Manuscript Processing Project
FAIN: RC-*1316-80
Essex Institute (Salem, MA 01970-3773)
Suzanne Neel (Project Director: January 1980 to October 1990)
To support evaluation, arrangement, and conservation of manuscript collections which document the history of the shipping industry in Salem and Essex County, Massachusetts before and during the height of this region's commercial activity, 1790-1840. A guide to the materials will be prepared.