Series IV. Family Papers contain personal correspondence, legal records, diaries, and commonplace books belonging to Loring's wives, Mary Toppan (Pickman) (1816-1878) and Anna (Smith) Hildreth Loring, his daughter and son-in-law, Sally Pickman (Loring) and Theodore F. Dwight, and his brother, John Alden Loring (1824-1898). In addition to Mary Loring's will, this collection contains three volumes of her original diaries (1831, 1834, 1839). The volume of diary extracts (1831-1898), which includes Mary's biography, was compiled by her husband as a gift to their daughter Sally. The legal papers of Anna Loring include documents regarding the Pickman farm and court papers concerning Anna and Sally's clear title to the real estate bequeathed to them in George Loring's will. Sally (Loring) and Theodore Dwight's correspondence also discusses George Loring's estate, and the conflicts between Anna and Sally in their selection of estates trustee. Also included is a list of Sally and Theodore's wedding gifts (1895), Theodore's 1904 appointment as consular agent to Switzerland, and an undated photograph of Sally. John Alden Loring's papers include correspondence and legal papers concerning the William Pickman estate, and stock and real estate investments which he held jointly with his brother George B. Loring.