American material from the Holt-Gregson papers, ca.1770-ca.1824.

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American material from the Holt-Gregson papers, ca.1770-ca.1824.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122641112

These papers are a selection from the Holt-Gregson Papers. They fall into four broad categories: British trade with the Americas; the slave trade; privateering during the Revolution; and statistics and accounts of America in the late 18th century.

1 microfilm reel.

Winterthur Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6801343

Winterthur Library

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Buckland, Patrick.

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Gregson, Matthew, 1749-1824.

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Holt, John, 1743-1801

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John Holt was an author of school and history books as well as agricultural surveys and articles for monthly magazines. He also collected materials for a history of Liverpool which he bequeathed to Matthew Gregson (1749-1824). Gregson was an antiquary but made his living as an upholsterer. He had a great interest in science and literature and collected documentary and pictorial information of Liverpool. Gregson published "A Portfolio of Fragments relative to the History of Antiquities of the Cou...