Skip to main content

Box 5

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

Ledger, 1787-1829

 File — Box: 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: 1787-1829

Will and estate appraisal, 1825-1831

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 1
Identifier: SERIES IV.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series IV. Estate Records pertain to the executor's attempts to collect on Perkins' loans and their accounts with Perkins' numerous heirs.

Dates: 1825-1831