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Green family. Green family collection, 1790-1860.

Title: Green family collection, 1790-1860.

Information relating to the Green family.

ArchivalResource: 13 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/635947289 View

Green, John, b. 1736. Manifest of cargo and abstracts from invoice book of the Ship Empress of China, [ca.1784-ca.1785].

Title: Manifest of cargo and abstracts from invoice book of the Ship Empress of China, [ca.1784-ca.1785].

Includes log, diary accounts, and a manifesto at Canton, China for the Empress of China, the first ship to travel from America to China. Contains descriptions of goods that the ship carried, including food, furniture, textiles, wall coverings, costumes, and decorative objects. The manuscript also explains the expenditure of funds and provides comments on particular merchants.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122370856 View

Green family. Green family collection, 19th-20th centuries.

Title: Green family collection, 19th-20th centuries.

Correspondence, chiefly relating to William E. Green (1777-1865), the son of Dr. John Green (1736-1799), a lawyer. He had three wives and 11 children including Lucy Merriam Green (1810-1893), Lydia Plympton Green (1824-1869), and Andrew Haswell Green (1820-1903) who are represented in the collection as well as materials reflecting William E. Green's involvement with the Worcester Coal Company and the Blackstone Canal Company. The collection also features a large amount of material relating to the inheritance of the Green Hill estate following Andrew Haswell Green's death in 1903, by his five nieces and hephews who inherited the estate; and papers relating to the controversial 1960s proposal to construct part of I-290 over part of Green Hill Park.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (SPR OVS)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/697512284 View

Green, John, b. 1736. Receipts, Canton in China, 1784-1786.

Title: Receipts, Canton in China, 1784-1786.

Receipts on the account of Captain John Green for two voyages of the ship Empress of China, written primarily in the hands of F. Molineux (1784) and Samuel Hubbart (1786). Most transactions took place in Canton, China, with signatures and notations of Chinese merchants in Chinese on each receipt. Includes trade items purchased for Robert Morris. Signatures in the volume include John Green, Charles Norris, James Gilchrist, and others.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (72 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155862537 View