Commerce of Rhode Island : 1726-1800

Language

English

Publication Date

1914-1915

Publisher

Massachusetts Historical Society

Place of Publication

Boston, Massachusetts

Physical

2 v. : facsims., ports.

Series

Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society v. 9-10

Notes

Half title: Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, seventh series, v. 9-10.

Includes index.

"The letters and papers printed in these volumes formed a part of the commercial correspondence of four generations of a Newport mercantile house. The earlier letters were of the Redwood family. The house of Ayrault of Newport entered about the middle of the eighteenth century as also that of Lopez. To the second half of the century, the firms of Lopez and Champlin contribute the larger part"--Prefatory note, v. 1.

Contents: v. 1. 1726-1775 -- v. 2. 1775-1800.

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