Thomas Pritchard, Jr. Letter Book, 1850-1853.

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Thomas Pritchard, Jr. Letter Book, 1850-1853.

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Contains personal and business correspondence from Pritchard, captain of the vessels Massachusetts and Hesper of Newburyport, MA. Letters cover the conditions of trade in ports such as Havana, Mantanzos, Charleston, New York, Stockholm, Elsinore, Palermo, and Genoa; prices and markets for cargos; the costs of disbursements and outfitting and repairing vessels; and competitive strategies for maximizing prices in different destinations with allusions to spying.

One volume.

Peabody Essex Museum

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Peabody Essex Museum

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Massachusetts (Ship : 1836-1871)

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Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Thomas Chatfield; owner-agent: Zenas L. Adams; returned to Nantucket Oct. 14, 1860. From the description of Log/journal, 1856 Sept. 28-1858 Oct. 27. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71012800 Whaling vessel (364 tons); out of New Bedford, Mass.; mastered by James E. Bennett, on voyage from 4 Dec. 1851-5 June 1856 to the Coast of California and Arctic Ocean whaling grounds; owner-agent: William F. Dow; built...

Pritchard, Thomas, Jr.

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Hesper (Ship)

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