Papers, 1840-1870.

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Papers, 1840-1870.

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Papers of F. Gordon Dexter relating to his work as an agent for Russell and Co., Samuel Hooper and Co., William Appleton and Co., and William Austin and Co., merchants doing business in China and India. The bulk of the collection consists of financial papers including invoices; bills of sale; bills of lading for the ships Arragon, Nabob, and Radius; disbursements; and accounts. Correspondence between Dexter and other merchants exposes the vulnerability of the tea market to changing taste in teas and to civil unrest in China. Letters from Dexter's family and friends bring news of family and of Boston.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Russell & Co. (1818-1877)

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Russell & Company (Chinese: 旗昌洋行; pinyin: Qíchāng Yángháng) was the largest American trading house of the mid-19th century in China. The firm specialised in trading tea, silk and opium and was eventually involved in the shipping trade. In 1818, Samuel Russell was approached by Providence merchants Edward C. Carrington, Cyrus Butler and Benjamin and Thomas Hoppin to be an employee of their new resident commission firm in Canton (now referred to as Guangzhou) under the name of Samuel Russell & ...

Arragon (Ship)

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Dexter family.

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William Appleton and Company.

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William Austin and Company.

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Dexter, Franklin Gordon, 1824-1903.

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Radius (Ship)

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Samuel Hooper and Company.

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Nabob (Ship)

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