Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Benjamin Pickman (1763-1843) Business and Personal Papers, 1784-1842, contains correspondence, legal, and financial papers reflecting Benjamin's political and domestic concerns. Of interest in the family correspondence are letters from the Routh family (Benjamin's British relatives by his cousin Abigail [Gardiner] Routh) that describe the general political situation in Great Britain as well as England's war with France; Benjamin's letters to his mother, Mary (Toppan) Pickman,...