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Zanzibar -- Description and travel

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

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

Joseph Winn Papers, 1815-1879, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 155
Abstract

The Joseph Winn Papers document Winn's maritime activities and military career and contain some of his wife's papers.

Dates: 1815-1879, undated

Osgood Family Papers, 1661-1932, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 189
Abstract

The Osgood Family papers document five generations of the Osgood family of Salem, Massachusetts, including the shipping and business papers of John Osgood (1758-1826), shoemakers' ledgers of Nathaniel (1714-1799) and Christopher (1748-1828) Osgood, and John F. Osgood's (1825-1894) autobiography describing his international travels.

Dates: 1661-1932, 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