1620–1914, "130,000 ms. items and 3,118 reels of microfilm. Includes 4 items pertaining to Russia: an insurance policy taken by Messrs. Wait & Pierce for the ship Friendship from Salem to Archangel, Salem, 1810; trade cards of foreign businesses at the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893; a letter to Messrs. W. R. Rotch & Co. from J. D. Lewis, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1828; and a letter to Messrs. Brown, Benson & Ives of Providence, Rhode Island, from Edward James Smith & Co., St. Petersburg, 1795, giving current prices. Register.
