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Title Business Correspondence
Reference Fam. Mss 391, box 3
Library Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum
Collection William Graves Jr, Shipping Papers, 1811-1885
Date 1850-1853
Description Correspondence relating to Graves's business ventures and merchandise.
Document Type Correspondence, Manuscript
Theme(s) Trade and Commerce
Keywords merchant, business, ship, vessel, trade, news, report, commerce, cargo, commodity, goods, freight, merchandise, voyage, sale, weather, sea, sugar
Countries USA; Philippines
Ports Salem, USA; Newburyport, USA; Manila, Philippines; New York, USA; San Francisco, USA; Boston, USA
Additional Information

William Graves Jr (1811-1877) was a ship master and owner from Newburyport, Massachusetts. He was also involved in local politics, serving as alderman and mayor. His brother Alexander (1823-1869) was also a ship master and owner. Another brother, Edward (1831-1873) was lost at sea while aboard the Tennyson.

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

Copyright Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum