Henry Hollingsworth China Trade Letters, 1811-1812.

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Henry Hollingsworth China Trade Letters, 1811-1812.

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This collection is a copy book of unsigned letters, probably by Henry Hollingsworth, supercargo on the Lancaster, a ship owned by Philadelphia China trade merchant Thomas P. Cope. The first letter announces the safe arrival of the Lancaster in Canton in December 28, 1811. The Lancaster sailed for Canton with ship and cargo worth $300,000 on July 19, 1811 and returned on August 5, 1812 at the beginning of the War of 1812. It details purchases of silk, tea, chinaware and nankeens and sales of American cotton, ginseng, and beaver and otter pelts. The back part of the book is an account book from the same time period.

1 box (.5 linear foot).

Peabody Essex Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 6951833

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Lancaster (Ship)

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Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by James Cornell, on voyage 10 May 1845-18 Jan. 1848, to the Western, Cape Verde, Coast of Chile, Callao, Galapagos, Off Shore, On the Line, Northwest Coast, Tonga Island, and Vasquez whaling grounds; owner-agent: T. & A.R. Nye; built at Philadelphia, Pa., 1811. From the description of Logbook, 1845 May 10-1848 Jan. 18. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70970516 Whaling vessel, out of New B...

Hollingsworth, Henry.

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Chancellor, Brown and Hall.

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Willing and Francis.

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Cope, Thomas P. (Thomas Pim), 1768-1854

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Founder of packet ship line in 1821 that sailed from Philadelphia to Liverpool; Cope travelled from Philadelphia to Niagara Falls, Montreal, and Quebec with his son Alfred on July 12, 1820, visiting Nantucket from Sept. 9-15, 1820. From the description of Thomas Pym Cope diary/J. Morris Evans collection, 1820 Sept. 9-15. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 70953345 William Carvill was Haverford College's first landscape architect. Jonathan Richards was principa...