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- catalog abstract "The material includes one log book, four account books, and miscellaneous letters and invoices. Ephraim Emerton was a shipping merchant of Salem, Mass., who traded primarily with Madagascar. James Emerton was captain and supercargo. The account books were kept by the latter, and include records of disbursements, sales of cargo, and purchases of return cargo at Majunga, Mozambique, and other places. The merchants were shipping hams, mackerel, cotton goods--especially sheeting, muskets, powder, rum, swords, epaulets, "rich fringe," lace, and looking glasses. The supercargo was buying for return cargoes tortoise shell, ivory, ebony, gum copal, gum arabic, raffia, pepper, horn, and hides.".
- catalog contributor b754050.
- catalog coverage "Africa.".
- catalog coverage "Madagascar Commerce.".
- catalog coverage "Mozambique Commerce.".
- catalog coverage "Salem (Mass.) Commerce.".
- catalog date "1816".
- catalog description "Ephraim Emerton Collection. Baker Library, Harvard Business School.".
- catalog description "Gift of Ephraim Emerton, 1931.".
- catalog description "The material includes one log book, four account books, and miscellaneous letters and invoices. Ephraim Emerton was a shipping merchant of Salem, Mass., who traded primarily with Madagascar. James Emerton was captain and supercargo. The account books were kept by the latter, and include records of disbursements, sales of cargo, and purchases of return cargo at Majunga, Mozambique, and other places. The merchants were shipping hams, mackerel, cotton goods--especially sheeting, muskets, powder, rum, swords, epaulets, "rich fringe," lace, and looking glasses. The supercargo was buying for return cargoes tortoise shell, ivory, ebony, gum copal, gum arabic, raffia, pepper, horn, and hides.".
- catalog description "Unpublished finding aid in repository.".
- catalog extent ".5 linear ft.".
- catalog issued "1816".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog provenance "Gift of Ephraim Emerton, 1931.".
- catalog spatial "Africa.".
- catalog spatial "Madagascar Commerce.".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts.".
- catalog spatial "Mozambique Commerce.".
- catalog spatial "Salem (Mass.) Commerce.".
- catalog subject "Emerton, Ephraim, 1791-1877.".
- catalog subject "Emerton, James, 1789-1835.".
- catalog subject "Shipping Massachusetts.".
- catalog title "Business records, 1816-1835 (inclusive).".
- catalog type "Account books. ftamc".
- catalog type "Letters. ftamc".
- catalog type "Logbooks. ftamc".