Copybook, 1810-1815.

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Copybook, 1810-1815.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191915730

This letter copybook (256 pp.) is composed of copies of business letters written by Hunt, a noted Lexington, Kentucky merchant, in the course of normal business activity.

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Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky Guide Project Office

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John W. Hunt.

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Hunt was particularly active in the fabrication, sale, and shipment of hemp and hemp products, including hemp yarns, twine, rope, and bagging. He maintained a weaving shop in the Lexington area for producing hemp bags, which was staffed with black weavers and white supervisors. Hunt also sold and shipped other products, including saltpeter and tobacco. His merchandise was shipped both by wagons and, via Maysville, Kentucky, by keel boats to New Orleans, Louisiana, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. F...