Joshua Johnson's Letterbook, 1771-1774. Letters from a merchant in London to his partners in Maryland

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Author(s) Price, Jacob M (ed)
Publication type Monograph
Year published 1979
Pages 181pp
Publisher London Record Society
Place Published London

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Document transcriptions, etc

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Comprises an introductory essay [ppvii-xxviii] detailing Joshua Johnson, his partners and his business, and transcriptions of 158 letters, 1771-74, sent by Johnson to his partners in Maryland. Provide details of London merchants, trading methods, commodities, finance, etc. An appendix provides statistics of the Johnson business and the tobacco trade. Includes much about the tobacco trade. Also touches on the London merchants Wallace, Davidson & Johnson