Papers, 1807-1827.

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Hodges, Samuel, 1792-1828. Papers, 1807-1827.

Papers, 1807-1827.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207144905

This collection reflects all the varied aspects of Hodges' activities. The correspondence is primarily official, but there are some letters from members of his family and from Marcus Morton, who helped him secure his consular post. There are business records from Samuel Hodges & Son and from the Gay Cotton Manufacturing Company. There are orders, muster rolls, correspondence, and records generated by Hodges' military service and a brief diary documenting the behaviour of Col. Joseph Loring. There is also correspondence with Nathaniel Cutting of the Section of Bounty Lands, War Department. The majority of items were generated by Hodges' tenure as Consul-General. These include Portuguese documents and letters; correspondence with Ferdinand Gardner, the vice-consul of the United States; a few papers relating to the colonization of black Americans in Africa; and correspondence pertaining to Sierra Leone. The papers relating to trade are extensive. There are lists of current prices for commodities. The records of the ships that came into Cape Verde ports list their dates of arrival, descriptions, names, commanders, owners, number of seamen aboard, ports cleared at and ports cleared for, cargoes, and dates of departure. Salt was a major export item of the islands and there are many records of salt shipments. There is also some information on slave trade, a slave mutiny, piracy, and shipwrecks. The first eight boxes contain loose items arranged in chronological order. In the ninth box there is an assortment of account books, shipping records, and three brief diaries. The diaries cover the periods February 1819-June 13, 1820; August 2, 1823-November 3, 1824; and December of an unidentified year. The infrequent entries describe his activities at Cape Verde.

8 boxes.15 v. ; octavo.8 v. ; folio.1 folder ; oversize.

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