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Augustine Heard & Company invoices and receipts

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
Collection Identifier: Mss:766 1846, 1867-1875
Overview:

The materials in this collection, nearly all invoices and receipts, provide insight into the daily business operations of Augustine Heard & Company in China between 1867 and 1875.

Benjamin Newton business records

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
Collection Identifier: Mss:766 1843-1864
Overview:

The business records of China trader Captain Benjamin Newton includes financial records and correspondence detailing his business dealings, 1836-1864.

Elizabeth Heard papers

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
Collection Identifier: Mss:766 1829-1864 H435
Overview:

The Elizabeth Heard papers contain correspondence sent to her by her sons and brother-in-law Augustine Heard, while they were in China working for the family firm, Augustine Heard & Company.

Forbes family business records

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
Collection Identifier: Mss:766 1803-1942 F693
Overview:

Business records of the Forbes family of Milton, Mass., commission merchants engaged in the China trade during the nineteenth century. Records include correspondence, financial material, and business papers relating to the China trade.

J. Howard Nichols papers

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
Collection Identifier: Mss:766 1856-1905
Overview:

Personal and professional papers of China trader and textile manufacturing firm treasurer J. Howard Nichols, 1856-1905.

Ship Shirley and Bark Solomon accounts and logbook

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
Collection Identifier: Mss:733 1869-1877 S558
Scope and Contents:

Account book of the Ship Shirley on voyage between Hong Kong and San Francisco, California (1869), and account book and logbook of the Brig Solomon on various voyages between 1873 and 1877. Captain Henry W. Ferguson mastered both vessels.

Thomas Hunt & Company business records

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
Collection Identifier: Mss:761 1863-1869 H943
Overview:

Correspondence and business records of Hong Kong, China based ship chandlery and commission merchant Thomas Hunt & Company.

William Appleton and Company records

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
Collection Identifier: Mss:766 1840-1889
Overview:

The business records of Boston, Massachusetts shipping merchant William Appleton and Company and successor firm Samuel Hooper and Company, 1813-1889.

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