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Field name | Value |
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Title | Letterbook of Houqua |
Reference | Ms. N-49.32 |
Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
Collection | Houqua Letterbook, 1840-1865 |
Date | 1840-1843 |
Description | Contains English copies of letters to merchants in Boston (Massachusetts), New York City, London (England), and Bombay (India), including John Perkins Cushing, John Murray Forbes, Robert Bennet Forbes, John C Green, Joseph Coolidge, and Abiel A Low. The letters concern business matters. Contains two loose items. |
Document Type | Manuscript, Correspondence |
Theme(s) | Trade and Commerce |
Keywords | merchandise, merchant, shipping, ship, vessel, cargo, freight, import, export, fees, insurance, business, commodity, trade, sales, goods, market, accounts, finance, expenses, tea, silk, textiles, cotton, nankeen, mandarin, official |
Countries | China; India; USA; UK; Singapore; Panama; Chile |
Places | London; Huangpu |
Ports | Boston, USA; Guangzhou, China; New York, USA; Mumbai, India; Macau, China; Valparaiso, Chile |
Company | Russell and Company |
Ships | Akbar, Good Success, Hannibal, Deltic, Horatio |
People | John Perkins Cushing; John Murray Forbes; Robert Bennet Forbes; Joseph Coolidge; James Perkins Sturgis; Philip Dumaresq |
Copyright | Massachusetts Historical Society |