Thomas Pratt account books

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unitid

{"value"=>"24498", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"b21510710", "type"=>"local_b"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 24498", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1754-1765", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1754/1765"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Thomas Pratt account books"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 folder", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".1 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Manuscripts and Archives</span>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"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."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"Pratt, Thomas", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"cre"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Purchase, Oppenheim, 1925.</p>"}

processinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Susan P. Waide</span> in <span class=\"date\">2018</span></p>"}

note

{"value"=>"Formerly part of the Mercantile Collection."}

date_start

1754

keydate

1754

date_end

1765

date_inclusive_start

1754

date_inclusive_end

1765

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

prefercite

{"value"=>"Thomas Pratt account books, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

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