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William Trotter account book, 1796-1806 Digital
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Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
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Nathan Trotter and Company records
Item — Volume: Y-A, Y-B, Volume: Y-AIdentifier: Mss:761 1798-1955
Scope and Contents:
Account book of William Trotter primarily related to shipping ventures and imports, dated 1796-1806. The volume contains records he kept as supercargo of the ship Pigou, owned by William Sansom, Mordecai Lewis, and Jesse & Robert Waln, on her voyages to Canton in 1796 and 1797. Included are freight lists; accounts of disbursements; factory expenses and payments to Aion, the factory comprador (agent), for provisions and servants' wages; invoices of return cargo of chinaware, assorted...
William Trotter account book, 1796 Digital
FOUND IN:
Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
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Collection:
Nathan Trotter and Company records
Item — Volume: Y-A, Y-B, Volume: Y-BIdentifier: Mss:761 1798-1955
Scope and Contents:
Volume of factory expenses recorded by William Trotter after the arrival in Canton, China, of the ship Pigou in 1796, primarily provisions like food, beverages, wood, and candles, and servants' wages. There are also accounts of the expenses of the Pigou at Whampoa and supplies for the ship and her crew received by the factory comprador (agent).