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Slavery

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

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

Peirson Family Papers, 1757-1902, 1941, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 487
Abstract

This collection contains papers of four generations of the Peirson family of Salem, Massachusetts.

Dates: 1757-1902, 1941, undated

Penhallow Family Papers, 1674-1879, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MH 183
Abstract

The Penhallow Family Papers contain letters, wills, deeds, and shipping papers of a prominent shipping and merchant family in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Dates: 1674-1879, undated

Salem Custom House Records, 1717-1900, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MH 261
Abstract

The Salem Custom House Records give evidence of the day-to-day activities undertaken by the Custom House employees.

Dates: 1717-1900, undated

Salem Female Anti-Slavery Society Records, 1834-1866, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 34
Abstract

The Salem Female Anti-Slavery Society Records contain correspondence, record books, account books, bills and receipts from 1834 until the Society's dissolution in 1866.

Dates: 1834-1866, undated

Samuel Varney Papers, 1807-1879,

 Collection
Identifier: MH 224
Abstract

The Samuel Varney papers document some of the activities of this Salem, Massachusetts, ship owner and captain.

Dates: 1807-1879

Sewall Street Methodist Episcopal Church (Salem, Mass.) Records, 1829-1846, undated

 Collection
Identifier: EC 64
Abstract

The Sewall Street Methodist Episcopal Church of Salem, Massachusetts, records consist of some administrative and pastoral records, but are mostly notes and writings from an unknown author.

Dates: 1829-1846, undated