Brown, Moses, 1742-1827

Moses Brown was a prominent landowner, shipbuilder, distiller, and merchant from Newburyport, Massachusetts, who invested in the sugar, molasses, and rum trade during the late 18th and early 19th century. Brown was born on October, 2 1742 in Newbury, Mass.

From the description of Moses Brown papers, 1750-1845 (inclusive), 1790-1803 (bulk). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 669993217

Newburyport, Massachusetts philanthropist and merchant who developed a large foreign and domestic trade, especially in sugar and molasses with the West Indies.

From the description of Sailing orders and letters, 1789-1799. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37522181

Prominent merchant and citizen of Newburyport, Mass., developed a large foreign and domestic trade, especially in sugar, molasses, and distilled rum.

From the description of Papers, 1777-1815. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 44607998

Merchant of Newburyport, Mass.

From the description of Correspondence from Portsmouth, N.H. merchants, 1792-1801. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: 32103677

Shipping merchant of Newburyport, Mass., who maintained extensive trade between the West Indies, northern Europe, and elsewhere; originally a carriage-maker, during late Colonial era Brown invested in imports and sales of molasses and sugar, a trade at which he prospered during the 1780s; by 1790 Brown ranked as the second wealthiest man in Newburyport; NOT Capt. Moses Brown (1742-1804), a Revolutionary naval officer who was also born in 1742 and was a native of Newburyport, Mass.

From the description of Moses Brown papers, 1789-1801. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 34413645