Letterbook, 1702/03-1711.

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Letterbook, 1702/03-1711.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191259344

This letterbook records Fitch's correspondence to American and English merchants and ship captains from 1 February 1702/03 to 22 October 1711. The following people and companies are frequent recipients: Alexander Carstairs; William and John Crouch and Company; John Crouch and Samuel Arnold; Benjamin Faneuil; Capt. Richard Gerrish; Adrian Hooglant; Stephen Sewall; Edward Shippen; and Levinus Van Schaick. Fitch's business activities reflect the colonial pattern associated with the traditional northern overseas or "triangular trade" of New England, West Indies, and England.

1 v. (264 l.) ; folio.

Gadsden Public Library

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Gadsden Public Library

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Hooglant, Adrian.

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John Crouch and Samuel Arnold (Firm)

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Carstairs, Alexander.

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Gerrish, Richard, 1670-1717

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Resident of Portsmouth, N.H. From the description of Richard Gerrish will, 1717 Oct. 14. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71130480 ...

Sewall, Stephen, 1702-1760

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Shippen, Edward, 1639-1712

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Edward Shippen (b. Boston, Massachusetts, July 9, 1703; d. Lancaster, Pennsylvania, September 25, 1781) was a wealthy merchant and government official in colonial Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In early life he laid out and founded the town of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. In 1746 to 1748, he was one of the founders of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), of which he was a member of the first board of trustees, from which he resigned in 1767. He was also a subscriber to the Philadelp...

Faneuil, Benjamin

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Epithet: merchant, of New York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000818.0x0002fc Epithet: Junior, of Boston, Mass British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000818.0x0002fb ...

William and John Crouch and Company.

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Fitch, Thomas, 1669-1737.

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Thomas Fitch (1669-1737) was a Boston merchant and magistrate. From the description of Letterbook, 1702/03-1711. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191259344 ...

Van Schaick, Levinus.

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