Correspondence of Boston and Newport merchants, 1732-1790 (inclusive).

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Correspondence of Boston and Newport merchants, 1732-1790 (inclusive).

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Four volumes of letters collected together and bound from the correspondence of a number of merchants engaged in trade between Boston and Newport, R.I., and relating to details of cargoes and prices of merchandise. Includes letters concerning the oil trade with William Rotch of New Bedford, Mass. Correspondents include Henry Lloyd, William Powell, Samuel Barrett and Company, David Lopez, Jr., Moses M. Hays, and John Powell, all of Boston; and Aaron Lopez and Christopher Champlin, both of Newport. Letters from John Powell to Champlin comprise a full volume.

1 linear ft. (4 v.)

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7174512

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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Hays, Moses Michael, 1739-1805

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Moses Michael Hays was an American banker, merchant, philanthropist, and a prominent Boston Jewish citizen. He helped establish the New England Masonic movement and in 1792 was elected as Grand Master, with Paul Revere as his deputy. Born in New York City he married Rachel Myers, younger sister of Myer Myers, a famed New York silversmith. The couple moved to Newport, Rhode Island in 1769, where Hays profited in the trans-Atlantic trade. The Hays family left Newport for Boston ahead of the Brit...

Lopez, Aaron, 1731-1782

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Colonial merchant and shipper, Aaron Lopez was born in Portugal in 1831. He immigrated to Newport,Rhode Island in 1752 where he was engaged primarily in the whale oil and candle business, although healso dealt in livestock, groceries, rum, ships, clothing, and slaves. During the 1760s and 1770s, he builtan extensive transatlantic mercantile empire and on the eve of the American Revolution, Lopez wasNewport's leading merchant and taxpayer. During the Revolution, he supported the colonials and wit...

Lloyd, Henry, 1709-1795

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Rotch, William, 1734-1828

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Quaker whaler. From the description of Typescript, [ca. 1973] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155538598 ...

Samuel Barrett and Company.

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Powell, William Nottingham, 1904-1990

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Epithet: of Add MS 38729 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000614.0x000116 ...

Lopez, D. A. (David Anthony)

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Champlin, Christopher, 1731-1805

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Merchant and trader in Newport, R.I. From the description of Business correspondence, 1761-1797. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536828 Newport merchant. From the description of The Papers of Christopher Champlin 1729-1840 bulk 1765-1798. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 27373208 ...

Barrett, Samuel

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Powell, J. U. (John Undershell), 1865-

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Linville, Ga. resident. From the description of Papers, 1785-1822. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36097077 Epithet: classicist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x00013b ...