A DELANO FAMILY DETAILED LEDGER, 1847-1854

Delano, Benjamin and Joshua. A DELANO FAMILY DETAILED LEDGER, 1847-1854. 45 pgs. of manuscript entries plus miscellaneous documents laid in.

The Delanos were a prominent Massachusetts family of merchants and ship owners. Benjamin Delano (1778-1868) and his brother Joshua Delano (1768-1800) were ship owners and merchants from Kingston, Massachusetts. Joshua Delano was a ship captain and Benjamin Delano was a merchant conducting family business from Kingston. Joshua Delano died in Havana, Cuba, on a voyage there in 1800. In 1803, Benjamin Delano and his brother-in-law, ship captain Peter Winsor, built a storehouse and Delano’s Wharf located in the Rocky Nook section of Kingston, which still stands today. Benjamin Delano married Susanna Holmes in 1803 and together they had nine children including Joshua Delano (1809-1903) who worked on his father’s vessels at an early age. Joshua Delano would eventually became a partner with his father in Benjamin Delano & Son. The Delano family owned or operated one of the largest fleets of ships in Kingston, Mass.

Loads of information on goods bought and sold, a variety of transactions, listing of merchants the firm traded with, etc.

Leather binding shows minimal expected wear with the date of 1846 written on the front cover. Overall in vg cond.

Source: Baker Library