Papers of and relating to whaling masters James M. Buddington, Sidney O. Budington, cabin boy James W. Buddington, and other family members. The first folder contains a protection certificate, while the next four contain copies of death certificates, applications for admittance to Sailors Snug Harbor, and newspaper articles about Leroy Buddington's brief escape from a state hospital and Captain Sidney O. Budington's association with the Eskimo's and Charles F. Hall's arctic exploration. The remaining folders, 6-9, contain information relating to the Buddington family as a whole; a typed paper describing the family homes; a handwritten genealogical tree circa 1900; genealogical notes, many copied from published books, or worksheets; and xerox and photographed copies of legal manuscript documents from the seventeenth and eighteenth century signed by members of the Buddington family. The "Buddington Geneological Notes," folder contains assorted papers including family worksheets, xerox copies of photographs, and copies of published material relating to the Budington's, primarily Captain James M., and Captain James W. Buddington, and their rescue of the HMS RESOLUTE.