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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Shipping Correspondence, 1797-1847 |
| Reference | MSS 165, Box 7, Folder 5 |
| Library | Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum |
| Collection | Tucker Family Papers, 1680-1878 |
| Collection Series | Gideon Tucker Papers |
| Date | 1797-1847 |
| Description | Items include various letters, accounts and invoices. Topics discussed range from the demand for sugar, the trading of pepper, spices and cotton, and also tea, coffee, indigo and silk. Includes an interesting document that lists the current prices of goods traded. |
| Document Type | Business Records, Correspondence |
| Theme(s) | Trade and Commerce |
| Keywords | vessel, voyage, trade, commerce, invoice, accounts, money, business, cargo, costs and prices, merchant, merchandise, disbursement, certificate, bill of lading, personal correspondence, sugar, sales, purchases, port, sugar, pepper, spices, coffee, tea, silk, silk road, cotton |
| Countries | Great Britain; USA: Belgium; India; Brazil; Cuba; Philippines |
| Places | London; Manila; Boston |
| Ports | Kolkata, India; Havana; Cuba; Antwerp, Belgium; Salem, USA |
| People | Gideon Tucker |
| Language | English, German |
| 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 |
