Found 2 collections related to Boston %28Mass.%29 -- Commerce

Samuel Gardner Drake (1798-1875) was an American historian, antiquarian, genealogist, and bookseller. He wrote about New England history, Indians and witchcraft. Collection consists of Drake's manuscript transcripts of documents, 1633-1792, relating to Indians, particularly Indians of New England. Also, letters, 1838-1857, relating to his bookselling business in Boston, the history of the Drake family, and other business and personal matters; a part of a manuscript relating to witchcraft; and miscellaneous notes, genealogical charts, writings, and printed materials. less

Thomas Moffatt was a merchant of Boston, Massachusetts. Collection consists of Moffatt's correspondence with Isaac Sperrin, John Angier of Bristol, England, and others in England and America. Topics include shipbuilding; importation of textiles, ironware, glass, shoes, paving stones, and other products; and exportation of such goods as turpentine, tar, oil, fish, and logwood. less