Rowland Hazard papers (MSS-0089)

Series 1. Correspondence, 1789-1849
0.8 cubic feet

This series includes personal letters to Rowland Hazard from his wife and children, circa 1796-1825. Also included is correspondence from his brother Thomas, and nephew Thomas, which relates to Hazard’s finances from 1801-1835. In addition, there are other letters with family members, which include Elizabeth, Joseph P., Isaac P., and Rowland G.

Series 2. Business papers, 1790-1829
0.4 cubic feet

This series contains business papers, including invoices, bills of lading and shipping contracts from the firms of Hazard and Ayrault and Hazard and Robinson documenting Hazard’s involvement in the shipping trade. Also included is a contract between Hazard, John Robinson, and Peter Ayrault, from 1794, establishing the shipping concern of Hazard Robinson Company; a contract between the company and the master and season of the ship “Commerce,” 1795; and a letter of license from the creditors of Hazard and Ayrault, 1800.

Series 3. Other papers, 1801-1835
0.4 cubic feet

This series contains deeds, indentures, and leases related to land and mill property owned and leased by the Hazard family in Charleston, South Carolina, Rhode Island, and Pleasant Valley, New York. These document a law suit between Thomas R. Hazard and William Martin of Ferrisburgh, Vermont, 1822; deeds of John Dockray of South Kingston, circa 1825; and a writ issued by Thomas Peckham of Newport County, 1808. Also included are two Day books of Rowland Hazard. One book consists primarily of bills from Thomas Hazard for candles and whale oil, 1823-1824; the other lists Rowland Hazard’s accounts with various merchants dealing in dry goods, 1823-1825.