Pickman-Walcott family papers, 1694-1895

Resource Type

ArchivalResource

Display Entry

Pickman, Benjamin, 1740-1819. Pickman-Walcott family papers, 1694-1895

Title

Pickman-Walcott family papers, 1694-1895

Resource Link

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62187230

Abstract

Papers of the Pickman and Walcott families, 1694-1895, consist primarily of business papers of Salem, Mass. merchant and loyalist Benjamin Pickman, including the records of trading voyages and accounts made to the West Indies on the schooner Olive under Captain Timothy Wellman, Jr. Also includes correspondence from Wellman regarding prices of goods and purchases made in Petit-Goave, ship cargo and accounts; and estate papers of family members.

Extent

1 box and 1 oversize box.

Holding Repository

Massachusetts Historical Society

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7809917

Massachusetts Historical Society

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

Walcott family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dz94f3 (family)

Olive (Schooner)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bp4n1n (corporateBody)

Pickman, Benjamin, 1740-1819

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dr3b0d (person)

The diaries appear to have been kept by Benjamin Pickman (1740-1819) during his 10 year exile in England. Massachusetts banned him in 1778 for being a loyalist during the American Revolution. The Pickman family was involved in the shipping business in Salem, Massachusetts. From the description of Diaries, 1779-1815. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 56323103 ...