Dana, Richard Perkins (1810-1894)

Person

Dates

Existence: 1810 - 1894

Biography

Richard Perkins Dana was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts in 1810. He married Juliet Starr in 1836. Dana was a member of the China trading firm Russell & Company as the New York representative in Hong Kong. Dana died in New York City in 1894.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Dane, Dana & Company records

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School

Collection Identifier: Mss: 766 1852-1855

Overview:

Business records of the Boston, Massachusetts based tea importing merchant firm, Dane, Dana & Co. and the Boston Sugar Refinery.