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Shipping

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 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

Edmund Kimball Papers, 1786-1865, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 80
Abstract

The Edmund Kimball papers contain the personal and business papers of Newburyport, Massachusetts, shipping merchant Edmund Kimball (1762-1847) and the correspondence and legal papers of his son, Edmund Kimball (1793-1873), who was an attorney and state senator.

Dates: 1786-1865, undated

Hale Family Papers, 1733-1736, 1760-1855, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MH 113
Abstract

The Hale family papers are comprised of shipping and business papers of the Hale family and their relatives, the French family, the Little family, and Cyrus King.

Dates: 1733-1736, 1760-1855, undated

Hodges Family Papers, 1657-1874, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MH 126
Abstract

This collection consists of the shipping, business, and personal papers of Gamaliel Hodges and his sons, John and Joseph Hodges, of Salem, Massachusetts, as well as papers for Richard Manning.

Dates: 1657-1874, undated

James Locke Papers, 1745-1867, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 486
Abstract

This collection contains papers of James Locke, a merchant and innkeeper in Salisbury, Newburyport, and Andover, Massachusetts.

Dates: 1745-1867, undated

Joseph Peabody Family Papers, 1721-1938, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MH 178
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Joseph Peabody, his son George, his grandson George Augustus, and his grandnephew William C. Endicott, Jr. It includes correspondence, financial and legal papers, diaries, speeches, scrapbooks, records for Fiske's wharf, photographs, and genealogy.

Dates: 1721-1938, 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

Ryan Family Papers, 1784-1904, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MH 203
Abstract

The Ryan Family Papers contain mostly legal and some shipping papers of at least two families from Belfast, Maine.

Dates: 1784-1904, undated

Stearns and Sprague Family Papers, 1718-1889, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 192
Abstract

The Stearns and Sprague Family papers document the activities of Dr. William Stearns (1754-1819), a Salem apothecary and grocer, and his father-in-law, shipping merchant and distillery owner Joseph Sprague (1739-1808).

Dates: 1718-1889, undated

Waters Family Papers, 1682-1910

 Collection
Identifier: MH 12
Abstract

The Waters Family Papers includes the papers of Benjamin Waters (1720/1-1784) and his sons, grandsons, and other descendants.

Dates: 1682-1910