Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers include extensive weather and daily diaries (1874-1897) of Peter Holt Hatch, containing brief entries, with information on the moving of various houses and buildings in Salem and environs. Also included are Hatch's account books (1866-1893). Other materials include an 1843 letter sent from Hawaii by Charlotte Colcord Hatch (Peter Hatch's first wife) to her brother, David Colcord; Peter Hatch's 1846 letter proposing marriage to his second wife, Sarah Cornelia Locey; a deed from Absolom...