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Samuel Barrett Edes papers : Correspondence 1799-1801.
Life at Sea : Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-1900 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Edes, Samuel B, author.
- Series:
- Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-2841
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Navies.
- Sailors.
- Business.
- Letter writing.
- Commerce.
- Letters.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022.
- Summary:
- Letters and papers of Samuel B. Edes, captain of the snow PACIFIC TRADER, owned by William and Sullivan Dorr, merchants in Guangzhou (Canton), China; and by their brothers John and Joseph Dorr, merchants in Boston, Mass. Most of the letters are written to Sullivan Dorr by Edes, and concern the physical condition of the snow and her cargo as she lay in Macau harbour (1801). Also, cargo lists (1801) consigned to John and Joseph in Boston. A crew list (1799) and letter of William Dorr from Lima, Peru (1800) are included.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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