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Joseph Barrell letterbook [textual record (microform)]

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Item

Date:

1792-1797.

Reference:

R13205-0-6-E, Microfilm reel number: M-9649

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3960737

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Joseph Barrell letterbook
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Date(s):

1792-1797.

Place of creation:

Massachusetts

Extent:

1 microfilm reel.

Language of material:

English

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Item consists of a letterbook containing outgoing letters of Boston, Massachusetts merchant and ship owner Joseph Barrell, 1791-1797. Most of the letters discuss financial debts, land purchases, the construction of his house (designed by Charles Bulfinch), and the death of friends, among other topics. Barrell was co-owner of the Ship Columbia, the first to circumnavigate the globe. He describes waiting for the ship to return from its second voyage, 1793; and requests creditors to wait for their payments.

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Barrell, Joseph, 1740-1804

Biography/Administrative history:

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Barrell, Joseph, 1740-1804 : Boston marchant and ship owner.

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General note:

Microfilming of the documents was done in 2005, thanks to financial assistance provided by the Cultural Affairs office of the United States Embassy to Canada.

Location of originals note:

Originals are kept by the Massachusetts Historical Society, call number P-005.

Related material:

See also Voyages of the ship Columbia Rediviva (R13212).

Source:

Private

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2009-00732-8
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Microfilm reel [R13205] M-9649

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