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1. 11541 - Receipt

   A receipt stating that Captain William Bartlett paid ninety pounds four shillings and four pence in full for fifteen hogsheads of molasses to Elias Hasket Derby. This was written in Salem on June 4, 1767.

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2. 11776 - Receipt

   Receipt between Captain William Bartlett and Elias Hasket Derby dated 30 May, 1772.

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3. 16928 - Journal

   Abraham Kilham's journal covering various voyages and vessels. The journal has been given BHS numbers in several sections. This section begins in August 1792 on board the Brig Peggy belonging to Elias Hasket Derby of Salem. It sailed out of Salem for Cape Francis Hispaniolia. The next page of the secdtion begins in Febuary 1793 sailing from Savannah bound for the West Indies.The third page of the section contains a prose piece about friendshi...

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4. 17066 - Invoice

   Invoice for goods and services purchased by the schooner Sewell on June 15 1795.

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5. 18974 - Document

   Letter from John Prince Jr. at Salem to Don Felipe Lina of Havana asking that he honor the bills due him.

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6. 18983 - Letter

   1799 letter that was written in Salem stating the death of Elias Derby.

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7. 19003 - Document

   Bill of exchange for Elias H. Derby to Capt. Nicholas Thorndike, Master of the Ship Martha, at Havana.

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8. 19030 - Document

   Sailing orders at Salem to Capt. Nicholas Thorndike of the Ship Martha prior to her departure for Havana from Elias Hasket Derby.

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9. 24594 - Receipt

   A handwritten receipt stating that William Bartlett, on behalf of Elias Hasket Derby, received twenty-nine pounds nine shillings four pence from William Langdel on March 16, 1776. This transaction was noted and witnessed by Ichabod Nichols. This was paid in full for two hogsheads of molasses two-hundred and twenty-one gallons. The word that followed that is illegible.

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10. 28993 - Journal

    Abraham Kilham's journal about various voyages and vessels. The journal has been given several BHS numbers for different sections. This section begins on July 26, 1794 sailing from Salem bound St. Mark's in Hispaniolia. The Brig Nancy belonged to Elias Hasket Derby of Salem. The voyage ended at 3 in the morning after the Nancy grounded and was lost; most of the crew went in the long boat to seek assistance, Kilham and "the boy" stayed with ve...

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11. 988.508.164 - Painting

    Painting of the ship Grand Turk owned by Elias Hasket Derby based on a painting on a large bowl from Canton. This was the first New England (Salem) vessel to visit China in 1781. This was completed in 1786.

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