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Letter books of Micajah Coffin.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Coffin, Micajah, 1734-1827, author.
Contributor:
Nantucket Historical Association, owner.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Avis (Ship).
Brilliant (Ship).
Diana (Ship).
Hébé (Ship).
Lydia (Bark).
Micajah Coffin and Sons (Nantucket, Mass.).
Butter.
Flour.
Voyages and travels.
Whale oil.
Whaling.
France--Dunkerque.
Massachusetts--Nantucket.
New York (State)--New York.
Nova Scotia--Dartmouth.
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Genre:
Correspondence
Personal correspondence
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Production:
[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1788-1805.
Summary:
Three letter books kept by Micajah Coffin relating to shipments of whale oil, the establishment of new whaling operations, and business accounts.
Notes:
AMDigital Reference: MSS 36, Folder 4
Collection: Micajah Coffin Papers / Charles Congdon Collection, 1671-1844
Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Nantucket Historical Association catalogue.
Title from publisher's website.
Description based on publisher metadata (viewed October 30, 2024).

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