R.S. Dana letter book, 1867-1869.

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R.S. Dana letter book, 1867-1869.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/316795626

Letterpress copybook includes both R.S. Dana's business and family correspondence while in Hong Kong from November 9, 1867 to May , [1868] and Shanghai from May 20, 1868 to February 19, 1869. The majority of the correspondence is on business matters in China regarding tea, cotton, silk, shipping, etc., but also covers domestic matters in America such as the Trans-Continental Railroad. Correspondents include various members of the Forbes family (Francis Blackwell Forbes, P.S. Forbes, Wm. H. Forbes, and J. Murray Forbes) and other business associates at Russell & Co. (Edward Cunningham, George Tyson, and David Oakes Clark). Also included are correspondence with various members of his family (Richard Perkins Dana, Juliette Starr Dana, Juliette Dana Viele, William Starr Dana, and Samuel Turner Dana). Marginal illustrations are scattered throughout the volume.

1 v. ([2], 197 leaves) : illustrated ; 28 centimeters.

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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Russell & Co. (1818-1877)

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Russell & Company (Chinese: 旗昌洋行; pinyin: Qíchāng Yángháng) was the largest American trading house of the mid-19th century in China. The firm specialised in trading tea, silk and opium and was eventually involved in the shipping trade. In 1818, Samuel Russell was approached by Providence merchants Edward C. Carrington, Cyrus Butler and Benjamin and Thomas Hoppin to be an employee of their new resident commission firm in Canton (now referred to as Guangzhou) under the name of Samuel Russell & ...

Cunningham, Edward, 1823-1889

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Dana, Richard P. (Richard Perkins), 1810-1894

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Forbes, Francis Blackwell, 1839-1908

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Clark, David Oakes, 1826-1883

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Dana, R. S. (Richard Starr), 1836-1904.

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Richard Starr Dana was born May 22 or 23, 1836, in New York City, son of Richard Perkins Dana and Juliette H. (Starr) Dana. He died January 19, 1904, in New York City. In 1863 he entered as a clerk in Russell & Co., an American commission house in the China trade, rose to the position of general manager of the concern in Hong Kong and retired from the company in 1869. From the description of R.S. Dana letter book, 1867-1869. (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 31679562...

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Tyson, George, d. 1881

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