Found 12 collections related to Merchants.

Taylor & Newman was a grocery firm in New York City. The collection comprises five letters received by the firm regarding mercantile transactions: one each from John McCrea at Londonderry and John Holmes at Philadelphia, and three from Captain Alexander Hamilton at Halifax and Madeira. McCrea's letter refers to orders for flaxseed and potash. less

Jeremiah Briggs (1791 or 1792-1876) was a New York City sea captain and shipping merchant who served in the U.S. Flotilla during the War of 1812. He was born on Block Island to John and Mary Briggs and resided in New York City and Sag Harbor, Long Island. In 1829 he married Jane Hedges of Sag Harbor. Briggs ran a freight service in New York with sailing vessels serving Philadelphia and Baltimore. He eventually formed the partnership of J. & N. Briggs with his cousin Nathaniel Briggs, and founded the Swiftsure Line. Jeremiah Briggs retired to a farm in Richmond Hills, Queens County, where he died on May 28, 1876. Letters received by Captain Jeremiah Briggs at New York, Philadelphia, and Suffolk County, Long Island, 1832, 1846-1852, are written by sea captains N. Willis, E.C. (Eathon C.) Briggs and Nathaniel Briggs; other business associates such as his Philadelphia agents Jackson & Israel; and close family members. The bulk of the letters date from 1832 and largely concern sailing and freight details for vessels leaving or returning to New York, such as the Diana, the Waterloo, and the Valiant. Letters from W.A. Jones and E.C. Briggs,1849-1852, pertain to their experiences settling as farmers in Kinsman, Ohio. The collection also includes an 1846 letter from C.L. Briggs at Newport to Captain B. Briggs at Baltimore, Maryland. less

William R. Rodman (1786-1855) of New Bedford, Massachusetts, was a merchant whose family was associated with the establishment of the whaling industry there. Jacob Barker (1779-1871) of Nantucket made his fortune in New York City as a shipping merchant and banker. A prominent member of the Tammany Society, he helped finance the U.S. government during the War of 1812, and served briefly in the New York State Senate. Business and legal troubles led to Barker's move to New Orleans in 1834, where he became a practicing lawyer and continued various business pursuits. He died in Philadelphia in 1871. The collection comprises letters written by William R. Rodman at New Bedford, 1835 August 31-October 9, to Jacob Barker in New York and New Orleans, Louisiana regarding oil and candle transactions and their business arrangements for the whaling ship Mobile. Also included is copied correspondence, dated 1838-1839, regarding a dispute over the Mobile. The Mobile left New Bedford for the Pacific Ocean in August 1836, returning there in September 1839. The ship had completed an earlier voyage to the Pacific with its landing at New York in early March 1836. The collection also contains a copy of an undated agreement between Rodman and Barker regarding the Mobile, and a shipping invoice for oil consigned to Baker, signed by William R. Rodman, 1835. less

Jonathan Lawrence (1737-1812) of Newtown, Queens County, Long Island was a New York City merchant, politician and militia officer. The Jonathan Lawrence papers, 1765-1810, contain letters written by Jonathan Lawrence, documents, and two account notebooks pertaining to the mercantile and shipping affairs of Lawrence and members of his family, 1779-1810, with two peripheral business letters, 1765-1766. Letters written by Lawrence comprise three letters to his partner at Lawrence & Tom in Dover, New York regarding shipments sent via the Hudson River, 1783-1784; a letter to Henry Livingston, 1788; and a letter to Captain Peter Hodgkinson, 1793. Documents consist of loose invoices and accounts for Jonathan Lawrence, Lawrence & Tom, and John Ireland, including customs documents for imports by Lawrence from St. Croix and St. Eustatius, 1783-1796 and undated; an order to deliver the brig Seaflower, 1787; and land conveyances by family members for property in Manhattan, 1806 and 1810. A notebook, dated 1779 at Fishkill, contains accounts with the unidentified writer's father and mother, and Thomas Fanning. A notebook for the brig Olive Branch, 1789, contains accounts for Jonathan Lawrence Jr. and Samuel Tibbals, both identified as captains, and others. less

Dutilh & Wachsmuth, a mercantile firm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was established by Etienne (Stephen) Dutilh (1751-1810) under the name of E. Dutilh & Co., doing business shortly after his arrival in Philadelphia in 1783. The collection of Dutilh & Wachsmuth letters and accounts, 1783-1806, consists of letters and loose accounts received from European merchants, and an account book of an unidentified Baltimore shipping merchant handling consignments from Haiti for Dutilh & Wachsmuth. Items, in French, English and Dutch, document the firm's trade in cloth, lace, coffee, sugar and other commodities. less

David W. (David Woodhull) Wetmore (1798-1879) was a New York City iron merchant. David W. Wetmore letters and documents, 1822-1869, consist of letters addressed to David W. Wetmore at New York, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, and Liverpool, England, 1845-1869, and Wetmore's certificates of appointment for the 75th Regiment of Infantry, N.Y.S. Militia, as ensign, captain and major, 1822-1827. Letters, in chronological order, chiefly concern his iron business, particularly production and sale of iron for the railroad and whaling industries. Correspondents include Henry Brevoort Jr., Stephen Vail, Lawrence Grinnell and other New England merchants, and Liverpool merchants Brown, Shipley & Co. There are letters to him from his wife and children (1847 June 22 and September 25), and other family members. Also included are six letters from his son-in-law Richard H. Chapell of New London, Connecticut, to Wetmore's son Jacob S. Wetmore concerning his father's whaling ventures and family matters, 1869. less

Simeon Baker (1779-1821) was a ship captain based in New York City for much of his career, sailing as master of various ships in the transatlantic trade. In 1818 he married Jemima Cock of Mill Neck, in the township of Oyster Bay, Long Island. The Simeon Baker papers, 1796-1848, comprise his loose letters received and documents, 1796-1821 (one folder), and an account and letter book, 1810-1812, 1832-1848 (1 volume). Sailing destinations in Europe, the West Indies, South America, and along the eastern U.S. coast are mentioned, with cargoes including flour, coffee, sugar, onions, and hides. Baker used the volume to record accounts for the ship Charles and as a copy book for letters sent regarding the Charles, 1810-1812. The later accounts, 1832-1848, were kept by an unidentified farmer in the township of Oyster Bay, probably his wife Jemima Baker. Among the many names encountered are members of the Allen, Cock, Frost, Silleck, Smith, Townsend, Valentine, Weeks, and Youngs families. less

The Mercantile Collection, 1726-1950, is a synthetic collection documenting mercantile and other business activities from the early-17th to the mid-20th centuries, especially in the northeastern United States. It consists of papers and records created by persons, firms, and companies engaged chiefly in trade, finance, insurance, mining, railroad management, shipping, and whaling. A few items pertain to manufacturing and real estate. Transatlantic commerce in the colonial and early-national period, and the early railroad industry in America, are strongly represented. Notable material includes the assorted papers of New York City and Philadelphia merchants, among them members of the Pemberton family of Philadelphia; Vice-Admiralty court proceedings; and the incomplete ledger of an 18th-century New York City druggist. less

Howell L. Williams (1792-1872) was a New York City commission merchant and partner in the firm of Williams, Rogers & Robert. The partnership dissolved in 1834, resuming business as Robert & Williams. The collection consists of mercantile correspondence received by Howell L. Williams at New Orleans, other southern cities, and New York, relating to trade chiefly in cotton, but also in tobacco, sugar and other commodities. Among the letters are lists of prices current, some with further notes addressed to Williams, and invoices and waybills for cotton. Correspondents include associates in New Orleans and New York, as well as merchants in various states, and Liverpool, England. There are also are a few letters of introduction for Williams's use, social invitations, and letters from his brothers Fielding L. Williams and William L. Williams, and sister Mildred Wheatley and her husband. less

The mercantile firm of Morris & Ludlum (active 1790s) operated a hardware store on Water Street in New York City, and also engaged in potash production in Sussex County, New Jersey. The Morris & Ludlum letter and order book, 1797-1825, contains copied letters and orders written by the hardware business at New York, 1797-1799, to merchants in Great Britain and the southern United States. These include Perry & Hayes, suppliers of a large variety of hardware, and the pewterware firm of Robert Bush & Co., both located in Bristol, England. Other commodities mentioned include iron bars, potash, flaxseed, cotton, and otter skins. The volume was later used as a ledger by James Ludlum for his farming and milling activities at Sparta, New Jersey, including transactions in his role as an administrator of his brother Gabriel Ludlum's estate. less

Solomon Woodward Jr. (1804-1886) of Taunton, Massachusetts was a dry-goods merchant, farmer, and politician, representing Taunton in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1860 and 1861. He was the son of Solomon Woodward (died 1877) and Mary Wilbore, and the grandson of Ambrose and Rachel Woodward. He married Betsey H. Perkins in 1828. The collection of Solomon Woodward Jr. letters and accounts comprises three letters written to or by him regarding business and local Methodist church affairs, 1845, 1850 and undated; loose financial documents such as invoices, waybills and receipts, 1833-1858; and six pocket account memorandum books, 1833-1847. Accounting records document purchases of textiles and millinery goods from wholesale suppliers in Boston; his grocery account with John W. Seabury; subscriptions to newspapers and abolitionist, Methodist and household publications; tuition payments for his children; and other transactions. less

David G. (David Greene) Hubbard (1773-1825), a New York City merchant, was born in Norwich, Connecticut to William Hubbard and his first wife, Lydia Coit. He was established in business in Manhattan by the mid-1790s. In 1825 he also became a director of the New-York City Insurance Company, headed by Elisha Coit. In 1799 David G. Hubbard married Lucy Manwaring (1778-1868) of New London, Connecticut; they had ten children surviving infancy. He died on December 29, 1825. The David G. Hubbard letter book (1 volume, with index) contains Hubbard's copied outgoing business letters and some personal letters dated January 3, 1822 to November 30, 1825, recording wholesale dealings in commodities such as coffee, tea, molasses, sugar, rice, indigo and cotton; the buying and selling of stocks, chiefly shares in American banks; trading in currency; and other investments. Hubbard wrote frequently to Charles E. Dudley of Albany, merchant and politician; Gardiner Greene, a Boston merchant; and the firms Macdonald & Ridgely of Baltimore, and J.D. & M. Williams and Munson & Bernard of Boston, giving detailed reports on prices and current economic conditions. Also included are letters to Coit and Hubbard family members and friends, notably his half-brother, jurist Samuel Hubbard (1785-1847), of Boston. Some concern business matters, but most are written to or about Hubbard's children and his wards, the children of Daniel Jepson, regarding their activities and upbringing. His son and assistant David M. Hubbard (1804-1884) wrote letters on his father's behalf during the City's Yellow Fever epidemic in 1822, and after his own return from a voyage to South America in 1823-1824 as a supercargo. David G. Hubbard's correspondence in the latter part of 1825 reported increasing local business failures and money scarcity, reflecting financial crisis in London, and the impending Panic of 1826. The rear loose endpaper contains a brief note, dated June 1825, recording C. E. Dudley and H. D. Sedgwick's recommendation of Joseph Cogswell and George Bancroft as teachers. less