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Sanderson, Elijah and Jacob. Elijah and Jacob Sanderson papers, 1780-1827; bulk: 1789-1820.

Title: Elijah and Jacob Sanderson papers, 1780-1827; bulk: 1789-1820.

The business papers of the Salem, Mass., brothers, Elijah and Jacob Sanderson, known cabinetmakers, include extensive shipping invoices listing where they shipped their furniture for sale; numerous bills and receipts for wood, supplies, cabinet hardware and services contracted relating to furniture making and the furniture industry and trade, including wages for indentured servants; promissory notes; and ship's papers for ships owned in part by the Sandersons who were shipping both furniture and non-furniture cargoes from Salem. The legal papers include contracts, an indenture, deeds, bonds, pew deeds, and insurance policies. The bulk of the legal papers deal with a court case between Elijah Sanderson and Caleb Burbank vs. John Waters. The family papers include many personal bills of Jacob Sanderson; account books containing the administration of Jacob's estate and inventories of his estate; personal bills and receipts of Jacob's wife, Catherine Sanderson, her estate papers, probate papers, and detailed inventories of her estate; and a detailed account by Elijah Sanderson of his brief detainment by the British at the time of the capture of Paul Revere in 1775.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1 linear foot)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50423668 View

Newhall, Issac, 1782-1858. Issac Newhall Papers, 1806-1858.

Title: Issac Newhall Papers, 1806-1858.

This collection documents the transactions of J & I Newhall, dry goods merchants in Salem, Massachusetts, in the early nineteenth century. Included are letters, receipts, legal papers, shipping papers, and also some personal correspondence to Isaac Newhall.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/406353361 View

Sanderson, Elijah, 1751-1825. Elijah and Jacob Sanderson Papers, 1780-1827.

Title: Elijah and Jacob Sanderson Papers, 1780-1827.

This collection includes the business and personal papers of two brothers, Elijah and Jacob Sanderson, prominent cabinetmakers in Salem, Massachusetts. Documents found in the collection include shipping invoices; accounts of sales; supporting documentation for the furniture business; legal, family and estate papers.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1 linear foot).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/645273314 View