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Charles Ward Papers, 1746, 1796-1888

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 47
Abstract

The Charles Ward Papers contain his business, personal, and civic papers for the years he was the United States Consul to Zanzibar (1845 to 1850) and a shipping merchant in Salem (1851-1876).

Dates: 1746, 1796-1888

Collection of Zanzibar Trade Documents, 1806-1905, 1954, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1902
Abstract

Collection of Zanzibar Trade Documents contains correspondence, photographs, contracts, and two Arabic manuscript volumes. The material included in this collection is chiefly related to trade and diplomatic relations between the United States and the Sultanate of Zanzibar in the 19th century.

Dates: 1806-1905, 1954, undated

Ebenezer and William Hathorne Papers, 1810-1886, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MH 119
Abstract

The Ebenezer and William Hathorne papers contain the papers of Ebenezer Hathorne (1789-1858), and his son, William Hollingsworth Hathorne (1843-1886).

Dates: 1810-1886, undated

Edwin Vernon Morgan Journals, 1896-1905, 1926, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 281
Abstract

This collection contains some of Edwin Vernon Morgan's personal journals, and represents an almost daily record of his life from 1899 to 1901, and 1905 to 1906, and photographs. The final journal is from 1926. While some entries reveal contemporary political and historical insights on Asian events of the time, Morgan's journals mainly document dinners, concerts, and other leisure functions.

Dates: 1896-1905, 1926, undated

Fabens Family Papers, 1706-1916, 1947, 1978-1989, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MH 94
Abstract

The Fabens Family Papers contain the shipping, business, legal, and personal papers of William Fabens (1759-1828), William Fabens (1782-1834), Benjamin Fabens (1785-1850), Samuel A. Fabens (b. 1812), Benjamin F. Fabens (1817-1912), Joseph Warren Fabens (1821-1875), Frank P. Fabens (b. 1869), and other family members.

Dates: 1706-1916, 1947, 1978-1989, undated

George Baily Loring Papers, 1831-1904, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 183
Abstract

This collection documents the business and personal activities of the noted doctor, agriculturalist, statesman, and diplomat, George Bailey Loring (1817-1891) of Salem.

Dates: 1831-1904, undated

George Peabody Papers, 1815-1927, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 181
Abstract

The George Peabody Papers contain the business and personal papers of George Peabody, one of the 19th century's most prosperous merchant bankers and notable social philanthropists.

Dates: 1815-1927, undated

John L. Harris Papers, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MH 117
Abstract

The John Levett Harris papers consists of bound photostats of correspondence between Harris and John Quincy Adams, the United States Secretary of State, relating to a dispute over consulate fees for landing certificates to be charged to a Captain Bowditch.

Dates: undated

Richard P. Waters Papers, 1830-1939, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MH 14
Abstract

Although the papers range from 1831-1939, the bulk of the materials concern the mercantile activities of Richard P. Waters and his brother, John G. Waters at Zanzibar and Madagascar in the 1830s and 1840s.

Dates: 1830-1939, undated; Majority of material found within 1836-1846

Richard P. Waters Papers, 1837-1866, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 230
Abstract

The collection has been divided into three series: Shipping Papers, Consular Papers, and Personal and Miscellaneous Papers.

Dates: 1837-1866, undated

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Shepard, Michael, 1786-1856 3
Waters, Richard P. (Richard Palmer), 1807-1887 3
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Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān, Sultan of Zanzibar, 1791-1856 2
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Waters, John G., 1796-1860 2
Webb, John F., 1811-1861 2
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Bacon, Delia S., 1811-1859 1
Baring Brothers & Co. 1
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Bertram, John, 1796-1882 1
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Duncan & Sherman 1
Dwight, Sally Pickman Loring, 1859-1912 1
Dwight, Theodore F. 1
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Essex Agricultural Society (Mass.) 1
Fabens family 1
Fabens, Abby 1
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Fabens, Clara E., 1825-1863 1
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Fielden Brothers Limited 1
Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874 1
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Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 1
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