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Box 2

 Container

Contains 6 Results:

Letters received from Michael Shepard, Jan.-Apr. 1830

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: SERIES I.
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Correspondence documents only a fraction of Perkins' extensive business affairs. Letters are primarily from Perkins' business associates David Pingree and Michael Shepard. Written to Perkins after his retirement to Topsfield, they describe not only financial transactions, but also daily events in Salem, in particular the numerous business failures which occurred in 1829. Of interest are the letters by both Pingree and Shepard describing the murder of...
Dates: Jan.-Apr. 1830

Letters received from Michael Shepard, May-Aug. 1830

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: SERIES I.
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Correspondence documents only a fraction of Perkins' extensive business affairs. Letters are primarily from Perkins' business associates David Pingree and Michael Shepard. Written to Perkins after his retirement to Topsfield, they describe not only financial transactions, but also daily events in Salem, in particular the numerous business failures which occurred in 1829. Of interest are the letters by both Pingree and Shepard describing the murder of...
Dates: May-Aug. 1830

Letters received from Michael Shepard, Sept.-Dec. 1830

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: SERIES I.
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Correspondence documents only a fraction of Perkins' extensive business affairs. Letters are primarily from Perkins' business associates David Pingree and Michael Shepard. Written to Perkins after his retirement to Topsfield, they describe not only financial transactions, but also daily events in Salem, in particular the numerous business failures which occurred in 1829. Of interest are the letters by both Pingree and Shepard describing the murder of...
Dates: Sept.-Dec. 1830

Franklin Place rent book, 1811-1829

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Identifier: SERIES II.
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Business Records contains account books, stock certificates, insurance policies, and receipts. The account books contain records of Perkins' shipping investments, loans, and farm accounts. The ledger in Box 5 (1787-1829) is a yearly summation of Perkins' goods and property. There is only a single folder of shipping papers; most of Perkins' shipping records were probably destroyed by fire along with his partner Joseph Peabody's in the 1880s. Although...
Dates: 1811-1829

Notes and bills receivable, 1809-1830

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: SERIES II.
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Business Records contains account books, stock certificates, insurance policies, and receipts. The account books contain records of Perkins' shipping investments, loans, and farm accounts. The ledger in Box 5 (1787-1829) is a yearly summation of Perkins' goods and property. There is only a single folder of shipping papers; most of Perkins' shipping records were probably destroyed by fire along with his partner Joseph Peabody's in the 1880s. Although...
Dates: 1809-1830

Shipping papers for Cynthia (Brig), Dolphin (Sloop), Elvira (Schooner) Phoenix (Brig), Saucy Jack (Schooner), Three Friends (Sloop), William and Charles (Brigantine), 1778-1807

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: SERIES II.
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Business Records contains account books, stock certificates, insurance policies, and receipts. The account books contain records of Perkins' shipping investments, loans, and farm accounts. The ledger in Box 5 (1787-1829) is a yearly summation of Perkins' goods and property. There is only a single folder of shipping papers; most of Perkins' shipping records were probably destroyed by fire along with his partner Joseph Peabody's in the 1880s. Although...
Dates: 1778-1807