Collections : [Connecticut Museum of Culture and History]

The collection was received without discernible organization. Papers were folded, tied in packets and stored in boxes. At one time, the collection was partially processed, and several folders containing business investments, estate papers and a typed biography were found in one of the boxes. Papers related to a forge in Enfield and an aqueduct in Springfield were found processed in folders. Several empty leather wallets and billfolds were removed from the collection and offered to the museum.

This collection is gathered from several purchased sets of papers. The bulk of the collection, containing Scovell’s correspondence, financial records and papers pertaining to the Brig Dolphin, was purchased in one group. Additional papers, many relating to other ships owned and/or captained by Scovell, came from other collections. The papers have been arranged chronologically.