United States Customhouse (Boston, Mass.) records [transcripts], 1789-1909.

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United States Customhouse (Boston, Mass.) records [transcripts], 1789-1909.

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Manuscript copies of selected letters sent and received by Collectors of Customs at ports in Boston, Charlestown and New Bedford, Mass., 1789-1909. Letters were copied during a survey conducted by the Works Progress Administration in 1937. Also, workforms completed during the WPA survey listing crew lists and other records found at the Custom House in Boston. (Original letters housed at the National Archives in Waltham, Mass.).

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