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Lovett, John, 1743-1792 [Lovett family account book] [incomplete]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.006.05 Author/Creator: Lovett, John, 1743-1792 Place Written: Beverly, Massachusetts Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 1775 Pagination: 30 p. ; 32 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Details the Lovett family accounts. Most are lists of sundry goods brought to Lovett by ship and their costs. Mentions the names of many ships, their sailing dates, and their captains. The dates run backwards with the earliest at the end of the book. The pages of the first half of the ledger book have been cut out. A few other pages are fragments. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. Dated April 28, 1775 - 21 September 1775.

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

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