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02 - The voyage of the ship Boston [Captain Bancroft] belonging to Perkins & Co, to Canton [Guangzhou]

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

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02 - The voyage of the ship Boston [Captain Bancroft] belonging to Perkins & Co, to Canton [Guangzhou]

The Boston left Boston, c1 Jun 1832, with a cargo for Hamburg. After discharging the cargo she went to London, where she loaded a cargo of cotton and woollen cloth, purchased by Barings. Russell & Co, of Canton [Guangzhou], managed the sales in that place, and reloaded the ship with tea. The documents include Perkins & Co’s indents for goods to be bought by Barings and the negotiations of the latter with Benjamin Gott & Sons of Leeds , Craft & Still of Manchester, Robert Collier of Witney, and other, for the provision of cotton cloth and woollen blankets; with some samples of the cloth.

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Reference Number: HC5/01/10b/02

Description: The Boston left Boston, c1 Jun 1832, with a cargo for Hamburg. After discharging the cargo she went to London, where she loaded a cargo of cotton and woollen cloth, purchased by Barings. Russell & Co, of Canton [Guangzhou], managed the sales in that place, and reloaded the ship with tea.The documents include Perkins & Co’s indents for goods to be bought by Barings and the negotiations of the latter with Benjamin Gott & Sons of Leeds , Craft & Still of Manchester, Robert Collier of Witney, and other, for the provision of cotton cloth and woollen blankets; with some samples of the cloth.

Date: 1832-1833

TBAL Reference: HC5.01.10[b].02

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