Account books, 1804-1815.

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Account books, 1804-1815.

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Two account books, 1804-1810, 1808-1815, recording the transactions of this commission and agency firm of which Wolcott, James Watson, Archibald Gracie, Moses Rogers, and William Woolsey were partners. Included are numerous accounts of sales of China goods, invoices of goods shipped to China, accounts pertaining to the estate of James Watson, to the Humphreysville Manufacturing Co., to the ships Trident, Triton, and Chinese, and to such persons as Eli Whitney, Rufus King, Benjamin Tallmadge, Curtiss Blakeman, George Gibbs, David Humphreys, Andrew Smith, "Houqua, Hong Merchant," et al. Each volume includes an index.

2 v. (524 p.) ; 9 x 15 in.

New-York Historical Society

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