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Letters Philadelphia, Pa., to Messrs. Storke & Gainsborough, London, Eng.?, 1736/37 Mar. 20-1737 May 20

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Open book Letters Philadelphia, Pa., to Messrs. Storke & Gainsborough, London, Eng.?, 1736/37 Mar. 20-1737 May 20

Title Letters Philadelphia, Pa., to Messrs. Storke & Gainsborough, London, Eng.?, 1736/37 Mar. 20-1737 May 20

Creator Lawrence, Thomas, 1689-1754

Date 1737

Place Atlantic Ocean, Maryland, Middle Atlantic States, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Language English

Subjects Commission merchants, Fur trade, Indian traders, Storke and Gainsborough (Firm)

Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Attributed to Thomas Lawrence by Ruth Lapham Butler.

Summary Contemporary copy of a Mar. 20, 1736/37, letter from Thomas Lawrence, Philadelphia commission merchant and mayor, to the London? firm of Storke and Gainsborough, regarding the status of and accounts for goods shipped by particular vessels and the deleterious effect of the Pennsylvania-Maryland boundary dispute on the Indian fur trade. The copy is followed by a May 20, 1737, note from Lawrence, forwarding the copy and discussing further shipments.

Extent 1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 33 cm

Format Correspondence, Manuscripts, Records

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 498

BibID 142397

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2451px × 3923px 27.54 MB

Filename 991423978805867_Ayer_MS_498_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11IBCH