Records, 1820-1891 (inclusive).

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Records, 1820-1891 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17266856

Incomplete series of order books, invoices, freight books, insurance, and letter books. The earlier material consists of letter books of Perkins and Company, Canton, 1820-1823; the rest of the material dates from after 1856. Also included are abstracts of letters of J. and T.H. Perkins made by James Elliot Cabot.

4 linear ft. (25 v., 1 case, 1 box)

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6918738

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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J. and T.H. Perkins and Company.

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James Purdon and Company.

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Perkins, James, 1761-1822.

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Cunningham, J. Barton

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Perkins and Company.

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John Russell, and Co.

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Russell and Company was a firm of commission merchants which operated in Canton, China in 1824. Samuel Russell was the principal figure in the firm. Russell and Company took over the business of Perkins and Company. It went out of business in 1891. From the description of Records, 1820-1891 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 17266856 ...

Perkins, Thomas Handasyd, 1764-1854

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Nye Brothers and Company.

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Forbes, John Murray, 1813-1898

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Philanthropist, abolitionist. Contributed to the building of the railroad system in the United States. From the description of John Murray Forbes letter to George William Curtis, [manuscript], 1891 January 24. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 263078000 Forbes was a Boston businessman who was engaged in the China trade early in his life and later involved in railroad development in the American West. From the description of Letters from various corres...