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- catalog abstract "A 563-page journal ledger recording Pratt's daily financial activities from January 1, 1837 to September 30, 1845. The journal entries document his firm's large and active business, including the purchase and sale of cotton bales, shipping expenses, insurance payments to firms such as the Boston Insurance Company and Atlantic Insurance Company, and investments in speculative ventures, including the Boston and Maine Railroad.".
- catalog contributor b12319694.
- catalog coverage "Boston (Mass.)".
- catalog date "1837".
- catalog description "A 563-page journal ledger recording Pratt's daily financial activities from January 1, 1837 to September 30, 1845. The journal entries document his firm's large and active business, including the purchase and sale of cotton bales, shipping expenses, insurance payments to firms such as the Boston Insurance Company and Atlantic Insurance Company, and investments in speculative ventures, including the Boston and Maine Railroad.".
- catalog description "Boston, Massachusetts, cotton merchant known to be active during the 1830s and 1840s. Pratt purchased cotton in Southern port cities such as Savannah, New Orleans, Charleston, and Mobile. The bales were then shipped to Boston, where Pratt sold his product to the growing New England textile industry. Pratt also developed a thriving transatlantic business, exporting his cotton to directly to the British market via Liverpool.".
- catalog description "Collection finding aid available in repository.".
- catalog description "George Pratt Collection, Baker Library, Harvard Business School.".
- catalog extent "1 (1".
- catalog issued "1837".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog spatial "Boston (Mass.)".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts.".
- catalog subject "Baring Brothers & Co.".
- catalog subject "Cotton Marketing.".
- catalog subject "Cotton textile industry Massachusetts.".
- catalog subject "Cotton trade Massachusetts.".
- catalog subject "Denmark (Ship)".
- catalog subject "Export marketing Massachusetts.".
- catalog subject "Exports.".
- catalog subject "Harold (Ship)".
- catalog subject "Marine insurance.".
- catalog subject "Niagara (Ship)".
- catalog subject "Nonantum (Ship)".
- catalog subject "Pratt, George.".
- catalog subject "Pratt, James.".
- catalog subject "Pratt, John.".
- catalog subject "Shipping Massachusetts.".
- catalog subject "Sweden (Ship)".
- catalog title "Journal, 1837-1845 (inclusive).".
- catalog type "Account books. aat".
- catalog type "Journals (accounts). aat".
- catalog type "collection".