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S. Griffiths Morgan letters, 1851-1854.
BANC MSS C-B 765 FILMLOCAL
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Title:
S. Griffiths Morgan letters, 1851-1854Creator/Contributor:
Morgan, S. Griffiths., creatorAbstract:
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:
ShipsShipping -- 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 FILMLOCAL
Origin:
Various placesCopyright Note:
FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or permission to publish to the Baker Library,
Harvard University.