Papers, 1850-1857.

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Papers, 1850-1857.

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Merchant employed by Crocker and Warren of New York City. He sailed to China in 1854 in the Swordfish to examine the business prospects there. Papers include letters to his father, James T. Hayward, from New York concerning the shipping business, 1850-54; and letters of introduction to merchants in China and Manila from Crocker and Warren, F.T. Bush, and John M. Forbes, among other merchants. Also, a notebook, 1856-57, with notes on ships' cargoes, tea, ginger, cassia, firecrackers, sugar, and exchange rates; and a treatise on tea--types, preferences, the method of examining a cargo, etc.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Crocker and Warren (New York, N.Y.)

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Hayward, James T.

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Swordfish (Ship)

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Trading vessel, out of New York, N.Y., mastered by Charles Collins. From the description of Log/journal, 1853 June 17-July 20. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71012974 From the description of Log/journal, 1853 Feb. 17-May 26. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71169666 ...

Bush, Frederick T.

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Hayward, James Warren.

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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...