11-10-200111-10-2001
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2109Boston
November 10, 2001 10:00 AMCalender
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(COLONIAL AMERICA-GREENOUGH FAMILY) The Bound Collection of Business Correspondence

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$5,750$5,000
Auction: Sale #2109 - 2109Location: BostonDate / Time: November 10, 2001 10:00AM

Description:

(COLONIAL AMERICA-GREENOUGH FAMILY) The Bound Collection of Business Correspondence, Documents and Autograph Letters Signed, 1770-1795, volume II, personal and business diary with accounts and inventories of shipping and valuations circa 1774-90, also a valuation of an estate in Antigua naming slaves and giving their value in pounds, approximately 101 pieces, some interesting postal markings, with additional collateral material. Note: The Greenough's were a wealthy merchant family based in Wellfleet on Cape Cod. This folio contains many personal letters to family members as well as manifests and shipping correspondence, the majority in the 1770's.
Estimate $2,500-3,500

Keywords

Antigua, Cape Cod, Wellfleet