Found 3 collections related to Cotton trade -- United States

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 less

Hamlin and Van Vechten were merchants of New York City. Collection consists of letters of John Van Vechten and Asher P. Hamlin to businessmen in New York, Albany and elsewhere, relating to the settlement of mercantile accounts, shipments of cotton, insurance, Revolutionary War claims, and other matters. less

John Holmes (1773-1843), lawyer, was a United States Senator from York County, Maine. Collection consists of correspondence relating to family affairs, politics during Holmes's service as senator, his law practice, the cotton industry, Maine state boundaries, and other matters concerning York County, Maine. Includes transcripts of thirteen letters from Rufus McIntire giving accounts of the military campaign in northern New York, his views on the conduct of the war, politics, and related topics. less