Papers, 1870-1877.

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Perkins, H. Russell. Papers, 1870-1877.

Papers, 1870-1877.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32527246

Letterpress book containing at least 1,000 items of business correspondence written by Perkins, who provided raw materials such as scrap iron, lumber, chemicals, hay, cotton, rags, and whiskey to industries or other consumers. Suppliers of goods were located in various places, including the American Midwest and South, Italy, England, Russia, South Africa, and Hong Kong. Perkins also corresponded with ship's captains concerning shipment. Later letters refer to the depression of the 1870s. Several letters are of particular importance: one to James Fisk (Jan. 23, 1871) concerning a scheme to control the Boston & Maine and Eastern Rail Roads; another (Oct. 20, 1871) on the economic effects of the Chicago fire; and a third relating to the sale of land in Newbury, Mass. to speculators after silver was discovered there in 1874.

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