Papers, [ca. 1622-1895], 1770-1850 (bulk)

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Papers, [ca. 1622-1895], 1770-1850 (bulk)

Consists primarily of papers of Goodhue family, particularly Benjamin Goodhue (1748-1814), Salem, Mass. businessman and U.S. Representative and Senator, his son Jonathan (1783-1848), New York merchant, and Jonathan's brother-in-law General Matthew Clarkson. Includes correspondence, deeds, legal documents, and other material concerning family property in Salem and elsewhere, business matters in Massachusetts and New York, politics and current events, and family affairs; account books concerning Genesee County land, 1822-1841; genealogy by Jonathan; diary, 1848-1850, and journal of voyage to Europe, 1850, of Charles C. Goodhue; accounts and letter book, 1832-1833, and account of voyage to England and Europe, 1832-1833, of Frederick G. Foster; account of voyages to Europe, 1834-1837, by William C. Goodhue; and records concerning adjustments for damaged cotton on the ship FANNY FOSDICK, ca.1858.

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