Papers, 1756-1811, 1771-1811.

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Papers, 1756-1811, 1771-1811.

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Includes business accounts correspondence and letterbooks concerning trade between New England, the West Indies and Europe, 1771-1811; mostly to or from James Jarvis, a merchant in Boston and New York and Benjamin Jarvis of Brenton, Shattucks and Jarvis, St. Eustatia, W.I., with some personal family correspondence between family members and friends in New England especially Norwalk, CT and Woodbury, CT. This collection documents the impact of the Revolutionary War upon individual traders and merchants.

7.5 cubic feet.13 Hollinger boxes.

Connecticut State Library, CSL

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SNAC Resource ID: 7912453

Connecticut State Library, CSL

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Jarvis Family.

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Benjamin, James and Charles Jarvis were merchants in Norwalk, CT who arranged shipments of goods between New England, Europe and the West Indies. Their main cargoes were molasses, wine and indigo. Unfortunately, very little biographical information exists on the Jarvis brothers. Letters and records in the collection indicate that the family possibly came from New York. Mary Jarvis, a widow, resided in Norwalk with her sons who travelled extensively. Her daughters, Sally and Polly, lived elsewher...

Throckmorton family.

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Throckmorton, Richard.

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Brenton, Shattucks, and Jarvis.

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Jarvis, James d. 1830.

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Jarvis, Benjamin.

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