William Appleton and Company ledger

Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: Col-1029

Content Description

Ledger of Boston shipping merchants William Appleton and Company detailing transactions that took place between 1836 and 1842. Accounts include tea speculation, shipments of goods to New Orleans, Louisiana, and Liverpool Packet Co. shipments to Havana, Cuba. Following the ledger entries, the ledger was used for children's drawings of American Civil War battle maps, as well as used as a scrapbook containing various maps of the United States and material related to American territories.

Dates

Creation: 1836-1842

Creator

William Appleton and Company (Boston, Mass.) (Creator, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection open for research.

Biographical / Historical

William Appleton and Company was founded by William Appleton (1786–1862), a Boston, Massachusetts merchant. Between 1826 and 1841, Appleton ran a counting house. In 1841, in partnership with his son James Amory Appleton and Samuel Hooper, founded the merchant shipping firm of William Appleton and Company. The company shipped goods thoughout the world, including California, China, Brazil, and England. William Appleton and Company also had partnerships with shipping firms out of Canton, India, and Manila.

Full Extent

1 Volumes ; 8.75 x 1.75 x 13.75 in.

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

License: This record is made available under an Universal 1.0 Public Domain Dedication Creative Commons license.

Additional Description

Related Materials

The William Appleton and Company records, MSS 766, are located at Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School, Harvard University.