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Philip English's account book 1678-1690, with a photograph of 

 his house from an old drawing. 



Autograph letter of instructions by Elias Haskett Derby, 1779. 



Parchment deed : Charles Downing to Thorndike Proctor, 

 1700. 



Autograph of Retire Becket, one of Salem's noted ship builders. 



Bill of Lading, schooner "Volant" Nov. 30, i749,Timo. Orne, 

 Jr. ; shipping articles 1749, schooner " Hampton." 



Autograph, Judge Benj. Lynde, 1751. 



Bill of exchange, Elias Haskett Derby, 1784. 



Undervvriters' policy of insurance ;£'iooo, schooner "Volant," 

 1748. 



Autograph, Wm. Gray Jr. (bill for tea), 1788. 



Tax bill, Jos. Sprague (;^8o.io.6), 1781. 



Gase 7. Manuscripts : oflScial. 



Autograph letter of Benjamin Goodhue, New York, Feb. 7, 1790. 

 The first member of Congress from the Essex District. 



Commission of Joseph Hiller, first U. S. Customs Collector, 

 signed by George Washington, Aug. 4, 1789. 



Resolution of the Continental Congress at Philadelphia direct- 

 ing General Washington to raise troops in New Hampshire, signed 

 by John Hancock, President, and Charles Thompson, Secretary. 



Autographs of Nathan Dane and Rufus Putnam on an order of 

 Capt. Joshua Ward for "a whale boat," Salem, June 8, 1785. 



Botanical note book of Manasseh Cutler (VHI 1 787-1 798) ; 

 "Descriptions of American Indigenous Plants, signed by him in 



1787. 

 These last three autographs of Dane, Putnam and Cutler are 



memorials of the settlement of Ohio and the "freedom of the 



north-west territories." 



License of Brigantine "Cicero" signed by Joseph Hiller, the 

 first United States Customs Collector under Washington. 



Instructions in regard to the British ''Orders in Council" signed 

 by James Munroe, Secretary of State, Aug. 28, 18 12. 



Gase 8, Silhouettes, medals, seals, etc. 

 Silhouettes. Joseph S. Cabot, Salem merchant, horticulturist ; 



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