Box 1
Container
Contains 32 Results:
Personal papers and miscellaneous bills and receipts for household goods and services. Included are: bills and receipts for, food, house repairs, furnishings, clothing, a dog license, tax bill, pew tax at the Tabernacle Society of Salem; communications from the Salem Marine Society, Essex Lodge of Masons, and Washington Chapter of Royal Arch Masons; a contract to construct a house on Skerry Street, Salem between Berry and builder Rufus B. Gifford for $2000, executed, 11 July 1859; communications with his stock broker; a recommendation for a domestic by Mrs. Berry; and insurance policy on the Berry's Salem house, transferred to their house in Melrose in June 1864, 1860-1869
File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Identifier: III.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series III. Personal Papers includes a collection of miscellaneous bills and receipts, etc., of a largely personal nature, for the period 1860-1865. These include: food, household goods and furnishings, house repairs, clothing, advertisements, a recommendation for a domestic from Mrs. Berry, a dog license, city tax bill, pew tax from the Tabernacle Society of Salem, meeting notices of the Salem Marine Society, Essex Lodge of Masons, and Washington Chapter of Royal Arch Masons. In addition...
Dates:
1860-1869
Several issues of The West African Herald, between #67 and #77, 31 May 1860-14 January 1861
File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Identifier: III.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series III. Personal Papers includes a collection of miscellaneous bills and receipts, etc., of a largely personal nature, for the period 1860-1865. These include: food, household goods and furnishings, house repairs, clothing, advertisements, a recommendation for a domestic from Mrs. Berry, a dog license, city tax bill, pew tax from the Tabernacle Society of Salem, meeting notices of the Salem Marine Society, Essex Lodge of Masons, and Washington Chapter of Royal Arch Masons. In addition...
Dates:
31 May 1860-14 January 1861
Six Seaman's Protection Certificates issued by the U.S. Customs Service. Included is that for Aaron W. Berry, issued 28 April 1854. It states he was 26 years old and had been born in Salem. Additionally there is one for John B. Stout, a black man, 1844-1856
File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Identifier: IV.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series IV. Miscellaneous Materials contains materials associated with Captain Berry, as well as material with no obvious association. Included are several Seaman’s Protection Certificates issued by the U.S. Customs Service, including Captain Berry’s (1854); a West African court summons dated April 18, 1860; memoranda, etc., for gold bullion deposited at the Philadelphia Mint, 1859-1862; a congressional constituent communication dated Philadelphia, 30 May 1798, outlining congressional...
Dates:
1844-1856
A receipt for transporting "Sea Baggage from Boston to Salem, 1863
File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Identifier: IV.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series IV. Miscellaneous Materials contains materials associated with Captain Berry, as well as material with no obvious association. Included are several Seaman’s Protection Certificates issued by the U.S. Customs Service, including Captain Berry’s (1854); a West African court summons dated April 18, 1860; memoranda, etc., for gold bullion deposited at the Philadelphia Mint, 1859-1862; a congressional constituent communication dated Philadelphia, 30 May 1798, outlining congressional...
Dates:
1863
A bill for one box of tobacco, Boston, 1864
File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Identifier: IV.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series IV. Miscellaneous Materials contains materials associated with Captain Berry, as well as material with no obvious association. Included are several Seaman’s Protection Certificates issued by the U.S. Customs Service, including Captain Berry’s (1854); a West African court summons dated April 18, 1860; memoranda, etc., for gold bullion deposited at the Philadelphia Mint, 1859-1862; a congressional constituent communication dated Philadelphia, 30 May 1798, outlining congressional...
Dates:
1864
Reports for the inspection and gauging of rum for Sylvester Bowman by Nathaniel Cleaves & Son, Boston, 1859-1861
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Identifier: IV.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series IV. Miscellaneous Materials contains materials associated with Captain Berry, as well as material with no obvious association. Included are several Seaman’s Protection Certificates issued by the U.S. Customs Service, including Captain Berry’s (1854); a West African court summons dated April 18, 1860; memoranda, etc., for gold bullion deposited at the Philadelphia Mint, 1859-1862; a congressional constituent communication dated Philadelphia, 30 May 1798, outlining congressional...
Dates:
1859-1861
Miscellaneous accounts, mostly unattributed, relating to the outfitting of a vessel for sailing. These include: an extensive inventory of stores and sundries such as provision, supplies, cordage and rigging supplies, paint, tools, etc.; a tabulation of loaded cargo (tobacco, rum, and gun powder), inventory of private cargoes, 1857-1858
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Identifier: IV.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series IV. Miscellaneous Materials contains materials associated with Captain Berry, as well as material with no obvious association. Included are several Seaman’s Protection Certificates issued by the U.S. Customs Service, including Captain Berry’s (1854); a West African court summons dated April 18, 1860; memoranda, etc., for gold bullion deposited at the Philadelphia Mint, 1859-1862; a congressional constituent communication dated Philadelphia, 30 May 1798, outlining congressional...
Dates:
1857-1858
A summons to appear in court to Ambah Fletchwah in a suit for debt "in behalf of A. W. Berry." Issued in Annamoboe, Gold Coast, West Africa. The plaintiff prevailed, 18 April 1860
File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Identifier: IV.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series IV. Miscellaneous Materials contains materials associated with Captain Berry, as well as material with no obvious association. Included are several Seaman’s Protection Certificates issued by the U.S. Customs Service, including Captain Berry’s (1854); a West African court summons dated April 18, 1860; memoranda, etc., for gold bullion deposited at the Philadelphia Mint, 1859-1862; a congressional constituent communication dated Philadelphia, 30 May 1798, outlining congressional...
Dates:
18 April 1860
Three memoranda for gold bullion deposited in the Philadelphia Mint, by Merritt & Co., Salem, Massachusetts - 1859-1862, 1859-1862
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Identifier: IV.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series IV. Miscellaneous Materials contains materials associated with Captain Berry, as well as material with no obvious association. Included are several Seaman’s Protection Certificates issued by the U.S. Customs Service, including Captain Berry’s (1854); a West African court summons dated April 18, 1860; memoranda, etc., for gold bullion deposited at the Philadelphia Mint, 1859-1862; a congressional constituent communication dated Philadelphia, 30 May 1798, outlining congressional...
Dates:
1859-1862
A printed detailed congressional constituent communication, dated Philadelphia, 30 May 1798, addressed to Major Thurston James, Hanover County, Virginia and signed John Clopton. It outlines the action of Congress aimed at stemming French hostility to American shipping and for preparation for a possible war with France. The actions include funds to complete and man the three frigates under construction and provide for additional smaller naval vessels, 30 May 1798
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Identifier: IV.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series IV. Miscellaneous Materials contains materials associated with Captain Berry, as well as material with no obvious association. Included are several Seaman’s Protection Certificates issued by the U.S. Customs Service, including Captain Berry’s (1854); a West African court summons dated April 18, 1860; memoranda, etc., for gold bullion deposited at the Philadelphia Mint, 1859-1862; a congressional constituent communication dated Philadelphia, 30 May 1798, outlining congressional...
Dates:
30 May 1798