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Title Ship's Papers: Orion, Ortolan, Otter, Packet, Padang, Peru, Primrose, Reaper, Rogue
Reference MH 20, Box 5, Folder 1
Library Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum
Collection Benjamin Shreve Papers (1793-1848)
Collection Series Shipping Papers
Date 1812-1826
Description Includes invoices and bills of lading for various ships trading between America and the East Indies. Many of the voyages traded in silk, however there are also cargoes of ginseng and other commodities.
Document Type Business Records
Theme(s) Trade and Commerce
Keywords vessel, voyage, trade, commerce, cargo, money, business, purchases, costs and prices, accounts, ginseng, bill of lading, merchandise, silk, silk road, freight, insurance
Countries USA; Philippines
Places Boston; New York; Manila
Ports Salem, USA
Ships Orion, Packet, Padang
People Benjamin Shreve
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