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01 - Letters from Colonel Thomas H Perkins, of Boston, to Joshua Bates (with a few from Perkins & Co, Boston)

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In Folder: 10b - Correspondence of Perkins & Co, merchants of Boston, with Joshua Bates, and with Barings

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01 - Letters from Colonel Thomas H Perkins, of Boston, to Joshua Bates (with a few from Perkins & Co, Boston)

The letters are numbered and include: 5. 1829 28 Oct: About Thomas Baring in the United States 6. 1830 31 Jan: About Josiah Sturgis, brother of Lucretia Bates 9. 1830 16 Jul: About JP Cushing; opium trade from Turkey 10: 1830 20 Sep: Opium 11-14. 1830 Nov: Correspondence with R Havell about the purchase of Audubon’s Birds of America for the Boston Athenaeum, of which Thomas Perkins was President 15. 1830 12 Nov: Opium; politics 21:1831 17 Mar: Audubon’s Birds 22. 1831 Mar 28: Trade with Canton [Guangzhou] 27. 1831 10 Oct: Reorganisation of Perkins & Co 32. 1832 14 May: J Bates to TH Perkins: Politics in England; the Whigs and reform. "Mr Baring has declined the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, on account of the state of his health..." [ie in the Ministry which the Duke of Wellington attempted to form] 33. 1832 23 May: Bank of the United States

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Reference Number: HC5/01/10b/01

Description: The letters are numbered and include:5. 1829 28 Oct: About Thomas Baring in the United States6. 1830 31 Jan: About Josiah Sturgis, brother of Lucretia Bates9. 1830 16 Jul: About JP Cushing; opium trade from Turkey10: 1830 20 Sep: Opium11-14. 1830 Nov: Correspondence with R Havell about the purchase of Audubon’s Birds of America for the Boston Athenaeum, of which Thomas Perkins was President15. 1830 12 Nov: Opium; politics21:1831 17 Mar: Audubon’s Birds22. 1831 Mar 28: Trade with Canton [Guangzhou]27. 1831 10 Oct: Reorganisation of Perkins & Co32. 1832 14 May: J Bates to TH Perkins: Politics in England; the Whigs and reform. "Mr Baring has declined the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, on account of the state of his health..." [ie in the Ministry which the Duke of Wellington attempted to form]33. 1832 23 May: Bank of the United States

Date: 1829-1832

TBAL Reference: HC5.01.10[b].01

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