Series I. Seth Low (1782-1853) contains a daybook and accounts reflecting Seth Low’s (1782-1853) Salem apothecary, household, and shipping venture. Also included are merchant correspondence and shipping accounts of Seth Low& Company, the prosperous shipping firm which Seth established upon moving to New York in 1829. This correspondence contains letters from such Salem merchants as D. L. Pickman, Elijah Porter, and Robert Brookhouse.