Thomas Fayerweather incoming letters
Overview
Thomas Fayerweather (1724-1805) was a merchant in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, engaged in domestic and international shipping along the Eastern seaboard, in the West Indies, Europe, and Nova Scotia. The Thomas Fayerweather incoming letters, dated 1750-1784, relate to trade of goods like molasses and sugar, and social matters, from correspondents including James Porter, William Blair Townsend, William Spooner, and Henry Atkins.
Dates
- Creation: 1750-1784 and undated
Creator
- Fayerweather, Thomas (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
.1 linear feet (2 folders)The Thomas Fayerweather incoming letters, dated 1750-1784, relate to trade of goods like molasses and sugar, and social matters, from correspondents including James Porter and William Blair Townsend (1723-1778; Harvard AB 1741), William Spooner, and Henry Atkins. In a letter dated January 23, 1760, Samuel Phillips, most likely the husband of Elizabeth Blowers, Fayerweather’s niece, asks Fayerweather to sell Cato (a person enslaved by Phillips), a horse and chaise, marble tables, and other articles, with the proceeds to act as security for a debt Phillips owed to Fayerweather. Additional topics were the purchase of vessels, payment of debt, and insurance claims on cargo. A few papers are undated.
Misidentification note: As of December 2022, staff have determined that Samuel Phillips, previously identified as Samuel Phillips (1715-1790; Harvard 1734), is Samuel Phillips, husband of Elizabeth Blowers and nephew of Thomas Fayerweather, based on evidence from the collection, Phillips Genealogies (1885) and Carney, John B. "Fayerweather Family of Boston" NEHGR (1990-1991).
Biographical / Historical
Thomas Fayerweather (1724-1805) was a merchant in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, engaged in domestic and international shipping along the Eastern seaboard, in the West Indies, Europe, and Nova Scotia.
Details in the biographical note are from John B. Carney. "In search of Fayerweather: the Fayerweather family of Boston." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 145 (April 1991):57-66.
Physical Location
MANU
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Thomas Fayerweather incoming letters were received by Baker Library Special Collections as a donation from the New England Historic Genealogical Society in October 1962.
Processing Information
Processed: February 2019
By: Brooke McManus
Preservation and description were supported by the Colonial North American Project at Harvard University.
Harmful content note
Users should be aware that this collection may contain offensive, misrepresentative, or euphemistic content, including description of individuals or communities using derogatory or racist language. Staff have not censored terms used by the creator or removed or censored materials from the collection.
Remediation note
As of December 2022, staff have reviewed, remediated and enhanced the full description of this collection (including but not limited to the author/creator, title, biographical/history note, scope and content note, arrangement, folder titles, and subject headings) where necessary according to Baker Library’s Guiding Principles for Conscious and Inclusive Description. Superseded versions of the finding aid and catalog record are available in Archive-It, a web archiving tool provided by the Internet Archive. Preserving legacy finding aids and catalog records to provide transparency to researchers about how the description has evolved. Please contact Baker Library staff at specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu with any feedback.
Creator
- Fayerweather, Thomas (Person)
- Author
- Baker Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- bak00813
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
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