Box 2
Container
Contains 1 Result:
"Shipping letters" received, 1798-1799 January, 1798-1799 January Digital
FOUND IN:
Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
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Collection:
Thomas & William Davis records
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Series:
Series II. Correspondence, 1782-1805
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Sub-Series:
Subseries C. "Shipping letters," 1783-1804
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 13Identifier: Mss:766 1782-1805 D264
Scope and Contents:
Correspondence from merchants, agents, and others regarding delivery and receipt of cargo on behalf of Thomas & William Davis, market trends, and news of ships' voyages, dated from 1798 to January 1799. Correspondents include the Baltimore, Maryland, firm of Wales & Clopper, and merchant and whaler William Rotch (1759-1850), of New Bedford, Massachusetts, who inquired if Davis could obtain news of a ship carrying whale oil in Spain, and the potential danger from French privateers.