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Title James W Chever Shipping Account and Letter Book: Charles Morris
Reference MSS 131, box 1, folder 1
Library Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum
Collection Chever Family Papers
Date 1816
Description Account book and letters concerning the cargo of the Charles Morris.
Document Type Manuscript, Accounts, Correspondence
Theme(s) Trade and Commerce
Keywords sugar, ginger, tumeric, cotton, tea, rice, food, supplies, goods, merchandise, cargo, sales, ship, freight, vessel
Countries India; USA; Indonesia
Places Sumatra
Ports Kolkata, India; Salem, USA
Ships Charles Morris
Additional Information

James W Chever (1791-1857) was a ship owner and master. His sons, shipmasters Henry Prince Chever (1816-1853) and William James Chever (1818-1902), followed him into shipping and trade.

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