http://wwwsc.library.unh.edu/specoll/exhibits/shipbld.htm The University of New Hampshire maintains several manuscript collections that document Durham's shipbuilding trade. (each item below is a clickable) The Thompson family papers (MC 1) contain materials relating to the early nineteenth century - particularly the work of shipwright, Andrew Simpson (which can be found in series XIII: Durham Town Records) and accounts of seafaring merchant Ebenezer Thompson, 1762-1828 (series III). Likewise, the Durham Town Records (as yet unprocessed) include selectmen's accounts, receipts, writs, and other assorted materials that document shipbuilding and the people involved in the trade during the late 18th and early 19th century. The Adams family papers (MC 56) document the final period of shipbuilding in Durham: Edward Hamlin Adams' construction of the two gundalows, Fanny M (1889) and Driftwood (1950). His personal papers (series VII) provide information about the building process, blueprints of the overall plan, and dozens of photographs that record the various stages of construction of the Driftwood (1930 to 1950) and its launch in 1950. Several books available in Special Collections also contain useful information. These include: