ohy_coll297.xml Guide to the letterpress copybook of the ship Henry Failing Ship Henry Failing, letterpress copybook of Oregon Historical Society Research Library 2012
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-10-07. Description is written in: English, Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Oregon Historical Society Research Library Letterpress copybook of the ship Henry Failing Merriman, J. (Jacob), 1843-1918 Coll 297 0.15 cubic feet 1 folder in shared box 1874-1894 Letterpress copybook of Jacob Merriman, captain of the merchant vessel Henry Failing, containing copies of approximately 400 letters sent by Merriman to his partners, including ship captain William H. Besse and merchant, banker and politician Henry Failing of Portland, Oregon. The bulk of the letters were sent from 1883 to 1894, during the time the ship carried such cargoes as coal, oil, wheat, and tea. The ship was a sailing vessel built in Bath, Maine, and launched from the shipyard of Goss & Sawyer on May 5, 1882. English

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Purchased March 2012 (Lib. Acc. 27562).

The ship Henry Failing was a sailing vessel built in Bath, Maine, and launched from the shipyard of Goss & Sawyer on May 5, 1882. It was built for Captain William H. Besse of Wareham, Massachusetts; Henry Failing of Portland, Oregon; Captain Jacob Merriman of Topsham, Maine; and others.

Correspondence and other documents relating to the ship Henry Failing are included in the Henry Failing papers, Mss 650, at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library. These include some of the letters written by Jacob Merriman and copied into his letterpress copybook.

Letterpress copybook of Jacob Merriman, captain of the merchant vessel Henry Failing, containing copies of approximately 400 letters sent by Merriman to his partners, including ship captain William H. Besse and merchant, banker and politician Henry Failing of Portland, Oregon. The bulk of the letters were sent from 1883 to 1894, during the time the ship carried such cargoes as coal, oil, wheat, and tea. The ports visited by the ship included: San Pedro and San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; Nanaimo, British Columbia; Manila, Philippines; Yokusuka, Yokahama, Kobe and Hiogo, Japan; Sydney, Australia; Hong Kong; and many ports in Europe. The letterbook remained with Merriman when other captains took charge of the ship.

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 Merriman, J. (Jacob), 1843-1918--Correspondence Besse, William H.--Correspondence Failing, Henry, 1834-1898--Correspondence Henry Failing (Ship)--Records and correspondence Ship captains--Correspondence Ships--United States Voyages to the Pacific coast Ships and Shipping letterpress copybooks correspondence