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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Letters to Friends and Family from William Dorr |
| Reference | Ms. N-1132, box 1, folder 2 |
| Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Collection | Dorr Family Papers, 1684-1887 |
| Date | 1800-1806 |
| Description | On the sealing voyage of the Snow Pacific to China in 1799. Includes an invoice for various items on board the Pacific, and personal financial accounts including school bills. |
| Document Type | Manuscript, Accounts, Correspondence |
| Theme(s) | Trade and Commerce; Social Life |
| Keywords | cargo, climate, children, chinaware, cloth, conflict, education, family, health, invoice, law, payment, personal correspondence, provisions, seal, seal hunting, sealing voyage, silk, skin, sugar, tea, trade, voyage |
| Countries | Peru; UK; USA; China |
| Places | Galapagos Islands; Lima; Falkland Islands; Boston; Guangzhou; Dorchester |
| Ships | Pacific |
| People | John Dorr; William Dorr; Lucinda Davis; Samuel Edes; John Sherman |
| 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 |
