Choate family

Bills, receipts, a deed for land in Ipswich, Massachusetts, two letters, one of which notes that a black couple, former slaves, will not emigrate to New York with the writer as they are now free.

Choate Family. The collection contains correspondence, business papers and maps of property, including Crosses Island as well as poetry, exercise books of various members of the Choate family, correspondence of Washington Choate, and correspondence, commissions, and business papers of David Choate. The will of Captain Francis Burnham and public addresses are also included.