Letterbook, 1774-1789 (inclusive), 1774-1777, 1783-1789 (bulk).

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Letterbook, 1774-1789 (inclusive), 1774-1777, 1783-1789 (bulk).

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Eliza Farmer's letters to her nephew, Jack Halroyd, clerk in the East India Company, London. The letters, written from Philadelphia, are mainly personal, but they contain comments on embargo on tea, the non-importation act, secret session of Congress, rumors of bombardment of Boston, military preparedness, commercial activities, etc. Included are medical recipes written at a later date.

1 v. ; 20 cm.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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East India Company

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The East India Company (formally called the Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies (1600-1708) and the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies (1708-1873)), was an English company formed for the exploitation of the spice trade in East and Southeast Asia and India. It was incorporated by Royal Charter in December 1600. From the guide to the East India Company, 1647, 1647, (Senate House Library, University of London) ...

Halroyd, Jack

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Farmer, Elizabeth J.

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