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S. Griffiths Morgan letters, 1851-1854.
BANC MSS C-B 765 FILM reel 3; BANC MSS C-B 765 FILM reel 1; BANC MSS C-B 765 FILM reel 2
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Title:

S. Griffiths Morgan letters, 1851-1854

Creator/Contributor:

Morgan, S. Griffiths., creator

Abstract:

Letterpress copybooks containing letters to other merchants and also customers, ship captains and family, with extensive comments regarding San Francisco commercial transactions (particularly cargoes of arriving clipper ships), real estate investment, and economic conditions (prices, goods, etc.); and on decision to close business and return to New Bedford, Massachusetts on June 1, 1854, via Panama.

Date:

1851 (issued)

Subject:

Ships
Shipping -- California
Land tenure -- California
Clipper ships
California -- Commerce
California -- Economic conditions
New Bedford (Mass.)
Panama, Isthmus of (Panama)
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Commerce

Note:

Many letters illegible.
Reel 1 - v. 17, Mar. 30-Dec. 11, 1851; Reel 2 - v. 18, Dec. 14, 1851-Sept. 15, 1852; Reel 3 - v. 20, Oct. 15, 1853-May 31, 1854.
Originals in: Baker Library, Harvard University.
FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or permission to publish to the Baker Library, Harvard University.

Type:

Letterpress copybooks.

Physical Description:

microfilm
3 microfilm reels : negative (Rich. 533:16-18) and positive.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS C-B 765 FILM reel 3
BANC MSS C-B 765 FILM reel 1
BANC MSS C-B 765 FILM reel 2

Origin:

Various places

Copyright Note:

FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or permission to publish to the Baker Library, Harvard University.