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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Letters from Ebenezer Dorr, William Dorr and John Dorr |
| Reference | Ms. N-1132, box 1, folder 1 |
| Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Collection | Dorr Family Papers, 1684-1887 |
| Date | 1684; 1787; 1799 |
| Description | On the fur trade and the preparation for the sealing voyage of the Snow Pacific to China in 1799. Includes a copy of a 1684 deed from Sachem Oneco to the Mohegan Indians for land in Connecticut to hold in perpetuity. |
| Document Type | Manuscript, Accounts, Correspondence |
| Theme(s) | Trade and Commerce |
| Keywords | bill, cargo, crew, deed, elephant skin, employment, family, fur trade, indigenous peoples, invoice, land, navy, otter, payment, personal correspondence, provisions, schooner, seal, seal hunting, sealing voyage, skins, shipment, supercargo, trade, voyage, wages |
| Countries | USA; UK; China |
| Places | Cambridge; Boston; Connecticut; London; Falkland Islands; Guangzhou |
| Ships | Amelia, Lucretia, Pacific |
| People | Jonathan Fowles; William Dorr; Sachem Oneco; Charles G Ames; Lucinda Davis; Ebenezer Dorr; Ebenezer Dorr Junior; Samuel Dorr; John Dorr; Samuel Edes |
| Language | English, Dutch |
| Additional Information |
The Dorr family were a merchant family from Boston, Massachusetts. William Dorr travelled to China as supercargo on the Snow Pacific in 1799 for a sealing voyage. Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Massachusetts Historical Society catalogue. |
| Copyright | Massachusetts Historical Society |
