Found 2 collections related to Coastwise shipping

Thomas Pratt was a prosperous Philadelphia merchant; his sometime partner Enoch Hobart (1712-1776) was a Philadelphia merchant and ship owner. The collection comprises three account books: Thomas Pratt's ledger with index for the year 1754, its cover dated March the 22nd 1758; his waste book with detailed entries, 1758 January 1-December 30; and an invoice book for the partnership of Hobart & Pratt, 1764 November 7-1765 December 24. The ledger identifies accounts for persons and firms, and for certain goods, voyages and other mercantile ventures. Items in the volumes refer to transactions for cloth, coffee, rum and wine, sugar, flour, molasses, spices, iron bar, wood, and other commodities. Trade locations are chiefly in the West Indies and Europe, with some coastwise shipping by Hobart & Pratt. less

William Wilson (1739-1816) was a Philadelphia Quaker merchant. He was the son of George and Mary Wilson and the stepson of merchant Solomon Fussell (1704-1762), formerly a chairmaker. William Wilson's letter book at Philadelphia, 1757 June 23-1760 October 5 (1 volume in 1 folder), contains copied letters sent to merchants and ship captains trading chiefly in the West Indies and Great Britain, and along the eastern North American coast. Letters typically give instructions followed by lists of goods ordered or bills for goods shipped. Most letters are from Wilson, but a few are from merchants Solomon Fussell and Robert Parrish, or from Wilson on their behalf. Letter recipients include James Verree of South Carolina, John and Samuel Gould of Rhode Island, Tristram Coffin and Christopher Starbuck of Nantucket, ship captain Nathaniel Donnell, and British merchants William Neate and the firm of Devonshire, Reeve, & Lloyd. Commodities include flour, sugar, molasses, coffee, cotton, whale oil and bone, mackerel, indigo, rice, and iron bar, as well as clothing, hardware, and household goods. less