The Allen Family Papers contain the personal correspondence, shipping, and business papers of William Allen (1766-1853), his sons, Charles Henry Allen (1810-1899), Joseph Augustus Allen (1808-1840), and George Franklin Allen (1813-1852), grandchildren, William Henry Allen, Margaret Lockhart (Allen) Davis, and her husband William Augustus Davis (1813-1886).

The records of the East India Marine Society consist of correspondence, financial documents, guest books, scrapbooks, catalogs, and ships' journals from the founding of the Society in 1799 to 1972.

This collection consists of the shipping, business, and personal papers of Gamaliel Hodges and his sons, John and Joseph Hodges, of Salem, Massachusetts, as well as papers for Richard Manning.

This collection contains ships' papers for the ship Borneo, brig Malay and brig Ceres, as well as correspondence with John's wife, Elizabeth (Day) Nichols and other family members, financial records, and estate papers.

The Penhallow Family Papers contain letters, wills, deeds, and shipping papers of a prominent shipping and merchant family in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

The Richard G. Wheatland papers contain the personal and shipping records of the Salem, Massachusetts, ship master Richard G. Wheatland.