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Identifier: Mss:732 1732-1790 B747
Correspondence of Boston and Newport merchants
Correspondence, 1732-1766 Digital
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Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
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Collection:
Correspondence of Boston and Newport merchants
Scope and Contents
Contains mainly letters from Boston merchants Henry Lloyd (1709-1795) and John & William Powell to Aaron Lopez (1731-1782) and Christopher Champlin (1731-1805), of Newport, Rhode Island, dated from 1732 to 1766. Correspondence from Henry Lloyd regards the pricing, sale, and shipment of headmatter, spermaceti, and whale oil, often acquired through Nantucket and New Bedford, Massachusetts, merchant William Rotch (1734-1828). Lloyd and Lopez also traded in dry goods, rum, and molasses;...
Correspondence, 1767-1780 Digital
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Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
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Collection:
Correspondence of Boston and Newport merchants
Scope and Contents
Contains mainly correspondence from Boston merchants like Henry Lloyd (1709-1795) and Alexander Brymer to Aaron Lopez (1731-1782) and Christopher Champlin (1735-1805) of Newport, Rhode Island, dated from 1767 to 1780, regarding prices current and trade of cotton, pork, butter, tea, sugar, and textiles; the arrivals of ships from Europe carrying cargo; insurance and lost cargo; and business disputes and concerns. A letter dated March 14, 1771, from Lloyd to Lopez requests information about...
Correspondence between John Powell and Christopher Champlin, 1763-1783 Digital
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Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
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Collection:
Correspondence of Boston and Newport merchants
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence from merchant John Powell of Boston to Christopher Champlin (1735-1805) of Newport, Rhode Island, dated 1763-1783, regarding commodities Powell consigned to Champlin, as well as personal and political matters. Letters discuss the shipment of goods and prices current, status of the vessels transporting cargo from Nova Scotia, Great Britain, and Europe, and the quality of goods they traded, which included bread, butter, hemp, oatmeal, fish, beans, beef, pork, and...
Correspondence, 1780-1790 Digital
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Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
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Collection:
Correspondence of Boston and Newport merchants
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence from merchants including David Lopez Jr. (1750-1812), Samuel Barrett & Co., and Eaton & Benson, of Boston, to Aaron Lopez (1731-1782) and Christopher Champlin (1731-1805) in Newport, Rhode Island, dated from 1780 to 1790. Eaton & Benson write about foreign trade and the sale of Champlin's textiles and fabrics in Boston. Letters from David Lopez, Jr., to his uncle Aaron Lopez inform him of the arrivals of ships from foreign ports like Amsterdam, and Bilbao...