Series I. Gamaliel Hodges (1766-1850) Papers contains his business and personal papers as well as Union Wharf records, Union Street Building Corporation records, and some insurance company records. Each subseries is arranged chronologically. Subseries A. Ships' Papers contains bills of lading, protests, invoices, accounts, letters of instruction, seamen's agreements, insurance policies, impost bonds, bills paid and correspondence for the ships that Gamaliel owned, sailed on, or shipped goods on. They are arranged alphabetically by ship name, then chronologically. Subseries B. Financial Records contains bills paid, accounts, mortgages, deeds, stock certificates, bank books, account books, and notes payable. Business receipts are mixed in with personal receipts; if a ship name was listed on a receipt, it was filed with that ship's papers. Personal receipts include those for shoes, schooling for his children, taxes, food, water use, home repair, medical attention, pew taxes, and more. Subseries C. Union Wharf Records contains deeds, accounts, bills paid and legal documents for the Union Wharf in Salem. Subseries D. Other includes correspondence, insurance company records, estate records for various people, Union Street Building Corporation records, hand-drawn maps of wharves and a neighborhood in Salem, and a copy of his will.