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"Shipping letters" received, 1784 October 19-1784 December, 1784 October 19-1784 December Digital

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School / Collection: Thomas & William Davis records / Series: Series II. Correspondence, 1782-1805 / Sub-Series: Subseries C. "Shipping letters," 1783-1804
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2Identifier: 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, and work done on the firm's ships, dated from October 19, 1784 to December 1784. Correspondents include Samuel Parkman of Boston, David Stockbridge, of Hanover, Massachusetts, and Hewes & Anthony, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

"Shipping letters" received, 1785 January-July, 1785 January-July Digital

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School / Collection: Thomas & William Davis records / Series: Series II. Correspondence, 1782-1805 / 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...

"Shipping letters" received, 1785 September-1786, 1785 September-1786 Digital

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School / Collection: Thomas & William Davis records / Series: Series II. Correspondence, 1782-1805 / Sub-Series: Subseries C. "Shipping letters," 1783-1804
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 4Identifier: 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 from September 1785 to 1786. Correspondents include William Trenholm of New York, who discusses his impending relocation to Charleston, South Carolina, and his desire to continue doing business with the firm; and Captain Eliphalet Holbrook, who wrote of his difficulties hiring a crew for one of the firm's ships.

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