Letter, 1776, May 8 : St. Croix, V.I.

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Letter, 1776, May 8 : St. Croix, V.I.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20836279

Contains comments to Campbell's mother in Philadelphia, Pa., about the trading firm of Coxe and Furman owned partly by Tench Coxe, an incursion of maroons (fugitive slaves) on Tobago, damage to the sugar crop on St. Croix, physicians on the island, the danger to commerce from British warships, and friends and relatives in Philadelphia and on Tobago and St. Croix.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7001645

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Coxe, Tench, 1755-1824

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Tench Coxe (May 22, 1755 – July 17, 1824) was an American political economist and a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress in 1788–1789. He wrote under the pseudonym "A Pennsylvanian," and was known to his political enemies as "Mr. Facing Bothways." Born in Philadelphia, Tench received his education in the Philadelphia schools and intended to study law, but his father determined to make him a merchant, and he was placed in the counting-house of Coxe & Furman, becoming a partner...

Campbell, John (John T.)

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Resident of St. Croix, Virginia Islands. From the description of Letter, 1776, May 8 : St. Croix, V.I. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20836279 ...

Coxe and Furman (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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