. Mentions the names of many ships, their sailing dates, and their captains. Includes a mention of pistols and cannons shipped. Also includes a bet he placed in a pub regarding the coming route of all British soldiers from America. These pages are marked. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts.

GLC01450.006.06

29 October 1779 - 1780

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Lovett family account book] [incomplete]

Details the Lovett family accounts. Most are lists of sundry goods brought to Lovett by ship and their costs. Mentions the names of many ships, their sailing dates, and their captains. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. Possibly incomplete, first page is loose. Includes 3 fragment pages.

GLC01450.006.07

1774-1777

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Account book of John Lovett]

Details the Lovett family accounts. Most are lists of sundry goods brought to Lovett by ship and their costs. Mentions the names of many ships, their sailing dates, and their captains. Inscribed, "John Lovet his book Elizabeth Lovet" on inside cover. John Lovett signed his name repeatedly and doodled all over the front and back covers. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. Dated September 3, 1774-March 25, 1777.

GLC01450.006.08

December 11, 1780 - August 13, 1781

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Lovett family account book]

Details the Lovett family accounts. Most are lists of sundry goods brought to Lovett by ship and their costs. Mentions the names of many ships, their sailing dates, and their captains. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts.

GLC01450.006.09

1783

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Lovett family account book]

Details the Lovett family accounts. Most are lists of sundry goods brought to Lovett by ship and their costs. Mentions the names of many ships, their sailing dates, and their captains. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. Includes 6 loose fragments. Dated June 16, 1783 - November 1783.

GLC01450.006.10

1782

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Manuscript

Title: [Lovett family receipt]

Details prize monies and other goods given by Lovett to various ship captains and sailors. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. Dated February 20, 1782 - October 1782.

GLC01450.006.12

1780-1819 (bulk: 1819)

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Manuscript

Title: Account book

GLC01450.006.13

1780-1825

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Autograph manuscript

Title: [John Lovett account book for Pilgrim's prizes]

Details distribution of the prize monies from the privateer ship the Pilgrim. Many notes added in 1806-1807 certifying money was received by various sailors from the estate of the deceased Lovett. Most signed by Elizabeth Lovett, his wife. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. He served as the agent for the prizes captured by the Pilgrim. Dated May 30, 1780 - 10 December 1825.

GLC01450.006.14

February 26, 1783

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Manuscript

Title: [Lovett family receipt]

Details prize monies and other goods given by Lovett to various ship captains and sailors. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts.

GLC01450.006.15

22 August 1783 - 3 November 1783

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Manuscript

Title: [Lovett family receipt]

Details prize monies and other goods given by Lovett to various ship captains and sailors. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts.

GLC01450.006.16

December 23, 1782 - December 26, 1783

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Manuscript

Title: [Lovett family receipt]

Details prize monies given by Lovett to various ship captains and sailors. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts.

GLC01450.006.18

1779 - 1780 circa

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Manuscript

Title: [Pilgrim prize receipt]

Lists men receiving prize money from the privateer vessel, the Pilgrim. Not dated, circa date is inferred from other receipts. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. He served as the agent for the Pilgrim's prizes.

GLC01450.006.17

1780 circa

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Manuscript

Title: [The Pilgrim's Prizes]

Lists five ships captured by the Pilgrim, a privateer vessel, the dates captured, their route, and the distribution of prizes from the ships. Mentions the brig Hope, Dutch Snow, brig Margaret, a Spanish ship the Valencio Anno, and the brig William. Document is not signed but is in a collection of receipts of the Lovett family. John Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. He served as the agent for the Pilgrim's prizes.

GLC01450.006.21

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Manuscript

Title: [Captain Nicholas Thorndike's account with John Lovett]

Details account with Thorndike for goods and monies related to various privateer vessels. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts.

GLC01450.006.33