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Merchants -- Massachusetts -- Salem

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Devereux Family Papers, 1789-1878, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MH 1
Abstract

The bulk of the material documents the shipping activities of James Devereux (1766-1846) who, with the aid of his sons John (1796-1856) and James (1806-1831) developed a thriving shipping business to the Far East, Europe, and the West Indies.

Dates: 1789-1878, undated

Elias Hasket Derby Papers, 1776-1800, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MH 76
Abstract

The Elias Hasket Derby papers include shipping, legal, business, and personal papers of Elias Hasket Derby (1739-1799), including genealogical notes about the Derby family.

Dates: 1776-1800, undated

William R. Gray Papers, 1781-1840

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 115
Abstract

The William R. Gray papers contain one box of correspondence, legal, financial, and shipping papers for the Salem, Massachusetts, and Boston merchant.

Dates: 1781-1840