Ephraim and James Emerton business records

The material includes one log book, four account books, and miscellaneous letters and invoices. The account books were kept by the latter, and include records of disbursements, sales of cargo, and purchases of return cargo at Majunga, Mozambique, and other places. The merchants were shipping hams, mackerel, cotton goods--especially sheeting, muskets, powder, rum, swords, epaulets, "rich fringe," lace, and looking glasses. The supercargo was buying for return cargoes tortoise shell, ivory, ebony, gum copal, gum arabic, raffia, pepper, horn, and hides.