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Abraham Dubois papers
Abraham Dubois was a Philadelphia merchant trading with the West Indies in the latter half of the eighteenth century. Coffee and indigo were two of the main imports that Dubois purchased from such Caribbean locales as St. Nichola, St. Eustatius, and Port-de-Paix. Dubois died in 1807. The Abraham...
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| Collection: | Abraham Dubois Papers |
| Collection Number: | 1636 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | French |
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| Online Access: | Link to finding aid |
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0.2 Linear feet 1 box, 1 flat file |
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Abraham Dubois was a Philadelphia merchant trading with the West Indies in the latter half of the eighteenth century. Coffee and indigo were two of the main imports that Dubois purchased from such Caribbean locales as St. Nichola, St. Eustatius, and Port-de-Paix. Dubois died in 1807.
The Abraham Dubois papers, which consist of one box, one flat file, and span from 1792 to 1809, consist of incoming letters and financial and legal documents that document his trading activities in the West Indies. Some of the papers document the experiences of merchants sailing to the West Indies from Philadelphia. The papers touch on pirate raids, weather conditions, plantations in the Caribbean, and financial transactions. Most of the correspondence was sent by his agent Charles McAllister, who accompanied Dubois’s exports, and Thomas Flint, who represented Dubois land interests in Savannah, Georgia. |