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"Shipping letters" received, 1787 February-July, 1787 February-July Digital

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5Identifier: 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 February-July 1787. Correspondents include Thomas Russell of Boston, who was freighting a ship with cargo of Thomas & William Davisthat included fish, bound for Portugal; and Captain Eliphalet Holbrook, who wrote he was unable to get the price he quoted for the sale of the firm's fish in Boston.