Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Early Ropes covers the years 1702-1815, and contains the personal and business records of Salem merchant Nathaniel Ropes I (1691-1752), his wife Abigail (Pickman) Ropes (1706-1775), their son Judge Nathaniel Ropes II (1726-1752), his wife Priscilla Sparhawk (1739-1778), their children Samuel, Jane, and John Ropes, and Sparhawk relatives. The account books of Nathaniel I, Nathaniel II, and Abigail Ropes contain accounts of their stores which were...