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Historic Ship Records, 1662-1980, undated
The Historic Ships’ Records is an artificial collection which contains material having to do with the shipping industry primarily in Salem, Massachusetts, but also Boston, Amsterdam, New Orleans, San Francisco, and London. Items in the collection include bills of lading, receipts, crew lists, disbursement records, insurance policies, and personal accounts.
Isaac Cushing Papers, 1811-1859, undated
The Isaac Cushing Papers document the shipping and lumber merchant activities of Isaac Cushing of Salem, Massachusetts.
Jerome B. Hildreth Papers, 1851-1925
The Jerome B. Hildreth Papers consist of correspondence, accounts, shipping papers, draft proposals for an engine propeller design, and deeds.
John Newmarch Cushing Papers, 1714-1920, undated
The John Newmarch Cushing papers document the activities of this Newburyport, Massachusetts, merchant, wharfinger, and ship chandler.
Newburyport (Mass.) Federal Custom House Records, 1789-1916
The collection of bound volumes of Newburyport Federal Custom House Records at the Peabody Essex Museum’s Phillips Library spans the entire 121 years of the existence of the Newburyport Federal Customs District (1789-1910).
Orne Family Papers, 1719-1899, undated
The bulk of the Orne Family Papers, which consists of the shipping papers generated by Timothy Orne (1717-1767), Josiah Orne (1768-1825), William Orne (1751/2-1815), and Joseph Orne (1778-1806) spans almost a century of Salem shipping from 1732 to 1825. The papers reflect the business, legal, and personal papers of each cousin, their immediate families, and their in-laws.
Stearns and Sprague Family Papers, 1718-1889, undated
The Stearns and Sprague Family papers document the activities of Dr. William Stearns (1754-1819), a Salem apothecary and grocer, and his father-in-law, shipping merchant and distillery owner Joseph Sprague (1739-1808).
Thomas Perkins Pingree Papers, 1831-1889, undated
The bulk of the Thomas Perkins Pingree Papers consist of his business correspondence, ships' papers, and papers related to the settlement of his estate.
William B. Parker, Jr. Papers, 1823-1854
The collection contains bills and receipts, legal papers, business correspondence, sailor's agreements, financial statements, and personal estate papers of William B. Parker Jr. (1801-1878) from 1823 to 1854.