Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries A. Shipping and Business Papers, from 1641 to 1685, include accounts and receipts for ships that George either owned, or on which he shipped cargo. In addition to the ships' and shipping accounts in the account books (Volumes 1-7), there are also accounts for his fishing voyages and his warehouses from 1652 to 1684. The correspondence and legal papers incorporate the business and legal correspondence, land grants from Salem, and George's personal accounts. Volumes 4, 5, and 7 have...

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Subseries B. Estate Papers includes inventories of his estate, funeral expenses and accounts, correspondence, and receipts relating to the settlement of his estate by his son, Johnathan.

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Subseries A. Business Papers include shipping correspondence and accounts of cargo that Jonathan consigned to other vessels. Ships' papers, which are filed alphabetically, contain accounts and receipts for cargo consigned to other merchant vessels.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries B. Court, Legal and Estate Papers is comprised of a variety of papers. The bulk of Jonathan's legal papers contains correspondence and accounts that were generated from Jonathan's ownership, and legal battle over the Cape Porpoise River Falls Mill in Wells, Maine. Filed with the legal papers are court papers, reflecting Jonathan's years as a judge in Salem. The majority of these court papers are depositions from Salem residents. Of note are the January 17, 1692 letter from Samuel...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries C. Family Papers incorporate the John Curwen estate papers, Margaret Thatcher estate papers, Jonathan's immediate family papers, and his in-laws' papers. The John Curwen and Margaret Thatcher estate papers contain accounts and receipts for the settlement of the estate of Jonathan's brother, John, and correspondence, funeral expenses, and accounts for Jonathan's mother-in-law, Margaret Thatcher. The bulk of the family papers includes domestic accounts for Jonathan's family....

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Reverend George Curwen (1683-1717) Papers has been subdivided into three subseries. Subseries A. Papers and Accounts includes letters from George to his parents and fiancé, Mehitable Parkman, while at Harvard, letters from his relatives, Henry and Robert Gibbs, and letters from George refusing the position of minister for the town of Reading (1710). It also includes a 1713/4 acceptance of the minister's position at the First Church in Salem, 1717 minister's rates, his...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries A. Samuel Curwen (1715-1802) Papers has been divided into four sub-subseries. Sub-subseries 1. Personal Journals, which cover 1775 to 1793, provide an almost daily account of his life in Salem, Philadelphia, and England. Noteworthy are the descriptions of the political scene in England during and after the American Revolution. Sub-subseries 2. Personal Correspondence and Letter Books contains letters...

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Subseries C. Barr and Carleton Family Papers contain mostly shipping and business papers of Samuel Curwen Ward's in-laws. The ships' papers of Barr include mostly legal documents from foreign ports, while the Carleton papers contain personal correspondence as well as shipping records.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries A. Samuel Curwen (1715-1802) Papers has been divided into four sub-subseries. Sub-subseries 1. Personal Journals, which cover 1775 to 1793, provide an almost daily account of his life in Salem, Philadelphia, and England. Noteworthy are the descriptions of the political scene in England during and after the American Revolution. Sub-subseries 2. Personal Correspondence and Letter Books contains letters...