Sylvester K. Andrews Steamship Papers

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2026.040.100

Scope and Content

Collection of freight receipts from numerous steamships, issued to Sylvester K. Andrews, 1850-1858. Andrews (c. 1808 - 1859) operated the Osceola House, a hotel in Mystic (Stonington), and did extensive business with the Citizen's Steamboat Co., which maintained lines along the coast and waterways of Southern New England. Some receipts are also from The People's Steamboat Co., the Hartford & New York Steamboat Co. and steamships associated with the Boston & Providence Railroad Line. The steamers that were primarily used for freight include the MYSTIC, the WATER LILY and the TIGER LILY, all of the Citizen's Steamboat Co. Also includes several miscellaneous steamship receipts from the 1850s-1860s.

Collection

Carol Kimball Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.040

Source or Donor

Carol Kimball

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Receipt

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Financial Records

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1850 - 1866

Archive Size/Extent

2 folders

Provenance

Notes

Part of a collection of records collected by Carol Kimball during her tenure as the Town of Groton Historian; given to the Groton Historical Society following her death; stored for several years at the Avery Copp Museum; donated to the Groton Public Library 2026