COLLECTION GUIDES

1676-1829; bulk: 1788-1827

Guide to the Collection


Collection Summary

Abstract

This collection, part of the Channing family collection, consists of the correspondence, accounts, notes, and other papers of Walter Channing, business partner of George Gibbs in the firm of Gibbs and Channing of Newport, R.I.

Biographical Sketch

Walter Channing was the business partner of George Gibbs in the firm of Gibbs and Channing of Newport, R.I. Channing carried on the business after Gibbs's death and moved to Boston in 1814.

Collection Description

This collection consists of the correspondence, accounts, notes, and other papers of Walter Channing (1757-1827). The bulk of the correspondence relates to the shipping business of Gibbs and Channing, real estate transactions in Newport and Boston, Channing's attempt to have import duties on saltpeter curtailed, and business affairs with Channing's relatives, including Henry Channing (1760-1840), William Ellery (1727-1820), William Ellery Channing (1780-1842), William C. Gibbs (1789-1871), William C. Woodbridge (1755-1836), and Sarah Gibbs (1784-1866). Other correspondence concerns the estates of George Gibbs (1735-1803) and Mary Channing Gibbs (1747-1824), the seizure of the company ship Hercules Courtenay, the loss of the ship Mary, and the collapse of the firm of Minturn and Champlin (New York, N.Y.). Included are ledgers and bank accounts of Walter Channing, 1810-1827, and of Gibbs and Channing, 1806-1810 (including 2 extra-tall volumes).

Detailed Description of the Collection

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Preferred Citation

Walter Channing (1757-1827) papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.

Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.

Persons:

Channing, Henry, 1760-1840.
Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842.
Ellery, William, 1727-1820.
Gibbs, George, 1735-1803.
Gibbs, Mary Channing, 1747-1824.
Gibbs, Sarah, 1784-1866.
Gibbs, William C., 1789-1871.
Woodbridge, William, 1755-1836.

Organizations:

Gibbs and Channing (Newport, R.I.)
Hercules Courtenay (Ship).
Mary (Ship).
Minturn and Champlin (New York, N.Y.)

Subjects:

Account books--1806-1827.
Merchants--Massachusetts--Boston.
Merchants--Rhode Island--Newport.
Real property--Massachusetts--Boston.
Real property--Rhode Island--Newport.
Saltpeter.

Materials Removed from the Collection

The following item has been removed from the Walter Channing papers to be cataloged in the MHS printed collection:

Kirkland, John T. Harvard University, Cambridge, 25 March 1822 [circular letter, sent to Walter Channing].

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