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Title Daybook of the Brig Comet on a Voyage to Canton
Reference MH-20, box 8, folder 10
Library Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum
Collection Benjamin Shreve Papers (1793-1848)
Collection Series I. Shipping Papers
Date 29 Oct 1821 - 24 Apr 1823
Description Daybook recording expenses, purchases and sales during a voyage of the Comet to Canton.
Document Type Shipping Papers, Business Records, Accounts
Theme(s) Trade and Commerce
Keywords accounts, expenses, cost, sundries, bill of lading, supplies, provisions, payment, disbursement, food, crew, merchant, comprador, charges, fees, cargo, merchandise, trade, Chinese merchant, silk, nankeens, purchases, sales, sugar, porcelain, ginseng, prices, spices, dye, wages, employment
Countries USA; China
Ports Macau, China; Guangzhou, China; Anyer, Indonesia; Salem, USA
Ships Comet
People Benjamin Shreve
Additional Information Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Phillips Library catalogue.
Copyright Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum