Box 4

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Contains letters to Jonathan Amory from John Hodson & Son of Amsterdam, dated 1780-1782, regarding trade and insurance, and prices current of goods like sugar, coffee, tobacco, and rice. Also includes invoices of goods shipped to Boston, such as camblets, lustrings, and cords, and a bill of lading.

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Contains correspondence to Jonathan Amory from Jesse Root, of Hartford, and Benjamin Huntington, of Norwich, Connecticut, regarding lawsuits brought by J. & J. Amory, dated 1783-1785. Also includes a receipt for cups and saucers.

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Contains some accounts, correspondence from London merchant George Moore to J. & J. Amory, and a deposition related to a lawsuit against Moore and Samuel White of Boston regarding unpaid debts after their firm dissolved, dated 1779-1784. Moore provided to the documents to J. & J. Amory, which had power of attorney on behalf of the creditors of Moore & White in America.

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Contains correspondence from London merchant George Moore to J. & J. Amory and depositions related to a lawsuit against Moore and Samuel White of Boston regarding unpaid debts after their firm dissolved, dated 1784. Moore provided to the documents to J. & J. Amory, which had power of attorney on behalf of the creditors of Moore & White in America.

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Contains correspondence from London merchant George Moore to J. & J. Amory and depositions related to a lawsuit against Moore and Samuel White of Boston regarding unpaid debts after their firm dissolved, dated 1784. Moore provided to the documents to J. & J. Amory, which had power of attorney on behalf of the creditors of Moore & White in America. There is also a copy of an opinion of a British lawyer about the case.

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Contains correspondence from Boston merchant Samuel White to his partner George Moore in London, provided to J. & J. Amory by Moore, and other correspondence, dated 1783-1784, that was related to a lawsuit against Moore & White for unpaid debts after their firm dissolved. J. & J. Amory had power of attorney on behalf of the creditors of Moore & White in America.

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Contains correspondence from Edward Dowling & Sons to John Amory, Sr., dated 1784-1786, regarding the status of J. & J. Amory fabric orders, goods shipped for John & Thomas Amory, and recovery of cargo from a ship wrecked off the coast of France. There is also correspondence to Jonathan Amory regarding power of attorney to pursue collection of debts owed to Dowling & Brett.

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Contains correspondence from Edward Dowling & Sons to John Amory, Sr., dated 1786-1787, regarding efforts to recover debts owed to Dowling, accounts between J. & J. Amory and Dowling & Sons, and goods they shipped to America like French dictionaries.

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Contains correspondence from Edward Dowling & Sons to John Amory, Sr., and Jonathan Amory, dated 1788-1790, regarding accounts between J. & J. Amory and Dowling & Sons, accounts of John & Thomas Amory, and fabric orders.

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Contains correspondence to J. & J. Amory from British merchants Joseph Waldo, Hayley & Hopkins, and Champion & Dickason, dated 1773. Letters relate to pricing of goods, shipments of fabrics, bills due, and debts owed by J. & J. Amory trading partner Joseph Marquand. There is also a letter from Benjamin Huntington of Norwich, Connecticut, in 1785, regarding a Superior Court judgment over mortgaged land in favor of J. & J. Amory.

Scope and Contents: Contains correspondence from Philadelphia merchant Stephen Collins to Jonathan Amory in 1776 regarding the settlement of the estate of William Barrell, Amory's & Taylor's trading partner. Letters from Collins, the estate administrator, reference the involvement of John Hancock, at the time serving in the Continental Congress, who shipped to Collins a trunk containing Barrell's possessions, including Continental paper money. Collins repeatedly requests that Amory travel to Philadelphia in...

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Contains an order to pay Martin Brimmer, a receipt, and an account current between Brimmer and Amory, Taylor & Rogers, dated 1775-1776.

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Contains papers related to Amory, Taylor & Rogers' business with Bristol, England merchant James Reed, dated 1773-1775. Includes correspondence from Reed to the firm about trade of oil and fish, the market for linen, building a ship, and delivering barrels of fish to Amory, Taylor & Rogers on the schooner Lovely Sally, owned by Reed. There are also receipts to Amory, Taylor & Rogers related to supplying the schooner.

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Contains papers related to Amory, Taylor & Rogers' business with Bristol, England merchant James Reed, dated 1775. Included are receipts to Amory, Taylor & Rogers for work done on the schooner Lovely Sally, owned by Reed, and receipts for goods they shipped on the schooner to the Magdalen Islands, such as rum, flour, molasses, corn, hoops, boards, chocolate, and pork. There are also receipts for captain Joshua Coffin's wages.

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Contains receipts to J. & J. Amory, Jonathan Amory, and William Tudor (1779-1830; Harvard AB 1796) for shares in a glass manufactory in Boston, and an assessment on shares of the glass factory's land and buildings, dated 1788-1792.

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Contains receipts to Jonathan Amory and William Tudor (1779-1830; Harvard AB 1796) for shares in a glass manufactory in Boston, dated 1792-1793.

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Contains receipts to Jonathan Amory and William Tudor (1779-1830; Harvard AB 1796) for shares in a glass manufactory in Boston, dated 1793-1794, as well as agreements to sell shares in 1796-1797.

Scope and Contents: Contains papers relating to an agreement between Philadelphia merchants Samuel Proctor, Joseph West, and John Young to acquire and ship and cargo in New England, dated 1776-1780. Procter allegedly purchased a ship and went to Nantucket without the consent of his partners, then unlawfully sold it to his brother in a “sham sale”. Young tried to recover his losses through a lawsuit. Included are copies of an article of agreement between the merchants; correspondence from Proctor to West and...

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Contains correspondence from Philadelphia merchant John Young to Jonathan Amory, who had power of attorney for Young in a lawsuit, discussing the case, dated 1780-1782. Young, Joseph West, and Samuel Proctor had an agreement to acquire and ship and cargo in New England. Procter allegedly purchased a ship and went to Nantucket without the consent of his partners, then unlawfully sold it to his brother in a “sham sale”. Young tried to recover his losses through a lawsuit.

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Contains inventories of goods on hand and debts due to Isaac Codman, dated 1766-1770. Commodities include brown sugar, chocolate, spices, nails, and bar iron.

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Contains inventories of goods on hand and debts due to Isaac Codman, dated 1771-1774. Commodities include brown sugar, chocolate, spices, nails, bar iron, glassware, indigo, and shovels.

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Contains correspondence from Watson & Cassoul, of Nantes, France, to John Amory, Sr., in London regarding accounts current between them and items the firm was shipping to Jonathan Amory and John & Thomas Amory in Boston, dated 1783.

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Contains a receipt and paper outlining court costs of lawsuit brought by John & Thomas Amory against Watson & Cassoul, and an attachment of goods awarded to John & Thomas Amory, dated 1785.

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Contains lists of notes and debts due to Salem, Massachusetts, merchant Samuel Flagg, and estimates of goods on hand, mainly fabrics, dated 1768-1770.

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Contains lists of notes and debts due to Salem, Massachusetts, merchant Samuel Flagg, and estimates of goods on hand, mainly fabrics, and an account current with J. & J. Amory, dated 1770-1771.