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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Extracts from Letterbooks of J & T H Perkins et al. |
| Reference | L289 |
| Library | Boston Athenaeum |
| Date | 1786-1838 |
| Author / Creator | Cabot, James Elliot |
| Description | Extracts from foreign and domestic letterbooks concerning trade with Europe, the West Indies, and China. Contains a biography of Thomas Handasyd Perkins. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Theme(s) | Trade and Commerce |
| Keywords | merchant, commerce, slaves, ship, trade, cargo, freight, exchange, contraband, goods, commodity, vessel, nankeen, lumber, weather, business, profit, finance, coffee, market, tobacco, prices, indigo, sugar, voyage, ginseng, tea, silk, iron, supercargo, seal, fur, War of 1812, skins, opium, flour |
| Countries | USA; France; Cuba; Canada; Spain; Indonesia; China; India; Peru; Philippines; Haiti; Venezuela |
| Places | Newfoundland; Providence; Pacific Northwest; Paris; Madeira; Hawaii |
| Ports | Newbury, USA; Salem, USA; Baltimore, USA; Boston, USA; Caracas, Venezuela; Havana, Cuba; Charleston, USA; New Orleans, USA; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; New York, USA; Guangzhou, China; Jakarta, Indonesia; Lima, Peru; Manila, Philippines; Kolkata, India; Nantucket, USA; Philadelphia, USA |
| Company | Perkins, Burling and Company; Grant, Forbes and Company; Hazard and Cabot; Perit and Cabot |
| Ships | Astrea, Columbia Rediviva, Hope, Hancock, John Jay, General Washington, Cordelia, Alert, Hazard, Levant, Nancy, Rapid, Monkey, New Leader, Houqua, Zenobia |
| People | Russell Sturgis; Samuel Cabot; William Forbes; Thomas Handasyd Perkins; James Magee; Elias Hasket Derby; Robert Gray; Robert Cushing; James Perkins; Ralph Bennet Forbes; Ephraim Bumstead; John Perkins Cushing; Josiah Sturgis; Thomas Tunno Forbes; James Perkins Sturgis |
| Additional Information | With bookplate of George Edward Cabot. |
| Copyright | Boston Athenaeum |
