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Subseries D. Swann Family Papers contains letters, calling cards, and a will from the Swann family to which Margaret Swann Bowditch, wife of Ernest William Bowditch, is related.

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Subseries F. Ingersoll Family Papers contain correspondence, financial records, a diploma, and genealogical charts for the Ingersoll family, who are related to the Bowditch family through Mary Ingersoll Bowditch (1781-1834).

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries B. Early Work, Financial Records, and Legal Papers consists of the original notebook for the 1794 survey of Salem, receipts, shipping papers, mathematical tables, a land deed, and newspaper clippings arranged chronologically. It includes papers for the ship Putnam, and sloops Polly, Nancy, and Industry. There is also a folder of ships unrelated to...

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Subseries B. Others' Correspondence contains letters between reformers including that of William Lloyd Garrison, Francis Jackson, Lydia Maria Child, Theodore Parker, Susan B. Anthony, and Samuel May.

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Subseries C. Financial and Legal Papers contains receipts, accounts, bills, legal documents, and obituaries as well as a plot plan of William Ingersoll Bowditch's lot in Brookline.

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Series VII. Genealogy consists of many volumes of genealogical research and writings. Volumes include original letters, the family crest, and genealogy of related families. The family hired at least four professional genealogists over the years and their work is included here.