YMS Introduction | Database List | Abbreviations | Seafarers' Names | Sources | Tax Explanation | Lanier Databases
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Abbreviations Used in |
| Abbreviation | Reference | |
| [number] | Page reference for Harriet Silvester Tapley, ed., Early Coastwise and Foreign Shipping of Salem: A Record of the Entrances and Clearances of the Port of Salem, 1750-1769 |
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| AB | Account Book |
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| ABJO | Joseph Orne, Account Book, 1719-1744, Orne Family Papers, 1719-1899 |
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| Acts | The Acts and Resolves, Public and Private, of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, 21 vols. |
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| BVR | Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year, 1849, 2 vols. |
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| Cabot | Cabot Family Papers, 1712-1862 | |
| CCP | Essex County Inferior Court of Common Pleas | |
| CE | Coastal area of Essex County, Massachusetts |
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| CO | Customs Records. Naval Officer Shipping Lists | |
| Corwin AB | George Corwin, Account Book, 1663-1672, 1671-1684, Curwen Family Papers, 1641-1902 |
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| Derby AB | Richard Derby, Account Book, 1756- 1790, Derby Family Papers, 1716-1921 |
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| EIHC | Essex Institute Historical Collections | |
| Eng/Touz/Hath | English/Touzell/Hathorne Papers, 1661-1851 | |
| English | Philip English Account Books, 1664-1718, 1697-1710, English/Touzell/ Hathorne Papers, 1661-1851 |
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| English-Touzel | English/Touzell/Hathorne Papers, 1661-1851 | |
| EQC | Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1686, 9 vols. |
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| Felt | Felt Family Papers, 1717-1915 | |
| Goodhue | Goodhue Family Papers, 1684-1858 | |
| GVR | Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year, 1849, 3 vols. |
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| IE | Inland area of Essex County, Massachusetts |
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| MA 7 | Ship Registries. Massachusetts Vessel Registrations, 1697-1714, Massachusetts Archives Vol. 7 |
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| MBD | Marblehead, Beverly, Danvers. When used in a residence field, indicates the mariner was living in the immediate area around Salem. |
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| N.R. | Essex County Notarial Records, 1697- 1768 | |
| Nosl | Naval Officer Shipping Lists | |
| NptVR | Vital Records of Newburyport, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year, 1849, 2 vols. |
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| Orne | Timothy Orne, Account Book, 1738- 1758, 1762-1767, Orne Family Papers, 1719-1899 |
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| Perley | Sidney Perley, The History of Salem, Massachusetts, 3 vols. | |
| Pickman | Benjamin Pickman Family Papers, 1763-1843 | |
| PR 06064 | Essex County probate record 06064 (unpublished), Massachusetts Archives, Boston |
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| Salem Tax Lists | Salem Tax Valuation List, 1758, 1762, Salem Tax and Valuation Lists, 1689-. |
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| SVR | Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year, 1849, 6 vols. |
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| T 64/47 | Naval Office Shipping Lists for Barbados, 1710-1776 | |
| T. Orne A.B. | Timothy Orne, Account Book, 1738- 1758, 1762-1767, Orne Family Papers, 1719-1899 |
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| Tapley | Harriet Silvester Tapley, ed., Early Coastwise and Foreign Shipping of Salem: A Record of the Entrances and Clearances of the Port of Salem, 1750-1769 |
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| TOAB | Timothy Orne, Account Book, 1738- 1758, 1762-1767, Orne Family Papers, 1719-1899 |
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| TOSJ | Timothy Orne, Ship's Journal, 1748-1751, Orne Family Papers, 1719-1899 |
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| VTEQC | Archie N. Frost, comp., Verbatim Transcriptions of the Records of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1694, 57 vols. |
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| Ward | Ward Family Papers, 1718-1945 | |
| WPAB | William Pickering, Account Book, 1695-1718 |