Series II. Henry Hudson (1748-1823) Papers contain business, personal, and church papers. The correspondence includes letters from foreign and domestic shipping merchants, and personal and shipping correspondence with his father- and brother-in-law, John Rogers, Sr. and Jr. Also included are Henry's letters to his sons, John (1784-1831) and Henry (b. 1787) Hudson. The financial papers and account books document Henry's shipping and insurance, his involvement in running the Hudson family wharf, and his work as an auctioneer and appraiser of ship cargos and estates. Of interest are estate inventories of a number of Newburyport individuals: Captain John Fletcher, Eleazur Johnson, John Boardman, Nathan Poor, Captain Samuel Bowers, Captain James Nowell, John W. Murray, Ebenezer Stone, Jacob Moody, Janus Smith, and Sarah Brown. Also included are Henry's repair accounts for work overseen on the Boston home of James Ivers. The legal and miscellaneous papers contain Henry's auctioneer licenses, deeds, and a plan of the Newburyport wharves. Of note are memorandums noting John Rogers' household goods (1792), the production of various weavers (1793), and repairs made to the home and store of Henry's uncle, Eleazur Hudson (b. 1712). The First Religious Society Records include notices, bills, receipts, and parish tax assessments documenting Henry's activities as church assessor and a member of the committee for the church proprietors.