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Decedents' estates

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

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

Joshua Burnham Papers, 1758-1817, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 172
Abstract

The Joshua Burnham Papers document the business of this Ipswich, Massachusetts, ship captain and include some papers of his immediate family.

Dates: 1758-1817, undated

Kent Family Papers, 1764-1905, 1969, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 673
Scope and Contents The Kent family papers document the activities of three generations of this Newbury, Massachusetts, farming family. The collection has been arranged into three series.Series I. First Generation contains bills, receipts, accounts, notes payable, promissory notes, and estate papers for two brothers, Stephen and Joseph Kent. Of interest is a folder of depositions which document people’s attempts to testify as to which brother was the older...
Dates: 1764-1905, undated

Lowell-Russell-Gardner Papers, 1788-1828, 1855-1881, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 658
Abstract

This collection spans three generations of the Lowell, Russell, and Gardner families of Boston and Charlestown, Massachusetts.

Dates: 1788-1828, 1855-1881, undated

Rishworth Jordan Papers, 1817-1850, 1910, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MH 133
Abstract

The Rishworth Jordan papers contain correspondence, bills, ships’ papers, and other documents of this Cape Elizabeth, Maine, ship captain and state legislator. They also contain papers belonging to Acting Assistant Surgeon H. L. Cushman, U. S. Army, dated 1837.

Dates: 1817-1850, 1910, undated

Robert Knox Papers, 1796-1884, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MH 141
Abstract

The Robert Knox papers contain business and personal papers belonging to Robert Knox, a United States naval officer.

Dates: 1796-1884, undated

Thomas Perkins Papers, 1755-1863

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 196
Abstract

The Thomas Perkins papers contain correspondence, account books, and legal and estate papers of this Salem, Massachusetts, ship owner and businessman.

Dates: 1755-1863

Williams Family Papers, 1739-1910, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MH 238
Abstract

The Williams family papers document the activities of three generations of Salem, Massachusetts, merchants and mariners.

Dates: 1739-1910, undated