Amory family papers, 1697-1882. 

 - 650  items. 5  containers. 1.8  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, letterbooks, wills, a petition, financial material, printed material, and other papers of the Amory family.  Papers of Thomas Amory (1682-1728) chronicle his years in transatlantic trade, the early history of trade in the Americas, and the status of the Amory estate.  Papers of Thomas Amory (1762-1823) consist primarily of a business letterbook, 1798-1799, and of commercial correspondence, 1802-1804, relating chiefly to Amory family commercial activities in importing, shipbuilding, and distilling.  Correspondents include Rebekah Holmes Amory, Rufus Greene Amory, Jonathan Belcher, Samuel Eliot, Alan Mullin, Nicholas Oursel, Samuel Penhallow, Ann Ramsey, James Ramsey, the Holmes family, and the firms of Jonathan & John Amory and Amory's & Taylor. 
<br/><br/><br/>Members of the Amory (Emery) family, a merchant trading and shipping family of Ireland, South Carolina, and Boston, Mass.  Chiefly the papers of Thomas Amory (1682-1728), and his grandson Thomas Amory (1762-1823). 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English and Portuguese. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009224 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 81010884  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Amory, Rebekah Holmes, 1700-1770 --Correspondence.<br/>Amory, Rufus Greene, 1760-1833 --Correspondence.<br/>Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757 --Correspondence.<br/>Eliot, Samuel, active 1770 --Correspondence.<br/>Mullin, Alan--Correspondence.<br/>Oursel, Nicholas--Correspondence.<br/>Penhallow, Samuel, 1665-1726 --Correspondence.<br/>Ramsey, Ann--Correspondence.<br/>Ramsey, James, active 1720 --Correspondence.<br/>Emery family.<br/>Holmes family.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Amory's & Taylor--Correspondence.<br/>Jonathan & John Amory (Firm)--Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Commerce--History--18th century.<br/>Commerce--History--19th century.<br/>Distilling industries.<br/>Imports.<br/>International trade.<br/>Merchants--Ireland.<br/>Merchants--Massachusetts--Boston.<br/>Merchants--South Carolina.<br/>Shipbuilding.