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...