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Box 6

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Contains 21 Results:

A collection of protection certificates issued by local customs houses attesting to a seaman's citizenship in the United States. There are 48 of these, plus two affidavits issued by local officials attesting that two black men were free and citizens of the United States. Of the 50 individuals involved at least nine were African-American., 1826-1857

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 14
Identifier: SERIES XIII.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series XIII. Seaman’s Protection Certificates consists of a collection of fifty documents, including 48 Seaman’s Protection Certificates issued by the Customs Service and two affidavits certifying that two black men were free and citizens of the United States.

Dates: 1826-1857

"North Pole Adventure," six small handwritten notebooks copying the work of Joseph Latique LaJore (?) describing his 14 years among the Native American tribes in the polar region; a newspaper article with photograph of the North Pole taken by Dr. Cook, 1900-1909

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 15
Identifier: SERIES XIV.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series XIV. Miscellaneous Materials is quite diverse and contains: six small handwritten notebooks copying “North Pole Adventure,” the work of Joseph Latique LaJore (?) describing his fourteen years among the Native American tribes in the polar region; notes; letters; poems; an address list; a bill of fare for Boston’s Parker House; a proposal for “The Woodruff Scientific Expedition Around the World”; a Civil War era projectile; etc.

Dates: 1900-1909

Miscellaneous material containing: notes, letters, poems, an address list, a bill of fare for Boston's Parker House, a proposal for The Woodruff Scientific Expedition Around the World, a copy of The Naturalists' Agency Monthly Bulletin, 1877, 1877-1928, undated

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 16
Identifier: SERIES XIV.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series XIV. Miscellaneous Materials is quite diverse and contains: six small handwritten notebooks copying “North Pole Adventure,” the work of Joseph Latique LaJore (?) describing his fourteen years among the Native American tribes in the polar region; notes; letters; poems; an address list; a bill of fare for Boston’s Parker House; a proposal for “The Woodruff Scientific Expedition Around the World”; a Civil War era projectile; etc.

Dates: 1877, 1877-1928, undated

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1852-1853

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 17
Identifier: SERIES XIV.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series XIV. Miscellaneous Materials is quite diverse and contains: six small handwritten notebooks copying “North Pole Adventure,” the work of Joseph Latique LaJore (?) describing his fourteen years among the Native American tribes in the polar region; notes; letters; poems; an address list; a bill of fare for Boston’s Parker House; a proposal for “The Woodruff Scientific Expedition Around the World”; a Civil War era projectile; etc.

Dates: 1852-1853

Miscellaneous financial papers, 1861, 1873-1878

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 18
Identifier: SERIES XIV.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series XIV. Miscellaneous Materials is quite diverse and contains: six small handwritten notebooks copying “North Pole Adventure,” the work of Joseph Latique LaJore (?) describing his fourteen years among the Native American tribes in the polar region; notes; letters; poems; an address list; a bill of fare for Boston’s Parker House; a proposal for “The Woodruff Scientific Expedition Around the World”; a Civil War era projectile; etc.

Dates: 1861, 1873-1878

Miscellaneous empty envelopes, 1883-1900, undated

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 19
Identifier: SERIES XIV.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series XIV. Miscellaneous Materials is quite diverse and contains: six small handwritten notebooks copying “North Pole Adventure,” the work of Joseph Latique LaJore (?) describing his fourteen years among the Native American tribes in the polar region; notes; letters; poems; an address list; a bill of fare for Boston’s Parker House; a proposal for “The Woodruff Scientific Expedition Around the World”; a Civil War era projectile; etc.

Dates: 1883-1900, undated

A Civil War-era 69-caliber projectile, fired from a muzzle-loading rifle, undated

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 20
Identifier: SERIES XIV.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series XIV. Miscellaneous Materials is quite diverse and contains: six small handwritten notebooks copying “North Pole Adventure,” the work of Joseph Latique LaJore (?) describing his fourteen years among the Native American tribes in the polar region; notes; letters; poems; an address list; a bill of fare for Boston’s Parker House; a proposal for “The Woodruff Scientific Expedition Around the World”; a Civil War era projectile; etc.

Dates: undated

Two insurance policies covering a cargo of rum, the property of Edward D. Kimball, to be shipped from New York to Salem, 1857

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 2
Identifier: A.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series XII. Ships’ Papers contains insurance policies, bills of sale, bills of lading, owner’s instructions, accounts, and shipping articles for the following vessels: Schooner American Belle, Brig Ann Elizabeth, Bark Buckeye, Brig Gambia, Bark Manchester, Brig Pactolus, Brig Rolla, Bark S. W. Porter, and Brig Tiberius.

Dates: 1857