William Eighinger ledger 1798-1801, 1850 Eighinger, William ledger

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William Eighinger ledger 1798-1801, 1850 Eighinger, William ledger

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The William Eighinger ledger contains two sections: a ledger kept by a Baltimore shipping merchant between 1798 and 1801 and math problems and copied compositions compiled by George Eighinger in 1850. The accounts pertain to the shipment of goods between North America, the Caribbean, and Germany, and the copied material includes a narrative told from the point of view of a slave.

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William L. Clements Library

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William L. Clements Library

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The author of this volume informed his correspondents about the trade of pepper and rum in New York between November and December 1801. He also did business in Philadelphia, Boston, and Baltimore. From the guide to the New York Mercantile letter book, 1801, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan) This volume contains copied passages from several sources, including the works of John Locke, histories of England and Europe, and treatises on religion. F...

Eighinger, George.

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George Eighinger received this ledger from Nash G. Camp (b. 1838) on March 4, 1850, and used its empty pages as a copybook for math problems and other material. The book previously belonged to a shipping merchant from Baltimore, Maryland, who imported linen and other goods from Germany and exported coffee, tobacco, and sugar, among other goods, from the Caribbean to Germany, particularly to Bremen. From the guide to the William Eighinger ledger, Eighinger, William ledger...