William Cole Nye Swift and Obed Nye Swift letters, 1838-1839, 1848.

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William Cole Nye Swift and Obed Nye Swift letters, 1838-1839, 1848.

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The collection consists of two letters from William C.N. Swift in Riceboro, Liberty County, Georgia to his parents in New Bedford (Mass.) in 1838 and three letters to Swift in Charleston (S.C.) from his brother O.N. Swift in 1839. The letters discuss family news and describe various aspects and problems of hauling and shipping lumber. The collection also includes an account (1848) for William C.N. Swift with Baring Brothers Company (London).

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Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403074

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Swift, Obed Nye, 1804-1863

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Merchant, of New Bedford, Mass; partner with his brother William C.N. Swift (1815-1892) in Swift Brothers of New Bedford, Mass., a lumber business that harvested live oak from the swamps of the southern states for the shipbuilders of New Bedford. From the description of Obed Nye Swift diary, 1851. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 78464506 ...

Swift, William Cole Nye, 1815-1892

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William C.N. Swift (b. 1815) was born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. He attended Brown University but did not graduate. He worked as a bookkeeper in Benjamin Rodman's counting room until 1835, when he joined his father in the live oak trade firm of E. and R. Swift and Co. Swift traveled to Ossabaw Island, Georgia to supervise the gathering of live oak. He continued his travels throughout the South surveying land and purchasing live oak lots. He was a passenger on the steamship Pulaski when she san...

Swift Brothers (New Bedford, Mass.)

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