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J Haskell : journal of accounts on ship Canton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haskell, John, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canton (Ship : 1835-1874).
- Chinoiserie (Art).
- Commercial products.
- Cost.
- Finance.
- Ginger.
- Investments.
- Invoices.
- Merchants.
- Ships.
- Silk.
- Textile fabrics.
- Voyages and travels.
- China--Guangzhou.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1818-1819.
- Summary:
- Accounts for voyage between Boston and Canton, 1818-1819. Lists amounts of money which people (including women) in Boston invested in the voyage, goods purchased in Canton, including the names of Chinese merchants, some expenses of the voyage, disbursements on return to Boston in 1819, etc.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: Col. 7, box 1, folder 7
- Collection: John Haskell, 1786-1827, Papers
- John Haskell was a native of Gloucester, Massachusetts, the son of John and Polly (Goodhue) Haskell. He was a captain of ships involved in commerce with China and the East Indies. Haskell died at sea while returning from India. (See Ulysses G Haskell, 'A Short Account of the Descendants of William Haskell of Gloucester, Mass.,' Historical Collections of the Essex Institute 32 (July-December 1896): 133-195 [esp. p. 175].)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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