Series I. William Northey (1735-1804) Papers contains business and personal papers. The business papers include legal and financial papers relating to his goldsmithing business, shipping papers reflecting his consignment of goods to the West Indies, receipts and notices relating to his role as Treasurer and clerk of Salem's Great Pasture, and regulation and requests made as Salem selectman. William's personal papers include letters from the Collins family, in particular from his brother-in-law Stephen Collins describing his merchant business in Philadelphia. Also found here is a letter from I. Churchill (1794) asking William's advice concerning the impressment of his son onto a British vessel. William's legal papers include deeds for his father's land, his will, and estate inventory.