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Title Cash book, 1819-1823
Reference Col. 235, box 2, folder 5
Library Winterthur Library
Collection The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera
Collection Series Latimer Family Papers, 1801 - [c. 1860], bulk 1815-1840, Series II: China Trade
Date 1819-1823
Author / Creator Latimer, John Richardson
Description Records John R Latimer's current accounts and expenses. A number of transactions with the estate of Henry Latimer are noted. Profit and loss statements and bank dividends are included. The volume also contains a listing showing disbursements for the ship Superior and expenses associated with a factory.
Document Type Mercantile Papers, Manuscript, Accounts
Theme(s) Trade and Commerce
Keywords factory, accounts, finance, business, banking, money, expenses, ship, profit, disbursement
Countries China; USA
Ports Guangzhou, China
Ships Superior
Additional Information

John Richardson Latimer was the grandson of American milling and shipping businessman James Latimer, who had emigrated from Ireland in 1736. John’s uncle George Latimer ran a counting house in Philadelphia, and it was here that John received his early training. George arranged for him to enter the China trade, and he made his first supercargo voyage to Canton in 1815. From that time until 1838 John made regular voyages between China and his home in Delaware, spending most of his time abroad. He imported tea, opium, fabric, and porcelains from China. Profits from his years in China allowed him to retire at the age of forty. He died at his home in 1865.

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