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Shipping correspondence, 1797-1847.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Phillips Library (Peabody Essex Museum), owner.
Language:
English
German
Subjects (All):
Tucker, Gideon, 1778-1861.
Bills of lading.
Coffee.
Commerce.
Commercial products.
Cotton.
Harbors.
Invoices.
Merchants.
Pepper (Spice).
Sales.
Ships--Cargo.
Silk.
Spices.
Sugar.
Tea.
Voyages and travels.
Asia--Silk Road.
Belgium--Antwerp.
Cuba--Havana.
England--London.
India--Kolkata.
Massachusetts--Boston.
Massachusetts--Salem.
Philippines--Manila.
Genre:
Personal correspondence
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Production:
[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1797-1847.
Language Note:
In English and German.
Summary:
Items include various letters, accounts and invoices. Topics discussed range from the demand for sugar, the trading of pepper, spices and cotton, and also tea, coffee, indigo and silk. Includes an interesting document that lists the current prices of goods traded.
Notes:
AMDigital Reference: MSS 165, Box 7, Folder 5
Collection: Tucker Family Papers, 1680-1878
Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Phillips Library Catalogue.
Title from publisher's website.
Description based on publisher metadata (viewed October 30, 2024).

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