Philip Cabot collection of family account books and scrapbooks,

Philip Cabot collection of family account books and scrapbooks,

Collection of four account books of two Boston merchant firms engaged in domestic and foreign trade that were later used as scrapbooks. Records of J. & T.H. Perkins, dated 1799-1826, primarily concern the China trade and include trial balances (Volume 1), shipping accounts (Volume 3), and a blot...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Clarke, Richard, 1711-1795 (Creator), Lee, Joseph, 1711-1802 (Creator)
Corporate Author: J. & T.H. Perkins & Co (Creator)
Format: Kit
Language:English
Series:Colonial North American Project at Harvard University
Subjects:
Wu, Bingjian, > 1769-1843
Coastwise shipping > History > 18th century
Export marketing
Fur trade > China
Fur trade > Northwest, Pacific
Opium trade > China > History
Shipping > West Indies > History > 18th century
Sugar trade > Massachusetts > History > 18th century
Boston (Mass.) > Commerce > China > Guangzhou
Boston (Mass.) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Guangzhou (China) > Commerce > Massachusetts > Boston
United States > Centennial celebrations, etc
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Press coverage
Account books
Blotters (bookkeeping records)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Ephemera
Scrapbooks
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Call Number: Mss:766 1753-1877

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