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Barton Family Papers, 1677-1897

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 110
Abstract

The bulk of the Barton Family Papers is comprised of shipping and business papers reflecting the activities of four generations of merchants, ship owners and masters.

Dates: 1677-1897

Curwen Family Papers, 1641-1902

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 45
Abstract

The Curwen Family Papers contains the shipping, business, political, legal, and personal papers of Captain George Curwen (1610-1684/5), his son Johnathan Curwen (1640-1718), grandson Reverend George Curwen (1683-1717), and great-grandsons Samuel (1715-1802), and George (1717-1746) Curwen.

Dates: 1641-1902

Derby Family Papers, 1716-1925

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 37
Abstract

The Derby Family Papers include shipping, legal, business, and personal papers of Richard Derby (1712-1783), his sons Elias Hasket Derby (1739-1799) and John Derby (1741-1812), and grandsons Elias Hasket Derby Jr. (1766-1826), John Derby (1767-1831), Ezekiel Hersey Derby (1772-1852), and Richard Crowninshield Derby (1777-1854).

Dates: 1716-1925

English/Touzel/Hathorne Papers, 1661-1851, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 11
Abstract

The English/Touzel/Hathorne Papers contain shipping records of Philip English (1651-1736) and John Touzel (bp1687-1737); goldsmith and dry goods business records of John Touzel (1727-1785), John Hathorne (1748-1834), and Benjamin Herbert Hathorne (1773-1824); and personal and legal papers of various family members.

Dates: 1661-1851, undated

Goodhue Family Papers, 1684-1858

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9
Abstract

The Goodhue Family Papers contain the shipping, business, legal, and political papers of Benjamin Goodhue (1748-1814), his brother Stephen (1738-1809), and their father Benjamin Goodhue (1707-1783).

Dates: 1684-1858

Joseph Bowditch Papers, 1699-1941, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 156
Abstract

The Joseph Bowditch Papers record the activities of Joseph Bowditch (1700-1780), a Salem shipping merchant, sheriff, court clerk, and Justice of the Peace.

Dates: 1699-1941, undated

Orne Family Papers, 1719-1899, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 41
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1719-1899, undated

Pickering Family Papers, 1636-1887, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 400
Abstract

The Pickering Family Papers include business, legal, and personal papers of five generations of the Pickering family of Salem, Massachusetts.

Dates: 1636-1887, undated

Revolutionary War Collection, 1770-1856, 1901-1961, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MM 2
Abstract

The Revolutionary War Collection includes ships' papers, regimental records, enlistment records, company rolls, pay rolls, orderly books, correspondence, bills, receipts, journals, notes, and sketches related to the Revolutionary War. The majority of the material documents the involvement of Massachusetts during the war.

Dates: 1770-1856, 1770-1856, 1901-1961, undated

Topsfield Historical Society Collection, 1661-1973

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 231
Abstract

The Topsfield Historical Society Collection contains civic, military, legal, personal, and business papers of individuals and organizations in Topsfield, Massachusetts.

Dates: 1661-1973

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Salem (Mass.) 9
Account books 8
Deeds 7
Diaries 5
Privateering 5
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Administration of estates 4
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Merchants 4
Merchants -- Massachusetts -- Salem 4
United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763 4
United States -- History -- Spoliation claims 4
Boston (Mass.) 3
Fisheries 3
Shipbuilding 3
Shipping -- Massachusetts -- Salem 3
Shipping -- West Indies 3
Account books -- Merchants -- Salem (Mass.) 2
Agriculture -- Massachusetts -- Essex County 2
Bars (Drinking establishments) 2
Cargo handling -- Opium 2
Clergy 2
Decedents' estates 2
Desertion, Military 2
Farms 2
Fishing industry 2
General stores 2
Hotels 2
Inventories 2
Judges 2
Justices of the peace 2
Local government 2
Marine protests 2
Newburyport (Mass.) 2
Shipping -- Canada 2
Shipping -- India -- Kolkata 2
Shipping -- Spain 2
Taverns (Inns) 2
Topsfield (Mass.) 2
Topsfield (Mass.) -- Taxation 2
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 2
United States -- History -- War of 1812 2
United States -- History, Military 2
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Account books -- 1722-1848 1
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Account books -- Estates 1
Account books -- Farms 1
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American loyalists 1
Amesbury (Mass.) -- Taxation 1
Antelope (British Ship of War) 1
Auctions 1
Autobiography 1
Bankruptcy 1
Bedford (Mass.) -- Taxation 1
Beverly (Mass.) 1
Beverly (Mass.) -- Taxation 1
Blacksmithing 1
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Boxford (Mass.) 1
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Broadsides 1
Buildings -- Renovations 1
Cape Porpoise River (Me.) 1
Capture at sea 1
Cargo handling -- Indigo 1
Cargo handling -- Silk 1
Chatham (British Ship of War) 1
Cherokee 1
Child support -- Naval 1
Church buildings -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- First Church 1
Church buildings -- Massachusetts -- Topsfield 1
Church controversies 1
Church records and registers 1
Colonial companies 1
Contracts 1
Danvers (Mass.) 1
East Indies -- Description and travel 1
Elections 1
Essex (Mass. : Town) 1
Essex (Mass. : Town) -- Registrar of Deeds 1
Essex County (Mass.) -- Children 1
Essex County (Mass.) -- Church history 1
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Names
Derby, Richard, 1712-1783 3
Tucker, Gideon, 1778-1861 3
Adams, John, 1735-1826 2
Barton, John, 1774-1818 2
Derby, Elias Hasket, 1739-1799 2
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Dolphin (Schooner) 2
Essex Bank (Salem, Mass.) 2
Exchange (Brig) 2
Fame (Schooner) 2
Felt, John, 1782-1811 2
George (Ship) 2
Henry (Ship) 2
Herbert, Benjamin 2
Ingersoll, Nathaniel, approximately 1633-1719 2
Janus (Ship) 2
McIntire, Samuel, 1757-1811 2
Orne family 2
Orne, Josiah, 1768-1825 2
Peabody, Joseph, 1757-1844 2
Pickering family 2
Pickering, John, 1777-1846 2
Sally (Schooner) 2
Seaflower (Schooner) 2
Star (Brig) 2
Volant (Schooner) 2
Washington, George, 1732-1799 2
Abigail (Sloop) 1
Abram Rhoades & Company 1
Acorn (Brig) 1
Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818 1
Adventure (Schooner) 1
Alden, Anne Colman 1
Alden, Bradford R. 1
Allen, Edward 1
Amazon (Brig) 1
Amelia (Brig) 1
America (Schooner) 1
America (Ship) 1
American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1
American Hero (Ship) 1
American Oriental Society 1
Andrago (Sloop) 1
Antelope (Brig) 1
Antelope (Ship) 1
Arab (Ship) 1
Argo (Ship) 1
Astrea (Ship) 1
Atherton, Charles Gordon, 1804-1853 1
Atlantic (Ship) 1
Augusta (Ship) 1
Augustus (Ship) 1
Averill, Issac, Jr. 1
Barr, James 1
Barstow (Schooner) 1
Barton family 1
Barton, John, 1711-1774 1
Barton, Lydia 1
Barton, Margaret Gardner, -1803 1
Barton, Mary Webb 1
Barton, Mary Willoughby, -1758 1
Barton, Samuel, 1688-1772 1
Barton, Samuel, 1738-1773 1
Barton, Samuel, 1767-1795 1
Barton, Samuel, 1804-1840 1
Beaver (Schooner) 1
Beethoven Society (Topsfield, Mass.) 1
Benjamin (Schooner) 1
Benjamin (Ship) 1
Benjamin Pickman 1
Betsey (Schooner) 1
Betsy (Brig) 1
Betsy (Schooner : Beverly and Salem, Mass.) 1
Betsy (Schooner) 1
Betty & Molly (Schooner) 1
Bixby, Deacon 1
Blue Anchor Tavern (Salem, Mass.) 1
Blyth, Samuel, 1744-1795 1
Bowditch, Charles P. (Charles Pickering), 1842-1921 1
Bowditch, Habakkuk, 1738-1798 1
Bowditch, Harold 1
Bowditch, Jonathan Ingersoll, 1806-1889 1
Bowditch, Joseph, 1700-1780 1
Bowditch, Joseph, 1757-1800 1
Bowditch, Joseph, Jr. 1
Bowditch, Lucy Orne Nichols, 1816-1883 1
Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838 1
Bowditch, Thomas 1
Bowditch, William, 1663-1728 1
Bray, Benjamin 1
Bricket, James 1
Brothers (Ketch) 1
Brown, Mary 1
Browne, William 1
Bullock, Benjamin 1
Butler, James 1
Cambrian (Brig) 1
Carey & Tilghman 1
Carleton, Samuel 1
Carnes, Jonathan 1
Carpenter, Benjamin 1
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