Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Personal and Miscellaneous Papers include Waters' personal journals and his notebook. This material describes in detail Waters' deeply rooted religious convictions and his relations with the Sultan. The Memoranda/notes file contains travelogue descriptions of Zanzibar, an incomplete Waters Family genealogy, and notes on "Packing Zanzibar Oranges for Bombay." The Social Debating Society Minutes provide interesting insights on the opinions...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Personal and Miscellaneous Papers include Waters' personal journals and his notebook. This material describes in detail Waters' deeply rooted religious convictions and his relations with the Sultan. The Memoranda/notes file contains travelogue descriptions of Zanzibar, an incomplete Waters Family genealogy, and notes on "Packing Zanzibar Oranges for Bombay." The Social Debating Society Minutes provide interesting insights on the opinions...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Shipping Papers include ships papers, correspondence, contracts, account books, bills, and receipts. Ships papers are those of vessels owned or mastered by Richard P. or John G. Waters (see Appendix I). They document the lucrative trade that Waters conducted at Zanzibar on behalf of Salem merchants, particularly David Pingree and George and Benjamin West. Miscellaneous ships papers include the protests of ship Edward...