Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content of Collection
Related collections
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Moses Brown Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1777-1815
Collection number: D-097
Creator:
Brown, Moses, 1742-1827
Extent:
0.8 linear feet
Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special Collections.
100 North West Quad
Davis, California, 95616-5292
Abstract: Moses Brown (October 2, 1742-February 9, 1827), prominent merchant and citizen of Newburyport, Massachusetts, developed a
large foreign and domestic trade, especially in sugar, molasses and distilled rum. This collection contains records relating
to Brown's involvement in the rum industry in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Included are account statements,
invoices, correspondence, and distillery house orders.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17 of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf
of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Moses Brown Papers, D-097, Department of Special Collections, University of California Library,
Davis, California.
Acquisition Information
Purchased in 1994.
Biography
Biographical Narrative
Moses Brown (October 2, 1742-February 9, 1827), prominent merchant and citizen of Newburyport, Massachusetts, was the youngest
of thirteen children of Joseph Jr. and Abigail Brown. As a boy he was apprenticed to a chaise-maker and upon adulthood he
started in business himself as a carriage manufacturer. Eventually he turned to commerce, developing a large foreign and domestic
trade, especially in sugar, molasses and distilled rum. He increased his investments until he was the owner of several wharves,
wharehouses, and distilleries, as well as extensive real estate in Newburyport and vicinity.
Source:
Dictionary of American Biography, Volume 3. New York: Scribner, 1929. p. 147.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains records relating to Brown's involvement in the rum industry in the eighteenth and early nineteenth
centuries. It is arranged in four series: 1. Account statements, 2. Invoices, 3. Correspondence, 4. Distillery house orders.
Related collections
Milne Special Collections and Archives at the University of New Hampshire, the Manuscripts Department of the Library at the
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and the South Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina also hold
portions of the Moses Brown Papers.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Brown, Moses,--1742-1827
Rum industry--United States
Rum industry--Jamaica
Merchants--Massachusetts--Newburyport
Distilleries