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040 _aDLC
_beng
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100 1 _aLatimer, John Richardson,
_d1793-1855.
245 0 0 _aJohn Richardson Latimer papers,
_f1679-1906
_g(bulk 1824-1833).
300 _a6,000
_fitems.
300 _a22
_fcontainers plus
_a15
_foversize.
300 _a10.8
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged in 2 parts.
351 _aPart I arranged in 8 series. Series 1: Correspondence, 1821-1834; Series 2: Account Books, 1815-1834; Series 3: Business Instruments, 1823-1850; Series 4: Insurance Records, 1828-1833; Series 5: Statistics, 1816-1833; Series 6: Special Files, 1822-1835; Series 7: Miscellany, 1826-1844: and Series 8: Oversize, 1815-1834.
351 _aPart II arranged in 2 series. Series 1: 1679-1906; and Series 2: Oversize, 1829-1939.
506 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, account books, orders, bills of lading, ledgers, daybooks, cashbooks, invoices, bills, receipts, and other business records, when Latimer resided in Canton (Guangzhou), China, and traded in opium and other commodities. Relates to trade between merchants of China, England, India, Pacific area, and the U.S. Documents business transactions with John Perkins Cushing, William Thomas De Silva, Hormuzjee Dorabjee, Nathan Dunn, Hugh Matheson, Matthew C. Ralston, F. Stanton, Elisha Tibbets, Solomon Townsend, Benjamin C. Wilcocks, and with the firms of Smith & Nicoll and Russell & Sturgis. Also includes papers relating to the Latimer family.
545 0 _aMerchant and business agent, trading in opium and other commodities while residing in Canton, China. Native of Wilmington, Del.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013101
600 1 0 _aCushing, John Perkins,
_d1787-1862.
600 1 0 _aDe Silva, William Thomas.
600 1 0 _aDorabjee, Hormuzjee.
600 1 0 _aDunn, Nathan,
_d1782-1844.
600 1 0 _aMatheson, Hugh.
600 1 0 _aRalston, Matthew C.
600 1 0 _aStanton, F.
600 1 0 _aTibbets, Elisha.
600 1 0 _aTownsend, Solomon.
600 1 0 _aWilcocks, Benjamin C.
600 3 0 _aLatimer family.
610 2 0 _aRussell & Sturgis.
610 2 0 _aSmith & Nicoll.
650 0 _aOpium trade
_zEast Asia.
651 0 _aChina
_xCommerce.
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xCommerce.
651 0 _aGuangzhou (China)
_xCommerce.
651 0 _aIndia
_xCommerce.
651 0 _aPacific Area
_xCommerce.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xCommerce
_xHistory
_y19th century.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xCommerce.
656 7 _aBusinessmen.
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656 7 _aMerchants.
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856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013101
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013101.3
999 _c39931
_d39931