Jackson, Riddle and Company records, 1835-1839; 1855 [manuscript].

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Jackson, Riddle and Company records, 1835-1839; 1855 [manuscript].

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The collection includes business letters received by Jackson, Riddle, and Company (1836- 1838), and Jackson, Todd, and Company (1838-1839). About one-half are letters from other commission merchants. Other frequent correspondents are planters in Mississippi and Louisiana, including Stephen Duncan and John Ker of Natchez, Miss.; Edward Brook and Kennis Whitaker Company, iron makers of Birdsborough Forge and Reading, Pa., respectively; Isaac Brooks, retail merchant of Baltimore; and George Dickey, stock broker of New York. Letters discuss crop outlooks, agricultural prices, stock market trends, and domestic and international trade. Other topics of interest are France's refusal to pay claims of American shippers for vessels seized by Napoleon, and the great fire of 1835 in New York City's financial district.

About 270 items (0.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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