Hancock family papers, 1664-1854 (inclusive), Volume JH-6, John Hancock letterbook (business), 1762-1783
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The Hancock family of Boston included wealthy colonial merchant Thomas Hancock (1703-1764) and his nephew John Hancock (1737-1793), president of the Second Continental Congress, governor of Massachusetts, and signer of the Declaration of Independence. This collection, dated 1664-1854, contains business and personal correspondence, financial records, and legal papers of Thomas Hancock, John Hancock, and other relatives and associates, including Ebenezer Hancock (1741-1819; Harvard AB 1760), his sons John Hancock (1774-1859) and Thomas Hancock, bookseller Daniel Henchman (1689-1761), and merchant and slave trader Peter Faneuil (1700-1743).Hancock Family Papers. Baker Library, Harvard Business School.Volume JH-6 John Hancock letterbook (business), 1762-1783, is also available in an electronic version.Volume L-1, Ship Rebecca logbook, kept by James Scott, 1755-1757, is also available in an electronic version.Volume TG-1, Thomas Goadsby copybook, 1787-1788, is also available in an electronic version.are available on microfilm (1 reel, 35mm.) for use in the Special Collections Reading Room, Baker Library. Order no. 64-4556.are available on microfilm (1 reel, 35mm.) for use in the Special Collections Reading Room, Baker Library. Order no. 65-1446.are available on microfilm (1 reel, 35mm.) for use in the Special Collections Reading Room, Baker Library. Order no. 68-6820.is available on microfilm (1 reel, 35mm.) for use in the Special Collections Reading Room, Baker Library. Order no. 70-9247.is available on microfilm (1 reel, 35mm.) for use in the Special Collections Reading Room, Baker Library. Order no.73-7422.is available on microfilm (1 reel, 35mm.) for use in the Special Collections Reading Room, Baker Library. Order no.74-2648.Influential Boston family that included wealthy...
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Account Books.Bills Of Sale.Correspondence.Daybooks.Deeds.Invoices.Ledgers (Account Books).Legal Instruments.Letter Books.Negotiable Instruments.Ships' Papers.Shipping Records.
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- Acadians
- Adams, John, 1735 1826
- Adams, Samuel, 1722 1803
- African Americans
- Amherst, Jeffery Amherst Baron, 1717 1797
- Apthorp, Charles, 1698 1758
- Atkins, Henry
- Bastide, John Henry, Approximately 1700 1770
- Belcher, Jonathan, 1682 1757
- Blanchard & Hancock
- Book Industries And Trade
- Booksellers And Bookselling
- Boston Packet (Ship)
- Brandrams, Templeman & Co
- Bulkeley, Peter
- Businesswomen
- Causes
- Clark, William, 1670 1742
- Coastwise Shipping
- Commerce
- Commission Merchants
- Cotton Trade
- Decedents' Estates
- Deming, Hannah, Active 18th Century
- E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company
- Economic Conditions
- Embargo, 1807 1809
- Employment
- Erving, John, 1690 1787
- Export Marketing
- Faneuil, Peter, 1700 1743
- First Coalition, War Of The, 1792 1797
- Fish Trade
- Free African Americans
- Gardiner, John, Jr
- Gardiner, Silvester, 1708 1786
- Gerrish, Benjamin, 1717 1772
- Goadsby, Thomas
- Government
- Great Britain. Army
- Gross, Simon
- Gunpowder Industry
- Hancock Family
- Hancock, Ebenezer, 1741 1819
- Hancock, Elizabeth
- Hancock, John, 1737 1793
- Hancock, John, 1774 1859
- Hancock, Thomas, 1703 1764
- Harrison & Ansley
- Hastings, Jonathan, 1709 1783
- Hayley & Hopkins
- Hayley (Ship)
- Hayley, George, 1781
- Henchman, Daniel, 1689 1761
- History
- Holmes, Prince, Active 1740 1760
- Hopson, Peregrine Thomas, 1696 1759
- Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711 1780
- Imports
- Indians Of North America
- James & Jacob Otis
- John & Thomas Hancock
- Kilby, Christopher, 1705 1771
- Knowles, Charles Sir, 1704? 1777
- Lawrence, Charles, 1709 1760
- Longman, Thomas, 1699 1755
- Longman, Thomas, 1731 1797
- Lydia (Brig)
- Marine Insurance
- Matchett, John
- Mein, John
- Merchants
- Military Supplies
- Otis, James, 1725 1783
- Participation, African American
- Pay, Allowances, Etc
- Pico, Joshua, 1732 1807
- Politics And Government
- Potash Industry And Trade
- Privateering
- Quick, Alice, Approximately 1687 1761
- Rebecca (Ship)
- Recruiting, Enlistment, Etc
- Retail Trade
- Rowe, John, 1715 1787
- Scott, James
- Second Coalition, War Of The, 1798 1801
- Self Employed Women
- Sewall, Samuel, 1689 1757
- Shipbuilding
- Shipping
- Shirley, William, 1694 1771
- Slave Bills Of Sale
- Slave Labor
- Slave Trade
- Slave Traders
- Slaver
- Slavery
- Slaves
- Smuggling
- Social Conditions
- Storer, Ebenezer, 1730 1807
- Supplies And Stores
- Tariff
- Tea Trade
- Textile Industry
- Tobacco Industry
- Tolman & Fayerweather
- Tonge, Winckworth, 1727 Or 1728 1792
- Tyler, William, 1688 1758
- United States
- United States. Continental Army
- United States. Continental Army Rhode Island Regiment, 1st
- United States. Continental Congress
- Wars
- Wendell, Jacob, 1691 1761
- Whale Oil
- Whaling
- Wharves
- Wholesale Trade
- Winslow, Joshua, 1726 1801
- Women