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MOSES KIMBALL (1779-1867) PAPERS, 1728-1865
Collection Summary | |
| Repository: | The Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum 161 Essex Street Salem, MA 01970 Phone: 978-745-9500 Fax: 978-948-6012 |
| Creator: | Kimball, Moses, 1779-1867 |
| Title: | Moses Kimball (1779-1867) Papers |
| Dates: | 1728/1865 |
| Quantity: | 10 linear feet (15 boxes) |
| Abstract: | The records in this collection consist of both handwritten and partially printed materials, including estate documents, land surveys, letters and correspondence, bills, receipts, tax records, insurance policies, shipping documents, and bound business ledgers with inventory and customer account information. |
| Collection Number: | MSS 378 |
Series List
SERIES I. Letters and CorrespondenceSERIES II. Financial Records
SERIES III. Kimball Family Papers
Scope and Content Note
The records in this collection consist of both handwritten and partially printed materials, including estate documents, land surveys, letters and correspondence, bills, receipts, tax records, insurance policies, shipping documents, and bound business ledgers with inventory and customer account information. It has been divided into three series.
Biographical Sketch
Moses Kimball (1779-1867) was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts to Deacon Nathaniel Kimball (1733-1819) and Elizabeth Low (1736-1819). He moved to Newburyport as early as 1801, entering into the mercantile business with his older brother, James Kimball (1770-1828). The Kimball brothers dealt in textiles and other merchandise, the first decades of the 19th century a period of high business activity. Moses married Lavinia Barnard (1788-1871) of Newburyport in 1815, with whom he had five children: Lavinia (1816), Sarissa (1818), Lydia (1820-1838), Ann Boylston (1821), and Abby Caroline (1824). He died in 1867.
Index Terms
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Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Administrative Information
Copyright
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be submitted in writing to the Manuscript Librarian in the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum.
Preferred Citation
Moses Kimball (1779-1867) Papers, MSS 378, Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass.
Provenance
This material was purchased in 1998 (acc # 1998.013, 1998.030, 1998.040, 1998.048). An additional letter to Moses Kimball Jr. (Box 1, Folder 2) and account books from 1794 to 1800 (Box 2, Folder 1a) were also purchased in 1998 and added to the collection (acc #1998.014).
Processing Information
Collection processed by Stephanie Spano, April 2008. Updated by Amanda Martinson, November 2010, Hilary Streifer, June 2018, and Tatiyana Bastet July, 2019.
Related Material
Morrison, Leonard Allison, and Stephen Paschall Sharples. History of the Kimball Family in America. Interlaken, NY: 1981.