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- Variations in title: Also known as Joshua Burnham Papers
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Microfilmed 1985 (originally created 1758-1817) (Creation)
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- Burnham, Joshua
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2 microfilm reels
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Joshua Burnham (1736-1791) was a shipmaster of Ipswich, Massachusetts Joshua and wife Eunice had four children: Caleb (b.1771), Joshua (b.1763), Sukey (b.1779), and Betsey (b.1776).
Burnham specialized in trade with Virginia and the West Indies. From 1761 to 1790, he mastered at least 12 vessels for prominent Massachusetts merchants such as Ezekiel Woodward Jr., Daniel Rogers, and John Choate. He also served as a trade agent, bartering for goods with small local merchants in Virginia and Maryland.
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Fonds consists of microfilmed copies of ships' papers, including fishing and shipping papers, 1761-1790. They record trading activities with local merchants in Virginia and Maryland; unofficial cargo manifests; journal of a voyage on the sloop Phoenix; and work performed aboard the sloop Robinwood. Business and family papers contain correspondence, legal records, and financial papers relating to shipping and business affairs and include merchant correspondence, bonds and deeds, shipping accounts, and correspondence with family members.
Fonds is arranged in three series: Ships' papers (1761-1790); Shipping account books (1763-1788); Business and family papers (1758-1817).
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Purchased from the Essex Institute in 1991.
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The Essex Institute staff reorganised one and one-half boxes of manuscripts, seven account books, and other miscellaneous papers. Three incomplete logbooks were removed.
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- English
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Original documents held at the Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts.
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Copyright is held by the Essex Institute. The ledger may not be duplicated or quoted without written permission from the Essex Institute.
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MHA Finding Aid 85. Item level control.
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Created - May 7, 2013
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- English