Union Wharf Records, 1727-1728, 1808, 1810, 1842, undated
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Not requestable
Scope and Contents
The Union Wharf Records contains documents related to the Union Wharf in Salem, Massachusetts. Included are: an 1808 act establishing the corporation "The Proprietors of the Union Wharf;" an 1810 addendum to that act; an 1842 fire insurance policy held by Thomas F. Odell for a store on Union Wharf owned by Thomas P. Pingree; an undated history of the wharf by Ichabod Tibbets, and copies and transcripts of 1727-1728 deeds related to the construction of the wharf.
Dates
- Creation: 1727-1728, 1808, 1810, 1842, undated
Creator
- Union Wharf (Salem, Mass.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Biographical / Historical
The Union Wharf was the earlier name for the wharf in Salem, Massachusetts directly to the east of Central Wharf on South River. The wharf was previously owned and administered by the corporation: "The Proprietors of Union Wharf."
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 envelope)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Union Wharf Records contains documents related to the Union Wharf in Salem, Massachusetts. Included are: an 1808 act establishing the corporation "The Proprietors of the Union Wharf;" an 1810 addendum to that act; an 1842 fire insurance policy held by Thomas F. Odell for a store on Union Wharf owned by Thomas P. Pingree; an undated history of the wharf by Ichabod Tibbets, and copies and transcripts of 1727-1728 deeds related to the construction of the wharf.
Physical Location
Phillips Library Stacks
Provenance
History and deeds were donated by Mrs. Ralf P. Emerson October 15, 1961. Provenance unknown on legal acts and insurance policy
Bibliography and Related Collections
Snell, Charles W. (1979). Historic Sites Survey Report: Data on the Physical History of House Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, and 11; Waterfront Lot J, and the East Side of Union Wharf, 1660-1869. Historic Sites Survey.
Related Collections:
Account Book of Union Wharf, MSS 1676.1
Account Book of Union Wharf, MSS 1676.2
Letter book of the Derby Wharf Corporation, MSS 1553
Receipt of Unknown Author, MSS 0.295
Union Wharf Records, FAM MSS. 896
Processing Information
This material was placed in an acid free envelope.
Subject
- The Proprietors of The Union Wharf (Organization)
- Pingree, T. P. (Thomas P.) (Person)
- Odell, Thomas F. (Person)
- Tibbets, Ichabod (Person)
- Title
- Union Wharf Records, 1727-1728, 1808, 1810, 1842, undated
- Author
- Patrick Doyle
- Date
- December 2022
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- The processing of this collection was funded by a gift from the Pingree heirs.
Repository Details
Part of the Phillips Library Repository