Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. First Generation Business and Personal Papers: Richard Derby (1712-1783) contains the papers of Richard Derby (1712-1783), and range from 1738 until 1783. They include business correspondence, distillery receipts and accounts, miscellaneous receipts, account books, and legal documents. The miscellaneous business correspondence contains primarily letters regarding the purchase or sale of goods or the settlement of...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries A. Elias Hasket Derby Papers includes business correspondence, financial papers, account books, legal documents, and estate papers from 1761 to 1827. Purchase and sale of commodities, petitions for employment, settling of accounts, and transactions of business are included in Elias Hasket's business correspondence, which covers the years 1775 until 1798 (box 16, folders 5 and 6). The lengthy correspondence between Elias Hasket and Metcalf Bowler, from...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries B. John Derby (1767-1831) Papers includes business and legal papers, miscellaneous receipts and accounts, and personal correspondence. The business papers contain correspondence between John and his brother-in-law and business associate, John Prince Jr. There are additional business letters as well as deeds and powers of attorney in the miscellaneous business and legal papers, 1791-1827. John's miscellaneous receipts, which span the years 1786-1817,...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries B. John Derby (1767-1831) Papers includes business and legal papers, miscellaneous receipts and accounts, and personal correspondence. The business papers contain correspondence between John and his brother-in-law and business associate, John Prince Jr. There are additional business letters as well as deeds and powers of attorney in the miscellaneous business and legal papers, 1791-1827. John's miscellaneous receipts, which span the years 1786-1817,...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The bulk of Subseries C. Ezekiel Hersey Derby's (1772-1852) Papers concerns the building of a new south bridge, and the reclaiming of William Brown's tomb. The papers of the new south bridge include deeds, petitions, receipts, restitution, maps for the laying out of the new highway (Lafayette Street), and the building of a new bridge over the South River. There is an interesting series of correspondence and petitions by Ezekiel Hersey Derby, and the Bowditch...