Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Benjamin Pickman (1740-1819) Papers, 1752-1820, contains correspondence, account books, and financial papers reflecting Benjamin's personal and shipping interests and his activities as Salem's treasurer. Of note is the family correspondence written during Benjamin's ten-year exile in England. These letters discuss the social and political climate in England during the Revolution and oftentimes advise his wife on domestic and business matters. Also of interest is a 1775 copy of a...