Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Financial Records and Correspondence includes all business records created by or for Bates & Co., including financial accounts, business correspondence not directly connected to a single ship, building and wharf leases, insurance papers, trade memos, vessel lists, trade circulars, textiles, and account books. General financial materials are arranged by subject or format; accounts and correspondence to or from specific individuals or companies are arranged alphabetically by...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IV. Family Papers and Records contains the personal papers of members of the extended Bates family, as well as business records from family members who were not employed by Bates & Co. Materials include receipts and bills, personal and business correspondence, household records, ephemera, textiles, bound volumes, and photographs. Materials are grouped first by individual, then in folders by subject or format. Within each folder, materials are chronologically arranged....