Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series III. Esther (1785-1870) and Martha Waters (1787-1855) Papers contains agreements, accounts, and receipts from 1835 to 1872. Many of these investments were maintained for them by their brothers William Dean Waters and Joseph Gilbert Waters.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries A. Shipping Papers consists of papers of those of vessels that Waters owned or mastered. Of particular interest are the papers of schooner Abeona, which was involved in the African slave trade. The papers of the frigate Essex consist of letters and accounts relating to the building and outfitting of the vessel, which was managed for the Navy by Waters. Other noteworthy papers include Joseph G. Waters spoliation claims for schooner ...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries A. Shipping Papers consists of papers of those of vessels that Waters owned or mastered. Of particular interest are the papers of schooner Abeona, which was involved in the African slave trade. The papers of the frigate Essex consist of letters and accounts relating to the building and outfitting of the vessel, which was managed for the Navy by Waters. Other noteworthy papers include Joseph G. Waters spoliation claims for schooner ...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries A. Shipping Papers consists of papers of those of vessels that Waters owned or mastered. Of particular interest are the papers of schooner Abeona, which was involved in the African slave trade. The papers of the frigate Essex consist of letters and accounts relating to the building and outfitting of the vessel, which was managed for the Navy by Waters. Other noteworthy papers include Joseph G. Waters spoliation claims for schooner ...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries A. Shipping Papers consists of papers of those of vessels that Waters owned or mastered. Of particular interest are the papers of schooner Abeona, which was involved in the African slave trade. The papers of the frigate Essex consist of letters and accounts relating to the building and outfitting of the vessel, which was managed for the Navy by Waters. Other noteworthy papers include Joseph G. Waters spoliation claims for schooner ...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries B. Business and Personal Papers includes correspondence, business papers, estate papers, accounts, and receipts. The correspondence includes a series of 1799 letters to and from Samuel Bradford about French prisoners that had escaped from Boston and were captured in Salem. The Sea Fencibles papers contain documentation of an artillery company from elderly Salem volunteers for coastal defense in 1814.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries B. Business and Personal Papers includes correspondence, business papers, estate papers, accounts, and receipts. The correspondence includes a series of 1799 letters to and from Samuel Bradford about French prisoners that had escaped from Boston and were captured in Salem. The Sea Fencibles papers contain documentation of an artillery company from elderly Salem volunteers for coastal defense in 1814.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries B. Business and Personal Papers includes correspondence, business papers, estate papers, accounts, and receipts. The correspondence includes a series of 1799 letters to and from Samuel Bradford about French prisoners that had escaped from Boston and were captured in Salem. The Sea Fencibles papers contain documentation of an artillery company from elderly Salem volunteers for coastal defense in 1814.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries B. Business and Personal Papers includes correspondence, business papers, estate papers, accounts, and receipts. The correspondence includes a series of 1799 letters to and from Samuel Bradford about French prisoners that had escaped from Boston and were captured in Salem. The Sea Fencibles papers contain documentation of an artillery company from elderly Salem volunteers for coastal defense in 1814.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries B. Business and Personal Papers includes correspondence, business papers, estate papers, accounts, and receipts. The correspondence includes a series of 1799 letters to and from Samuel Bradford about French prisoners that had escaped from Boston and were captured in Salem. The Sea Fencibles papers contain documentation of an artillery company from elderly Salem volunteers for coastal defense in 1814.