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American and Canadian Cyphering Book Collection, 1727-1864
This collection contains 197 items, most of which are cyphering books - handwritten books used to set out rules and cases associated with mathematical topics and which included problems and exercises linked to the topics. Students in the 18th and 19th centuries prepared them to use in their academic study.
Bowditch Family Papers, 1726/7-1942, 1961, 1975, undated
This collection contains correspondence, legal documents, financial records, maps, photographs, published works, and genealogy of the Bowditch family of Salem, Massachusetts. It also contains papers of the Babcock family, Swann family, Lyon family, Ingersoll family, and Plummer family.
East Church (Salem, Mass.) Records, 1717-1901, undated
The East Church of Salem records consist of administrative, financial, pastoral, and social records of this Salem, Massachusetts, church.
East India Marine Society Records, 1795-1972, undated
The records of the East India Marine Society consist of correspondence, financial documents, guest books, scrapbooks, catalogs, and ships' journals from the founding of the Society in 1799 to 1972.
Massachusetts Steam Navigation Company Records, 1816-1818, undated
The Massachusetts Steam Navigation Company Papers contain correspondence, financial records, legal papers, and shares of ownership for this shipping company and are divided into four series.
Phillips Family Papers, 1636, 1783-1897, undated
The bulk of the Phillips Family Papers is comprised of materials relating to Stephen C. Phillips' merchant house and other family business.
Salem Marine Society Records, 1760-1994
The Salem Marine Society Records document the administrative and financial activities of the Society and its work with members and the greater maritime and Salem communities. Records date from the 1760s through the 1990s.