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Title Ship's Papers: Eliza, George
Reference MH 4, box 1, folder 3
Library Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum
Collection Phillips Family Papers
Collection Series I. Stephen Phillips (1764-1838): A. Ships Papers
Date 1802-1824
Description Papers relating to goods shipped on the Eliza.
Document Type Manuscript, Shipping Papers, Accounts
Theme(s) Trade and Commerce
Keywords ship, voyage, vessel, supplies, cargo, freight, merchandise, goods, coffee, flour, opium, textiles, food, spices, alcohol
Countries UK; Philippines; Indonesia; Italy; Chile; Peru; Belgium
Places London; Gibraltar
Ports Jakarta, Indonesia; Genoa, Italy; Valparaiso, Chile; Lima, Peru; Antwerp, Belgium; Manila, Philippines; Salem, USA; Livorno, Italy
Ships George, Eliza
People Elias Hasket Derby
Additional Information

Stephen Phillips (1761-1838) was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts. By 1793 he was placed in command of the brig Rose, owned by Elias Hasket Derby. In 1800 Stephen moved to Salem where he started a prosperous merchant business. He was the owner or part-owner of five vessels and consigned cargo on numerous others. These ships traded in Sumatra, Manila, Calcutta and coastal America.

Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Peabody Essex Museum catalogue.

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