Letters received by Benjamin Bussey, 1797-1864; bulk: 1797-1830.

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Letters received by Benjamin Bussey, 1797-1864; bulk: 1797-1830.

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Letters received by Boston, Mass. merchant Benjamin Bussey from the U.S. Treasury Department and various commission merchants in England and France regarding markets and imports, 1797-1830. Also includes a letter regarding treasury notes from the U.S. Treasury Department sent to Nathaniel B. Cochran, 1864.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Cochran, Nathaniel B.

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Bussey, Benjamin, 1757-1842.

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Benjamin Bussey was born in 1757 in Stoughton (later Canton), Massachusetts. He served in the American Revolution seeing service at Saratoga and rising to the rank of Quartermaster. About 1779 he went into business as a silversmith in Dedham, Massachusetts and he married in 1780. By 1792, when he moved to Boston, his business had expanded into trading in a variety of goods. He was highly sucessful and in the following years engaged in overseas trade as well. He retired from business...