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...

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...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series V. Nathaniel Ropes V and Ropes Sister covers the years 1847 to 1904, and contains papers of Nathaniel Ropes V (1833-1893), and his sisters Sarah Putnam (1827-1899), Eliza Orne (1837-1907), and Mary Pickman Ropes (1843-1903). Nathaniel Ropes V’s papers include deeds, titles, receipts and letters. The deeds and titles are for property in Ohio and Salem, Massachusetts. The Ropes sisters’ papers and printed ephemera document their various social and club...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VII. Ropes House contains photographs, surveys, and blueprints of the Ropes house. Daguerreotypes and a carte de visite photograph album of the Ropes family and house are not included in this collection; they are located at the Ropes house. The photo albums of the interior and exterior of the house were made after the Ropes house became a museum in 1912. Included in this series are two photographs of Edward S. Morse given by Morse to the Trustees of the...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VII. Ropes House contains photographs, surveys, and blueprints of the Ropes house. Daguerreotypes and a carte de visite photograph album of the Ropes family and house are not included in this collection; they are located at the Ropes house. The photo albums of the interior and exterior of the house were made after the Ropes house became a museum in 1912. Included in this series are two photographs of Edward S. Morse given by Morse to the Trustees of the...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VII. Ropes House contains photographs, surveys, and blueprints of the Ropes house. Daguerreotypes and a carte de visite photograph album of the Ropes family and house are not included in this collection; they are located at the Ropes house. The photo albums of the interior and exterior of the house were made after the Ropes house became a museum in 1912. Included in this series are two photographs of Edward S. Morse given by Morse to the Trustees of the...