Box 2
Container
Contains 1 Result:
"Shipping letters" received, 1785 January-July, 1785 January-July 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: 3Identifier: 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, dated January-July 1785. Topics also include the status of ships and captains. Correspondence from Esther Trenholm, whose husband, William, was sailing to Charleston, South Carolina, discusses her efforts to dissuade a ship's captain from being inoculated against smallpox and delaying a voyage, and her decision to sell the cargo of Thomas & William Davisin...