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Salem (Mass.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Choate Family Papers, 1678, 1727-1918, 1947, 1987-1992

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 380
Abstract

The Choate family papers document the activities of this Ipswich and Essex, Massachusetts, family.

Dates: 1678, 1727-1918, 1947, 1987-1992

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

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

Peele Family Papers, 1753-1838, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MH 5
Abstract

The Peele Family Papers reflect the shipping and merchant activities of Jonathan Peele, Jr., and Willard Peele of Salem, Massachusetts.

Dates: 1753-1838, undated

Prince Family Papers, 1732-1839, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 72
Abstract

The bulk of the Prince Family Papers reflects the legal work of John Prince (1782-1848) as a clerk for the Essex County Courts, a notary public, a justice of the peace, and an attorney active in Salem (circa 1804-1839).

Dates: 1732-1839, undated