Peabody Essex Museum

United States Massachusetts  Archives and Libraries  Peabody Essex Museum

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 * Peabody Essex Museum Phillips Library 1 Second Street Peabody, MA USA

Telephone: 978-745-9500, or 866-745-1876 Fax: 978-531-1516

Hours and holidays: Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 am-4:30 pm

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Internet sites and databases:


 * Peabody Essex Museum Library Internet site.
 * PHILCAT Phillips Library Online Catalog. Also available on WorldCat.

Collection Description
Worldwide collection, but with a base in Essex County. The collection includes a rich maritime collection with plates of ships dating from ~1720, transatlantic ships logs, ship registers, ship images, customs records, and local mariners. The collection also includes county and local histories, published vital records to 1850, city directories, censuses, tax lists, maps, newspapers, manuscript letters, financial papers, diaries, sermons, church records, militias, hospitals, schools, and municipal governments. Essex County books, manuscripts, and government records such as probate records. 250,000 records have been digitized and are searchable through the library's website.

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