Moses Brown papers, 1750-1845 (inclusive), 1790-1803 (bulk).

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Moses Brown papers, 1750-1845 (inclusive), 1790-1803 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/669993217

The papers date from 1750 to 1845, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1790 to 1803. Included is correspondence, business papers consisting of financial papers, shipping papers, and legal papers, and distillery house orders for rum. Correspondence includes letters mostly written to Moses Brown by ship captains, merchants, and domestic and foreign agents. The letters relate to the price of goods, cargo purchased and sold, updates on voyages cities in the southern United States, the West Indies, and Europe, and shipping details. Business papers include shipping papers consisting of bills of lading, sailing orders, crew lists, ship manifests, and ship account books; financial papers including receipts, bills, invoices for sales and cash disbursements, account statements, and prices current; and legal papers such as contracts, agreements to purchase real estate, and cases involving the illegal seizure of ships owned by Brown. Also included are distillery house orders for rum. Correspondents include William Bartlet, Stephen Holland, William Ham, Martin Parry, Joseph Winthrop, William Wyers, Jr., and the Amsterdam merhcant firm Lange & Bourne. Collection also includes two letters written by Juan Stoughton, Spanish Consul to the United States.

6.5 linear ft. (9 boxes)

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7963533

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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Brown, Moses, 1742-1827

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Moses Brown was a prominent landowner, shipbuilder, distiller, and merchant from Newburyport, Massachusetts, who invested in the sugar, molasses, and rum trade during the late 18th and early 19th century. Brown was born on October, 2 1742 in Newbury, Mass. From the description of Moses Brown papers, 1750-1845 (inclusive), 1790-1803 (bulk). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 669993217 Newburyport, Massachusetts philanthropist and merchant who developed a large for...

Bartlet, William, 1748-1841

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Parry, Martin, d. 1802.

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Stoughton, Juan, 1734-1820

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Merchant; Spanish consul at Boston. From the description of Papers, 1794-1809. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58775533 ...

Winthrop, Joseph, 1757-1828.

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Ham, William E. (William Eugene), 1916-1970

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Holland, Stephen.

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Lange & Bourne (Amsterdam)

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Wyers, William, Jr.

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