Beaufort merchant's account book, 1785-1791.

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Beaufort merchant's account book, 1785-1791.

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Volume contains accounts of clients probably for the Beaufort (S.C.) store of John Mark Verdier. Accounts include entries for the sale of various types of merchandise such as cloth, clothing, sugar, brandy, books, nails, and other commercial items. Verdier also performed such services for his clients as paying church subscriptions and jail fees for Negroes. Accounts indicate that the London, the Friendship, the Hunter, the Salley, and other vessels traded at Beaufort (S.C.) and Port Royal (S.C.). The accounts are with over 200 individuals and firms including Smiths, DeSaussure & Darrell; Ball, Jennings & Co.; Bird, Savage & Bird; Jennings & Waldrop; and George Mosse & Co. Names of purchasers are kept at random for five months in 1785, then beginning in January 1786 they are entered alphabetically. At the end of each year are several pages of "interest accounts" which contain payments in cash, indigo, and rice.

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London (Ship)

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Bird, Savage & Bird (London, England)

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Salley (Ship)

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Verdier, John Mark, b. 1759.

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Beaufort, South Carolina merchant, shipbuilder, and plantation owner. John Mark Verdier (b. 1759) was the Beaufort agent for the Charleston (S.C.) mercantile firm of Smiths, DeSaussure & Darrell, which was associated with the London firm of Bird, Savage & Bird. He was the son of merchant Andrew (or Andre) Verdier (d. 1766), a colonist who arrived in South Carolina in 1732. From the description of Beaufort merchant's account book, 1785-1791. (The South Carolina Historical Soci...

Ball, Jennings & Company.

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Smiths, DeSaussure & Darrell (Charleston, S.C.)

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Hunter (Ship)

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George Mosse & Company.

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Friendship (Ship)

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Built by Wells, 3 decks, 3in bottom, length 118ft, keel 96ft 4in, breadth 28ft 2¼in, hold 12ft 2½in, wing transom 19ft, port cell 23ft ½in, waist 4in, between decks, 6ft 5in & 4ft 8in, ports 11 upper, 407 tons. Voyages: (1) 1796/7 Bengal and Madras. Capt John Newham. Falmouth 11 May 1797 - 28 Oct Calcutta - 21 Jan 1798 Saugor - 4 Feb Madras - 23 Apr Cape - 26 May St Helena - 4 Aug Long Beach. British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : CorporateBody : Description : ark:/...

Jennings & Waldrop.

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