Series I. J. & J. Amory and Amory, Taylor & Rogers records, 1716-1797

Contains records of J. & J. Amory, Amory's & Taylor, and Amory Taylor & Rogers, dated 1716-1791. Includes accounts with European and British merchants to import textiles and other commodities for wholesale and retail trade, correspondence, and partnership agreements with New England and Philadelphia merchants, such as William Barrell, Joseph Marquand, Samuel Flagg, and Isaac Codman. Under these trade agreements, the firm would provide five hundred pounds sterling to import and sell goods from England, with the profits split evenly. A number of invoices are for accounts John Amory, Sr., settled with merchants in Great Britain and Europe while he resided there during the Revolutionary War. There are also paid bills and invoices for John Amory, Sr., and Jonathan Amory for family, household, and farm expenses, and accounts with tenants renting their properties in Boston. Additionally contains land and farm deeds, estate and legal documents, some papers of the eldest Amory brother, Thomas, and guardianship documents for his son Jonathan Amory tertius, and correspondence of John Amory, Sr.'s son Rufus G. Amory (1760-1833).