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Title Account Books, Letterbooks and Memorandum Books for the Schooner China
Reference MH-20, box 8, folder 3
Library Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum
Collection Benjamin Shreve Papers (1793-1848)
Collection Series I. Shipping Papers
Date 23 May 1817 - 12 May 1818
Description Instructions for the supercargo and captain of the China on a trading voyage to China. These are followed by lists of expenses and disbursements incurred during the voyage.
Document Type Shipping Papers, Business Records, Accounts
Theme(s) Trade and Commerce
Keywords order, sailing directions, instructions, invoice, accounts, sales, disbursement, cargo, crew, merchant, Chinese merchant, captain, supercargo, purchases, freight, nankeens, certificate, duties, tax, tea, sugar, coffee, wages, money, goods, prices, calculations, opium, shipping, trade, silk, porcelain, wife, linguist, comprador
Countries USA; China
Ports Guangzhou, China; Salem, USA
Ships China
People Joseph Peabody; Benjamin Shreve; Gideon Tucker; Houqua; Ponkeiqua; Kingqua
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