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Manuscripts
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mssBrown, Moses papers
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mssBrown, Moses papers
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mssBrown, Moses papers
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mssBrown, Moses papers
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This collection contains correspondence and business papers belonging to the shipping merchant Moses Brown in relation to his business in the West Indies, Spain, and Portugal. The letters are from agents and sea-captains to Moses Brown regarding his cargo. Also included are: bills of lading, invoices, accounts of sales of cargo, port changes, etc. The collection also contains several legal papers such as contracts and agreements. The collection is organized by the region of Brown's trade and commerce: Cuba and St. Thomas; Guadeloupe and Haiti; Jamaica; Martinique; Spain and Portugal; and Trinidad, St. Lucia, and Sint Eustatius (these categories are general in nature and not mutually exclusive; some of the ports show up in more than one of the categories). Browns' cargo consisted of various items including, but not limited to: sugar, potatoes, beef, fish, soap, butter, candles, coffee, lumber, lard, molasses, etc.
mssBrown, Moses papers