The Rollins Merrill Papers contains business records collected by Rollins W. Merrill, a Salem grocer. Records relate chiefly to the import of goods by ship from 1827 to 1834. Records include: two shipping receipts; correspondence between Merrill and his wife related to a voyage; insurance policies for goods shipped on the schooners Calendonia, First Attempt, and Rising Sun and on the brig Wankinco; and an 1844 fire insurance policy on Merrill's grocery.