Ammidown and Converse Company records, 1840-1850.

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Ammidown and Converse Company records, 1840-1850.

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Correspondence, manifests, and bills of lading for this Boston commission business. Half the items concern transactions with Cobb, Parker and Duncan, wheat flour merchants of Schoolcraft, Mich. Papers shed light on business methods, shipping routes and rates, names of vessels on Great Lakes and Erie Canal, difficulties incident to financial depression of 1840-1842, western stay laws prohibiting collection of debts, etc.

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Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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Ammidown, Holmes, 1801-1883

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Converse, James

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