Found 10 collections related to Boston (Mass.) -- Commerce

Child, Isaac, 1734-1769
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 531
.25 linear feet (1 box)
Isaac Child and his brother Joshua were merchants active in Boston, Mass., during the early 19th century. They dealt in dry goods, groceries, and farm and household implements. Collection consists of correspondence, financial documents, and report... more
S. Thurston (Brig)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 392
.06 linear feet (1 volume)
The S. Thurston was a brig based in Boston, Massachusetts. This collection consists of expense accounts of its voyages from Boston, Bangor (Maine) and New York to the West Indies and South America, listing the costs of equipment, services, and... more
Drake, Samuel G., 1798-1875
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6404
.3 linear feet (1 box)
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,... more
Fogg Brothers Company (Boston, Mass.)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1035
.3 linear feet (1 box)
Fogg Brothers Company was a mercantile firm in Boston, Massachusetts. Collection consists of bills of lading, bills of exchange and other accounts relating to trade with China, particularly in cotton cloth. Also, cuts of trademarks used on... more
Baldwin family
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol NYGB 18100
.4 linear feet (1 box)
The Baldwin family lived in eastern Massachusetts. Luke Baldwin (b. 1797) and his father Luke Baldwin (1769-1832) were Boston merchants. The Baldwin family papers consist of business records, journals, and some personal correspondence pertaining... more
Tilden, D
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2992
.1 linear feet (1 folder)
D. Tilden, master mariner of Boston(?), Massachusetts, kept this diary from February 23-December 6, 1769 in a copy of Edes & Gill's North-American Almanack for the same year. Entries relate to shipping in Boston and Scituate, Massachusetts
Whitmore family
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 3320
.5 linear feet (2 boxes)
The Whittemores were a family of industrialists in West Cambridge, Mass., and New York City. Collection consists of personal and business correspondence of Amos Whittemore and his sons, Timothy, Henry and Gershom, relating mainly to the... more
Barrell, Theodore
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 218
.2 linear feet (1 v.)
Theodore Barrell was a merchant of Norwich, Conn. Letter book contains correspondence relating to trade in sugar, molasses, rum, and other products in the West Indies. Letters are chiefly with Parke Benjamin of Boston and George Gibbs of New York... more
Moffatt, Thomas
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2026
.15 linear feet (1 v.)
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,... more
Nevins & Company (New York, N.Y.)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2123
.3 linear feet (1 box)
Nevins & Company was a mercantile firm of New York City. Collection consists of letters to Nevins & Company from business associates in Boston, Mass., Buffalo, N.Y., Hartford, Conn., Nantucket, Mass., New London, Conn., New Orleans, La.,... more
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