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Letterbook, 1819-1820.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Latimer, John Richardson, 1793-1855, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Commerce.
- Commercial products.
- Formulas, recipes, etc.
- Harbors.
- Invoices.
- Prices.
- Ships--Cargo.
- British Virgin Islands.
- China--Guangzhou.
- Delaware.
- England--London.
- Georgia--Savannah.
- Haiti--Port-au-Prince.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Pennsylvania--Wellsboro.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1819-1820.
- Summary:
- Kept by John R Latimer, the volume contains letters relative to business Latimer had conducted for the recipients in Canton. Many were accompanied by invoices for goods, price lists, or instructions for sales; several refer to business ventures in Spanish ports. A few were written on John's behalf by his uncle, George Latimer. The letters were dated from Philadelphia.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: Col. 235, box 1, folder 10
- Collection: The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera
- John Richardson Latimer was the grandson of American milling and shipping businessman James Latimer, who had emigrated from Ireland in 1736. John's uncle George Latimer ran a counting house in Philadelphia, and it was here that John received his early training. George arranged for him to enter the China trade, and he made his first supercargo voyage to Canton in 1815. From that time until 1838 John made regular voyages between China and his home in Delaware, spending most of his time abroad. He imported tea, opium, fabric, and porcelains from China. Profits from his years in China allowed him to retire at the age of forty. He died at his home in 1865.Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Winterthur Library catalogue.
- Title from publisher's website.
- Description based on publisher metadata (viewed October 30, 2024).
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