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[Identification of item], in the Enoch Silsby papers #4590-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Purchased from Charles Apfelbaum of Valley Stream, N.Y., in October 1991.

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• Commission merchants--Massachusetts--History--19th century.
• Cotton trade--United States--History--19th century.
• Cotton--Prices--History--19th century.
• Liverpool (England)--Commerce--History--19th century.
• Silsby, Enoch.

Letters, 1810-1828, to Enoch Silsby, cotton factor of Boston, Mass., from cotton dealers chiefly in Liverpool, England, but also in Marseilles, France; New York; Germany; and other places where Silsby sold cotton. Letters relate to Silsby's business activities, buying cotton in Savannah and New Orleans, shipping it on his brig to Europe, and bringing back hay, mackeral, and other products. Included are printed prices current from Liverpool and other markets and a few bills for repairs to Silsby's brig.