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Title Business Records, Brig New Hazard
Reference MH 20, Box 4, Folder 7
Library Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum
Collection Benjamin Shreve Papers (1793-1848)
Collection Series Shipping Papers
Date 1815-1816
Description Includes receipts and trade agreements between Benjamin Shreve and various Chinese merchants, in particular, Houqua. There is also various correspondence with other American traders, primarily concerning the silk trade.
Document Type Business Records, Correspondence
Theme(s) Trade and Commerce
Keywords vessel, voyage, trade, silk, silk road, commerce, cargo, business, sales, purchases, merchandise, Chinese merchant, merchant, furniture, tableware, porcelain, accounts, Brandywine, candles, factory, costs and prices, money, bread
Countries China; USA
Ports Guangzhou, China; Salem, USA
Ships New Hazard
People Gideon Tucker; Joseph Peabody; Benjamin Shreve; Houqua
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