Howard Ayres cotton collection

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 170", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"170", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Howard Ayres cotton collection"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1840-1926", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1840/1926"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".29 linear foot (1 box)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

abstract

{"value"=>"Material relating to cotton and the cotton trade, including a memorandum on trade between the United States and China with particular reference to cotton cloth and a mention of oil; statistics of cotton goods made in the United States and England and shipped to Shanghai, including cost sheets, freight and marine insurance charges, documents (epistolary, descriptive, and statistical) discussing the China trade; and documents discussing raw cotton sent to Japan. Also includes correspondence, reports, and printed matter from the China & Japan Trading Co., N.Y., and the Cotton Export Association. Howard Ayres was the secretary of the Cotton Export Association"}

date_inclusive_start

1840

date_inclusive_end

1926

origination

{"value"=>"Ayres, Howard", "type"=>"persname"}

keydate

1840

prefercite

{"value"=>"Howard Ayres cotton collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

.29 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1840

date_end

1926

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