| | Periodicals and Newspapers | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Annual report of the Boston Chamber of Commerce
| | | | Creator: | Boston Chamber of Commerce | | | | Publication: | Boston,1886-1908. | | | | Notes: | Absorbed the Boston Merchants Association in 1909. The reports of the combined organization are issued under title Report (cover-title: Annual report). | | | | Call #: | F5ZMC B749 | | | | Extent: | | | | | Subjects: | Boston (Mass.) -- Commerce
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 7 | Title: | The house of Hancock: business in Boston, 1724-1775
| | | | Creator: | Baxter, William T. (William Threipland), 1906- | | | | Publication: | Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass,1945. | | | | Notes: | Bibliographical foot-notes. | | | | Call #: | HF3163 B6B35 | | | | Extent: | xxvii, 321 p. incl. illus. (incl. facsims.) tables, diagrs. front., pl., ports., plan. 22 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Hancock, Thomas, -- 1703-1764 | Hancock, John, -- 1737-1793 | Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | Boston (Mass.) -- Commerce
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 8 | Title: | May Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | May Family | | | | Dates: | 1752-1917 | | | | Abstract: | John May (1748-1812) and his son, Henry Knox May, (1780-1865) were merchants and shippers in Boston, Massachusetts, and proprietors of the Union Wharf (May's Wharf). John May was also a member and agent of the Ohio Company of Associates. His grandson, Edward Tuckerman May was an agent at the Boston Customs House. The collection consists of correspondence, financial accounts, receipts, speeches, estate papers, and other papers of John, Henry K., and Edward T. May, concerning John's land speculations, his work as land agent for the Ohio Company of Associates, his service with the Boston Militia in the Revolutionary War, and his business activities as wharfinger of Union Wharf (Boston); Henry's activities as agent for New England merchants in Alexandria, Va., and as merchant, shipmaster and wharfinger of Union Wharf (Boston); and Edward's work as Boston Custom House agent. | | | | Call #: | MS 0401 | | | | Extent: | 6.00 linear feet (15 containers) | | | | Subjects: | May family. | Alexandria Canal Company. | Union Wharf (Boston, Mass.) | Customs administration -- Massachusetts -- Boston. | Real property -- New England. | Real property -- Ohio. | Merchants -- Massachusetts -- Boston. | Shipping -- Massachusetts -- Boston. | Wharves -- Massachusetts -- Boston. | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. | Boston (Mass.) -- Commerce. | Alexandria (Va.) -- Commerce.
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