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Shipwrecks

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Massachusetts Steam Navigation Company Records, 1816-1818, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 278
Abstract

The Massachusetts Steam Navigation Company Papers contain correspondence, financial records, legal papers, and shares of ownership for this shipping company and are divided into four series.

Dates: 1816-1818, undated

Newburyport (Mass.) Federal Custom House Records, 1789-1916

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 282
Abstract

The collection of bound volumes of Newburyport Federal Custom House Records at the Peabody Essex Museum’s Phillips Library spans the entire 121 years of the existence of the Newburyport Federal Customs District (1789-1910).

Dates: 1789-1916

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

Salem Insurance Companies Records, 1779-1860, 1893, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 139
Abstract

The Salem Insurance Companies Records are comprised of papers generated from miscellaneous Salem insurance companies, insurance offices coordinated by individual insurance brokers, and the insurance activities of group underwriters.

Dates: 1779-1860, 1893, undated

Salem Marine Insurance Company Records, 1815-1897, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 137
Abstract

The Salem Marine Insurance Company Records include a volume of directors' meeting minutes, a volume of stockholder meeting minutes, and 35 volumes of marine policies. Except for two missing volumes the marine policies form a straight run from the company's beginning in 1856 to six years before its dissolution. It also contains a ledger showing dividends paid to the stockholders (1858-1883). The collection also contains material relating to French and Danish spoliation claims.

Dates: 1815-1897, undated

Social Insurance Company Records, 1803-1842, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 138
Abstract

The Social Insurance Company Records include the administrative, financial, and business records of this Salem, Massachusetts, company from 1803-1842.

Dates: 1803-1842, 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

Thomas Perkins Pingree Papers, 1831-1889, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 904
Abstract

The bulk of the Thomas Perkins Pingree Papers consist of his business correspondence, ships' papers, and papers related to the settlement of his estate.

Dates: 1831-1889, undated

Wardwell Family Papers, 1799-1841, 1878

 Collection
Identifier: MH 230
Abstract

The Wardwell Family Papers document the lives and activities of three members of the Wardwell family of Salem, Massachusetts, including Abiel, and his two sons, Abiel H. and Nathaniel.

Dates: 1799-1841, 1878

William B. Parker, Jr. Papers, 1823-1854

 Collection
Identifier: MH 174
Abstract

The collection contains bills and receipts, legal papers, business correspondence, sailor's agreements, financial statements, and personal estate papers of William B. Parker Jr. (1801-1878) from 1823 to 1854.

Dates: 1823-1854