John White Treadwell Papers, 1763-1902, 1971-1972, undated
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Not requestable
Scope and Content Note
The John White Treadwell papers is a collection of personal papers and estate papers of John White Treadwell of Salem, Massachusetts. The collection has been divided into three series.
Series I. Personal Papers includes personal correspondence written to his family while at sea or visiting Washington DC, a lecture on currency, and financial papers. The series also includes papers from the Salisbury Manufacturing Corporation.
Series I. Estate Papers contains papers from the administration of Treadwell's estate.
Series III. Other contains genealogy and miscellaneous items from other members of the Treadwell family.
Dates
- Creation: 1763-1902, 1971-1972, undated
Creator
- Treadwell, John White, 1785-1857 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Biographical Sketch
John White Treadwell was a sixth generation descendant of Thomas Treadwell, who settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in about 1638. He was born in Ipswich in 1785, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth White Treadwell. He moved to Salem, Massachusetts, early in his life, where he was a sea captain, merchant, and later Cashier and President of the Merchants Bank in Salem. He married Susanna Kendall Farley in 1810 (d. 1818); he married her sister, Harriet Kendall Farley, in 1819. By each wife he had six children (see Appendix I - Treadwell Family Tree). John White Treadwell died in Salem in 1857; his estate was administered by his son in-law, George Nichols.
Extent
1.17 linear feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The John White Treadwell papers is a collection of personal papers and estate papers of John White Treadwell of Salem, Massachusetts.
Series List
Series I. Personal Papers
Series II. Estate Papers
Series III. Other
Physical Location
Phillips Library Stacks
Provenance
Part of this collection was donated by Susan Farley Nichols Pulsifer in 1965; the provenance of the remaining material is unknown.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Lee Jacoby, October 2012.
Subject
- Treadwell, John White, 1785-1857 (Person)
- Treadwell, Susan Farley, 1787-1818 (Person)
- Success (Brig) (Organization)
- Nichols, George, Jr., 1809-1882 (Person)
- Title
- JOHN WHITE TREADWELL PAPERS, 1763-1972
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Lee Jacoby; machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan. Finding aid updated September 2022.
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Phillips Library Repository