Correspondence with American merchants, 1721-1740.

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Correspondence with American merchants, 1721-1740.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122617793

Included are business correspondence to Storke and Gainsborough from a number of American merchants including Philip Livingston, two Robert Livingstons, Peter Van Brugh Livingston, James Bowdoin, Thomas Hancock, Nathaniel Henchman, Peter Oliver, Andrew Oliver, Isaac Norris and Edward Shippen. The letters discuss the shipment of goods between the colonies, the West Indies and England. They include detailed descriptions of items sent to England and the West Indies for sale as well as items purchased from abroad. The letters also discuss land transactions, instructions for other business dealings and the condition of ships used to transport goods. Descriptions of the routes taken by vessels are also discussed within the context of trade. Some items are letters of introduction for relatives sent to England and contain instructions for the treatment of the visitors. Several of the documents in the collection do not relate directly to Storke and Gainsborough but are contemporaneous.

3 boxes (ca. 332 items)

American Periodical Series I

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SNAC Resource ID: 6792175

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Henchman, Nathanael, 1700-1761

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Livingston, Robert R., 1718-1775

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Livingston was a prominent landholder and Whig politician in New York State. His father (1688-1775) was also named Robert, as was his son (1746-1813), another prominent politican and 1st Chancellor of New York (1777-1801). From the description of [Letter] 1773 Dec. 2, Claremont, [New York to] Sir / Robt R. Livingston. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 259482513 ...

Hancock, Thomas, 1703-1764

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Oliver, Andrew, 1706-1774

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Massachusetts colonial official: lieutenant governor 1771-1774; commissioner to negotiate with Six Nations 1748. From the description of ALS, 1764 Nov. 28, Boston, to Rev. Stephen West, Stockbridge, Mass. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122610623 ...

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

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Second Lord of the Manor, Clermont, N.Y. From the description of Letter, 1744. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155493389 Second proprietor of Livingston Manor. The son of Robert Livingston, Philip Livingston was a successful Albany merchant and Indian trader, secretary to the Board of Indian Affairs, and a member of the N.Y. provincial Council. From the description of Letter and memorandum : Albany, [N.Y.], to Messrs. Storke & Gainsbor...

Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790

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Governor and public official from Massachusetts. From the description of James Bowdoin papers, 1785-1786. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980726 American politician, governor of Massachusetts, 1785-87; father of James Bowdoin, 1752-1811 From the guide to the James Bowdoin, Sr. letter to John Sullivan, 1786, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Oliver, Peter, 1713-1791

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Peter Oliver was Chief Justice of the Superior Court of the Coloney of Massachusetts from 1772-1775. He was an American loyalist during the American Revolution. In 1776 he left Massachusetts and settled in England. From the description of Origin and progress of the American rebellion in the year 1776, in a letter to a friend, 1825. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 758521297 ...

Storke and Gainsborough.

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Merchants and general agents in London, England during the early eighteenth century. From the description of Correspondence with American merchants, 1721-1740. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122617793 ...

Shippen, Edward, approximately 1703-1781

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Edward Shippen was a merchant, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1768. From the description of Letters and papers, 1727-1781. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122540100 The Shippen family was one of the most industrious and illustrious of Philadelphia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. They were active in government, the military, and in their various businesses: land acquisition and speculation, house...

Livingston, Robert, 1708-1790.

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Third Lord of the Manor, Clermont, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1749-1779. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155493409 ...

Norris, Isaac, 1701-1766

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Isaac Norris, a prominent Philadelphia Quaker politician, son of Isaac Norris (1671-1735). He managed the family firm, Norris and Company and after his father's death became its senior partner. In 1727, Norris was elected to the common council of Philadelphia and in 1730 became an alderman. In 1735, he was elected to the Assembly of Pennsylvania, succeeding his late father. In 1743, he retired from active involvement in the business and plunged in the public affairs. Norris represented Pennsylva...

Livingston, Peter Van Burgh, 1710-1793.

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