Records of wholesale merchants, 1761-1906 (inclusive).

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Records of wholesale merchants, 1761-1906 (inclusive).

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Various types of records, including account books, ledgers, and letter books, of merchants engaged in domestic wholesale marketing: Ebenezer Storer, Jr. of Boston, Mass., 1761-1788; Alexander Hill of Boston, 1769-1775; Robert Grant and Company of Boston, 1775-1776; Daniel Parker of Watertown, Mass., 1781-1783; an unidentified merchant of Philadelphia, Pa., 1785-1786; Goodman Morris of Halifax, N.S., 1786-1795; Appleton Prentiss of Boston, 1786-1797; Prince Gardner of Nantucket, Mass., 1788-1798; John Gregory of Boston, 1789-1795; an unidentified merchant, probably of Boston, 1793-1797; Edward and Michael Toppan of Boston, 1817-1824; John Fairfield of Boston, 1822-1826; John P. Lathrop and Company of Demerara, British Guiana, 1823-1824; Joshua C. Oliver and Company of Philadelphia, 1823-1831; an unidentified leather dealer of New York, 1828-1835; Abraham Bell and Company of New York, 1831-1844; Waterson, Pray and Company of Boston, 1832-1833; Benjamin Winslow of Boston, 1832-1834; French and Greeley of Bangor, Me., 1834-1838; Griggs and Weld of Boston, 1835-1848; Samuel Bigelow of Boston, 1836-1837; John K. Pickering of Portsmouth, N.H., 1837-1841; Hatch and Fearing of Boston, 1838-1839; N.F. Cunningham and Company of Boston, 1841-1851; James Morris Whiton of Boston, 1843-1906; Ghriskey and Caldwell of Philadelphia, 1849-1859; George Hussey of New Bedford, Mass., 1850-1871; and John B. Peirce of Lynn, Mass. and Boston, 1852-1854. Also records of: Williams and Rodgers of Boston, 1852-1854; Gilbert, Palmer and Company of Boston, 1854-1855; H.W. Bates and Son of Boston, 1857; J. and D. Miller of Portland, Me., 1857-1864; W. and J.G. Flint of Milwaukee, Wis., 1858-1862; John S. Fleek of Newark, Ohio, 1862-1895; L.C. Chase and Company of Boston, 1865-1879; an unidentified merchant of Richmond, Va., 1866-1867; Joseph Pope of Spencer, Mass., 1867-1871; and James Stillman of New York, 1867-1871.

ca. 9 linear ft. (53 v., 7 boxes, 1 folder)Copies: 4 microfilm reels.

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