Master abstracts of enrollments issued at Great Lakes ports
Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0575-mf
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents
Commercial traffic can be examined from the vessel, cargo and crew data compiled in the abstracts to form a view of the Great lakes regional economy around the middle of the nineteenth century. The information in each abstract generally contains dates of arrivals and departures, name and rig of vessel, clearance and departure ports, tonnage and crew data.
Dates
- Creation: 1815-1911
Extent
11 Reels (11 reels of 35mm microfilm)
Creator
- United States. Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
No known access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Collection is in the public domain.
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from the National Archives and Records Administration in 1979.
Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Master abstracts of enrollments issued at Great Lakes ports
- Author
- Mark Sprang
- Date
- June 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin