Samuel Swan Letter Book, 1804-1816.

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Samuel Swan Letter Book, 1804-1816.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/667223586

Contains business and personal correspondence from Samuel Swan who served in various capacities (master, part owner, aupercargo) on the vessels Betsey, Star, Martha, Rover, Eliza, and Vigilant. His letters contain accounts of trading methods, prices, markets for various goods, and conditions on the West African coast. Commodities discussed and traded are sugar, coffee, salt, gold, ivory, various liquors, cloth, and gum.

One letter book (117 pages).

Peabody Essex Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 7960011

Peabody Essex Museum

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Betsey (Brig : 1795)

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Eliza (Brig : 1793-1795)

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Rover (Brig)

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Star (Brig).

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Martha (Ship : 1810-1849)

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Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by William Baxter and later Richard C. Gibbs; owner: Reuben Baxter; agent: William R. Easton. From the description of Accounts, 1841-1845. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013639 Rated at 440/700 tons, 110/140 crew, 40 guns. Voyages: (1) 1693/4 Madras and Bengal. Capt Thomas Raines. 14 Feb 1694 - 26 Sep 1696. (2) 1697/8 Madras and Bengal. Capt Thomas Raines. 10 Feb 1698 - 29 Aug 1699. (3) 1699/1700 Bombay. ...

Vigilant (Brig).

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Swan, Samuel, 1779-1823

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Ship captain of Boston, Mass. From the description of Memorandum book of Samuel Swan, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980991 ...