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James Webb was a ship captain between at least 1801 and 1808. Joseph D. Hathaway was a merchant in Berkley, Massachusetts between at least 1820 and 1840. Account book used first by James Webb, then by Joseph D. Hathaway. Webb recorded accounts for the sloop Pheasant, schooner Concord, and brig Eliza Ann between 1801 and 1808 on voyages from Dighton, Massachusetts to the Carolinas and Jamaica. Hathaway later used the book to record accounts for his general merchandise business in Berkley between 1820 and 1840 less

The portion of the Emmet Collection housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division consists of approximately 10,800 historical manuscripts relating chiefly to the period prior to, during, and following the American Revolution. The collection contains letters and documents by the signers of the Declaration of Independence as well as nearly every prominent historical figure of the period. less