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Silver, William, 1809-1873. William Silver, Jr. Papers, 1827-1867.

Title: William Silver, Jr. Papers, 1827-1867.

Salem, MA ship captain. The papers consist of about 85 documents, the majority of which are correspondence between William Silver and his closest family members. The letters document William Silver's maturation from a young sailor to a successful sea captain, one who sailed from Salem for many years.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear feet).

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Various. 1996 Library Accessions, 1759-1996.

Title: 1996 Library Accessions, 1759-1996.

Accessions include: real estate tax bills from city of Salem, MA to estate of Edward Barnard (1996.002); miscellaneous papers such as sermons, cargo manifests, correspondence (one written in the French language), and printed treatises authored by residents of Essex County, MA (1996.008); manuscript papers pertaining to Daniel A. Kilham, a manufacturer of wood and paper boxes, of Beverly, MA, which include journals and transcripts of recollections of life abroad sailing vessels (1996.010); financial statements, invoices, etc. of the Salem Witch Trials Tercentenary Committee (1996.011); papers of George Bowker and the Bowker Block, Salem, MA (1996.014); two diaries of a male member of the Miltimore family of Newbury, MA and a collection of papers, primarily financial, pertaiing to Byfield Parish, Essex County, MA (1996.026); manuscript correspondence of Edward Daland Lovejoy, photostats of notes concerning Daland/Lovejoy family heirlooms, including portraits of John Tucker Daland and his wife (1996.027); copy of a master's thesis entitled "Voluntary Exile: Public and Private Life in the Early Republic Massachusetts, Elite, 1770-1820" (1996.028); recipe book of Sarah M. Parker (1996.030); genealogical information about the Curwen family of Salem, MA, including births, deaths, and marriages (1996.031); journal of the ship surgeon for the HMS Chesapeake, entitled "History of the Wounds in Action in the Attack on the Peiho Forts (China), June 25, 1829" (1996.035); receipts and invoices pertaining to the William F. Cloon Hardware Store of Marblehead, MA (1996.044); transcriptions of "Whence the Bronze Vikings" and "Journal of a Trip Through Polynesia" and correspondence between Donald Marshall and Dr. Leslie Leighton (1996.053); two albums of handpainted Chinese paintings on silk (1996.055); and photograph album of Salem, MA plus framed photographs of various sites in Salem (1996.058).

ArchivalResource: 15 accessions.

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