Fabens Family Papers, 1807-1912.

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Fabens Family Papers, 1807-1912.

Salem, MA family. Collection includes: Frank P. Fabens' entrance papers for Harvard College; inventory of furniture in house at 1 Chestnut Street, Salem; family deeds and legal papers; photographs; genealogy; correspondence and legal papers of Susan S. Fabens; letters from William P. Fabens; letters to Abby Fabens; and genealogical materials on related families: Bolles, Brooks, Fenollosa, Frost, Higginson, Procter, Water. Includes papers of Pettengill, Smith, and Ward, families. Also includes papers of Joseph W. Fabens (1821-1875), Salem, MA man who was U.S. Consul at Cayenne, Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Dominican Republic. His papers include: letters; manuscript prose (some published); notes on Cayenne; miscellany regarding United States treaty with Santo Domingo (1871), Samana Bay Company, mining companies, camel companies in the United States, and more.

4 boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7949502

Peabody Essex Museum

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Fabens, Joseph Warren, 1821-1875

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Author and commercial agent Joseph W. Fabens and land speculator Henry L. Kinney were filibusters in Central America in 1855. In 1854, largely financed by New York backers, Kinney purchased millions of acres of land in Nicaragua under dubious legal circumstances, with the intent to start a colony. In February 1855 Kinney was warned that his proposed colony might violate the U.S. Neutrality Act as well. In April 1855 both Kinney and Fabens were arrested in New York and their vessel blockaded by t...

Ward family.

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Fabens, William P.

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Fabens, Abby.

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Fabens, Frank P.

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Fabens, Susan S.

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Fabens family.

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Pettengill family.

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Smith family.

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