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1. Palmer-Loper family papers, 1667-1994

   10,000 items. 34 containers plus 3 oversize. 13.6 linear feet. 11 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Seafaring and merchant families. Correspondence, logbooks and journals, ships' papers, financial and business records, and printed matter documenting the voyages and business activities of Nathaniel Brown Palmer, Alexander Smith Palmer, Richard Fanning Loper, and other members of these maritime families of Stonington, Connecticut.

2. Great Britain. Board of Trade records, 1682-1786

   13 items. 6 containers plus 1 oversize. 2.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Government agency. Reports, correspondence, orders, instructions, commissions, and other material relating to British overseas trade.

3. Kermit Roosevelt and Belle Roosevelt papers, 1725-1975

   61,500 items. 202 containers plus 3 oversize. 80.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author, businessman, explorer, and soldier (Kermit Roosevelt). Businesswoman and social leader (Belle Roosevelt). Correspondence, diaries, family papers, speeches, writings, subject files, military records, business and financial records, photographs, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other material reflecting many aspects of the Roosevelts' social, personal, and business activities.

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4. Clapp family papers, 1789-1935

   3,800 items. 18 containers plus 5 oversize. 8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Merchant family of Maine. Correspondence, estate and business papers, and genealogical material relating primarily to the family's shipping and commercial activities and to the handling of the Clapp family estate. Includes genealogical records of the Clapp, Dearborn, Lee, and Woodbury families, and several letters between Henry Dearborn and his wife, Sarah Bowdoin Dearborn.

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5. Jonathan D. Meredith papers, 1795-1859

   9,000 items. 15 containers plus 1 oversize. 6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer, army officer, and businessman of Baltimore, Md. Family and general correspondence, legal files, financial papers, and other material relating chiefly to Meredith's associations with the Savings Bank of Baltimore and the Bank of the United States; the War of 1812; impeachment proceedings against James Hawkins Peck; shipping and trade with Europe and South America; and settlement of the estates of Charles Carroll and Robert Oliver.

6. Marian S. Carson collection of manuscripts, 1656-1995

   14,250 items. 57 containers plus 27 oversize. 26.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Collector. A collection of Americana including historical letters and documents, family and personal papers, broadsides, financial and legal papers, illustrated and printed ephemera, government and legislative documents, military records, journals, and printed matter relating primarily to the expansion and development of the United States from the colonial period through the 1876 centennial.

7. Chosŏn Sangsa Chusik Hoesa collection, 1947-1950

   3,400 items. 20 containers. -- Asian Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   First international trading company by the North Korean government. Correspondence, reports, invoices, statistics, meeting and planning notes, agendas, memoranda, personnel records, and other organizational records documenting the activities of Chosŏn Sangsa Chusik Hoesa (Archive of a North Korean corporation). Also includes material relating to Pukchosŏn Hwagyo Yonhaphoe (North Korea Overseas Chinese Federation) which document the experiences of overseas Chinese in North Korea.

8. East Florida papers, 1737-1858

   65,000 items. 450 containers plus 2 oversize. 131.6 linear feet. 175 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Diplomatic, military, economic, judicial, legal, and administrative records of the Spanish colonial government of East Florida for the period of its second occupation, 1783-1821. Includes royal orders and decrees, census and other vital records, and papers relating to such matters as trade and shipping, surveys, hospitals, Indians, slaves, and Louisiana.

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9. Forbes W. Manchester correspondence, 1858-1869

   58 items. 1 container. .2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Whaler. Correspondence to Forbes W. Manchester, primarily from his wife Rhoda M. Manchester, written in 1858 and 1859 while he was on a whaling voyage to the Indian and Pacific oceans aboard the Henry Kneeland. There are several letters written by Manchester while he was on the Henry Kneeland as well as a few written in 1869 from Martinique while he served in the coastal trade on a ship carrying lumber.

10. Wayne G. Borah papers, 1928-1950

    800 items. 3 containers. 1.25 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Judge and attorney. Case files, charges to juries, and reports pertaining chiefly to Borah's service as a judge.