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Repository List for Massachusetts
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Naval Historical Center, 805 Kidder Breese St SE, Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5060

Peabody Essex Museum
Phillips Library
East India Square
Salem, MA 01970
Browne, Joseph V.
Papers, 1822-1869
6 volumes
Charlestown Navy Yard
Records, 1838
A diary of transactions is contained in the papers of Robert Knox, Sr.
2 volumes
Clark, Charles E.
Papers, 1898-1904
1 envelope
Crowninshield, Benjamin W.
Papers, 1801-1831
Benjamin Williams Crowninshield was Secretary of the Navy from 1815-1818. His papers are found in the Crowninshield Family Papers.
7 folders
Crowninshield, Benjamin W.
Papers, 1814-1829
Benjamin Williams Crowninshield was Secretary of the Navy from 1815-1818.
2 boxes
Curtis, Caleb A.
Papers, 1861-1863
1 envelope
Essex, USS
Records, 1798-1800
4 volumes and 960 items
Fox, Josiah
Papers, 1794
4 volumes and 960 items
Gregory Family
Papers, 1840-1865
This collection includes pension claims for soldiers and sailors in the Revolutionary War.
13 volumes
Knox, Samuel R.
Papers, 1839-1848
2 volumes
Logbooks, Journals, and Station Books
Collection, 1812-1873
30 items
Miscellaneous Navy Related Documents
Collection, Pre-Revolution-1918
A collection of documents relating to the U.S. Navy.
20 boxes
Quimby, Austin
Papers, 1862-1864
Journal of Corporal Austin Quimby, USMC, kept while on board USS Kearsarge.
1 volume
Waters, Joseph
Papers, 1790-1838
Joseph Waters was a merchant, sea captain, and naval agent.
500 items
Wise, Henry A.
Papers, 1863-1859
Senator Henry Alexander Wise was Chairman of the House Committee on Naval Affairs from 1842 to 1843.
1 volume
10 May 2002