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Creator
Pratt, Thomas
Call number
MssCol 24498
Physical description
.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Language
English
Preferred Citation
Thomas Pratt account books, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
Repository
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Access to materials
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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.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Purchase, Oppenheim, 1925.

Processing information

Processed by Susan P. Waide in 2018

Note

Formerly part of the Mercantile Collection.

Using the collection

Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328