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Salem (Mass.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Bowditch Family Papers, 1726/7-1942, 1961, 1975, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 3
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1726/7-1942, 1961, 1975, undated

Elizabeth Palmer Peabody Papers, 1835-1879, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 474
Abstract

This collection consists primarily of correspondence between Elizabeth Peabody and Ralph Waldo Emerson and correspondence from Elizabeth Peabody to others.

Dates: 1835-1879

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

Nathaniel Hawthorne Papers, 1817-1930, 1963-1968, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 68
Abstract

The Nathaniel Hawthorne papers contain the letters and other personal and professional papers of Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), his father Nathaniel Hathorne (1775-1808), his mother Elizabeth Clarke (Manning) Hawthorne (1780-1845), and his wife Sophia Peabody Hawthorne (1809-1871). Also included are the papers of his children Una, Julian, and Rose, along with those of Rose’s husband, George Parsons Lathrop and Julian’s daughter, Hildegarde Hawthorne.

Dates: 1817-1930, 1963-1968, undated

Very Family Papers, 1797-1899, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 83
Abstract

The Very Family Papers contain the papers of Jones Very (1813-1880), a transcendentalist poet, and his sister, Lydia Very (1823-1901), an author and illustrator. This collection has been divided into three series.

Dates: 1797-1899, undated