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Letters to friends and family from William Dorr.

China, America and the Pacific Available online

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Massachusetts Historical Society, owner.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Dorr, William White, 1837-1864.
Children.
Clothing and dress.
Commerce.
Education.
Families.
Health.
Invoices.
Law.
Payment.
Pottery.
Sealing.
Ships--Cargo.
Silk.
Skin.
Sugar.
Tea.
Voyages and travels.
China--Guangzhou.
Falkland Islands.
Galapagos Islands.
Great Britain.
Massachusetts--Boston.
Massachusetts--Boston--Dorchester.
Peru--Lima.
Genre:
Personal correspondence
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Production:
[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1800-1806.
Summary:
On the sealing voyage of the Snow Pacific to China in 1799. Includes an invoice for various items on board the Pacific, and personal financial accounts including school bills.
Notes:
AMDigital Reference: Ms. N-1132, box 1, folder 2
Collection: Dorr Family Papers, 1684-1887
The Dorr family were a merchant family from Boston, Massachusetts. William Dorr travelled to China as supercargo on the Snow Pacific in 1799 for a sealing voyage.Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Massachusetts Historical Society catalogue.
Title from publisher's website.
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