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File consists of a notebook containing notes and diagrams relating to the construction, provisioning, and crewing of the ships HMS "Swift" (a Quail-class schooner built in 1817) and HMS "Redbreast" (a 12-gun brig built in 1805), created while Thomas Mossington worked at the Woolwich dockyard.

File consists of a notebook. Inside the front cover bears the inscription, "Thos. Mossenton May 16 1816," and on the opposite page is written, "unfortunately broke." Mossington began writing in the volume with notes and numerical tables devoted to HMS "Cherub," a Cormorant-class sloop built in Dover in 1806. This section also includes: a note written at Woolwich in 1816 addressed from Thomas Shore to Henry Canham regarding the skills of an apprentice shipwright who had completed three-and-a-half years of service (the text was used more than once, as the names of both the apprentice and employer were crossed out and replaced with others); "A cure for the Ague given me by a gentleman in Canada"; and a list of English bishoprics copied from "Bell's Weekly Newspaper" of 21 Feb. 1813. The notebook was flipped and the section entitled "Shipping Book" begun, providing information about the shipment of masts and lumber, as well as a possible crew list.

File consists of a small payroll book identifying the names of workers and wages paid. The notebook includes an advertisement published in "The Times" on 21 Apr. 1829 describing financial arrangements that can be made in London with the Bank of Upper Canada for the benefit of persons emigrating to the colony. This entry dates from around the time of Thomas Mossington's retirement from the Royal Navy prior to his settlement in Upper Canada.

File consists of a notebook containing tables written in pencil and ink listing measurements for masts and bowsprits made from various types of North American pine. The inside front cover is inscribed, "Thomas Mossenton 1805."

File consists of a notebook containing handwritten notes, tables, and diagrams pertaining to shipbuilding, such as "Directions for making masts & yards." The notebook begins with accounting and price information for various types of ship repair, followed by detailed descriptions of shipbuilding processes with illustrations. Two loose pages provide prices for various parts of a ship, including the "Price of Masts and Bowsprits, from Quebec." The notebook also contains two untitled recipes, two cures for ague, and a "Certain Cure for Deafness."

File consists of a notebook containing tables listing measurements for various parts of a ship.

File consists of notes and numerical tables relating to the construction of ships.

Fonds consists of nine holograph notebooks created by Thomas Mossington (also spelled Mossenton) regarding the commission, construction, repair, provisioning, and staffing of Royal Navy and English merchant ships, including instructions, dimensions, and calculations for various parts of the vessels and pay records for shipyard work performed by Mossington and others. The notebooks also contain personal information, medical recipes, addresses, and a receipt from the Bank of Upper Canada.

File consists of a notebook containing tables and notes regarding the types of timber used in ship construction.

File consists of a notebook. The front half of the volume records wages paid to shipyard workers beginning 14 July 1806. The second half of the notebook lists the types of timber used in ship construction with notes and tables related to shipbuilding. This part also includes records for shipping masts "On account of Robertson Forsyth & Co." through Moss Cove, Quebec. The notebook was used by Mossington while visiting Lower Canada to procures ships' masts.