Among manuscripts purchased this year were: an A.L.S. from George Peabody in London concerning shipment of iron to the United States (1851); papers of the Porter family (1812-1814); an A.L.S. from William Crowninshield Endicott to an autograph seeker (n.d.); a bill of lading for shoes and other commodities being shipped by Moses Porter in Danvers to Savannah, Georgia (1844); deeds to property owne