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Ship George : letter & account books.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- George (Ship).
- Banks and banking.
- Commercial products.
- Cost.
- Finance.
- Freight and freightage.
- Invoices.
- Merchants.
- Ships--Cargo.
- Supercargos.
- Voyages and travels.
- India--Kolkata.
- Massachusetts--Salem.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1826-1836.
- Summary:
- Accounts and details of expenses relating to voyages in the George.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: MSS 110, box 4, folder 8
- Collection: Barton Family Papers, 1677-1897
- Samuel Barton (1804-1840) was born in Salem, the first child of John Barton, a merchant. He began work as a clerk for shipping merchant Joseph Peabody. In 1827 Peabody appointed Barton, along with Captain Thomas M Saunders, supercargo of the George. Barton remained supercargo for seven of the George's nine voyages to India. Barton worked with such notable merchants as Joseph Peabody, Daniel Perkins and Gideon Tucker. Together they conducted prosperous trade in Indian silk and indigo, and shipped opium from China and Turkey.Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Peabody Essex Museum catalogue.
- Title from publisher's website.
- Description based on publisher metadata (viewed October 30, 2024).
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