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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.08938 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0002] 1744-1748 |
| Title | Timothy Golger to James Bowdoin about his whaling business and a trip to the Bahamas |
| Date | 25 August 1747 |
| Author | Folger, Timothy (fl. 1747) |
| Recipient | Bowdoin, James |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses how his whaling business is not doing so well and therefore is going to the Bahamas on a trading voyage in order to make money for a bond. Place writ obscured due to a patch. Possibly Nantucket, Massachusetts. |
| Subjects | Finance Maritime Commerce Merchants and Trade Whaling Caribbean |
| People | Bowdoin, James (1676-1747) Folger, Timothy (fl. 1747) |
| Theme | Naval & Maritime; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |