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- Call number
- MssCol 378
- Physical description
- .15 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- Importaçao [account book], Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Manuscript account book, in Portugese and English, related to shipping and goods imported to Brazil, as well as some goods exported from Brazil to New York. Entries are dated 1852-1867 and include ships' names, ports of departure and landing, lists of cargo, captains' names, and other information. Among the goods being imported and exported were coffee, china, jacaranda trees, tapioca, sugar, rugs, copper, scrap iron, hides, skins, and beans. Back of volume contains index of ship names
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328