Scope and Contents
Voucher book recording provisions bought and consigned by English merchants Robert Grant & Co., dated 1775-1776. Among the goods they sold were butter, beef, flour, vinegar, molasses, rum, bread, and cheese. The company had contracts in Boston, Newport, Rhode Island, and Halifax, Nova Scotia. There are also charges for stocking and preparing shipments to these locations. In Boston, the firm rented storage space from George Minot and Mary Phillips. Accounts included Admiral Graves, probably British Navy commander Samuel Graves (1713-1787) and Loyalist merchant Alexander Brymer (1745-1822), the agent for Grant & Co. in Halifax.
Dates
- Creation: 1775-1776
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials stored onsite. Please contact specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu for more information.
Extent
.25 linear feet (1 volume)Biographical / Historical
Robert Grant & Co. were English merchants active in the 1770s in America and Canada. The firm had contract in North America to victual the Royal Navy, and atfer the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, supplied provisions to Loyalist merchants and British forces.
Physical Location
MANU
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposited by Boston Public Library, 1933.
Digitization Funding
Collections and items have been digitized with the generous support of The Polonsky Foundation.
Processing Information
Processed: February 2019 By: Brooke McManus
- Title
- Robert Grant & Co. Robert Grant & Co. Voucher Book, 1775-1776: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Baker Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- bak00775
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
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