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- Variations in title: Also known as Capt. Thomas Davis Account Book
- Source of title proper: Title is based on the contents of the collection
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Microfilmed 1988 (originally created 1771-1778) (Creation)
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- Davis, Thomas
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1 microfilm reel
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Captain Thomas Davis (1716-1801), fish merchant, was born in Salem, Massachusetts, the son of a fisherman. He became a small merchant in Beverly across the North River in the decades before the outbreak of the American Revolution. During the period covered by these account books, he owned three schooners that he employed in the offshore fisheries and the coastal trade to Virginia. On shore, he owned a flakeyard where hired men dried fish from his vessels.
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Collection consists of microfilm of account books for Davis's three offshore schooners and the flakeyard. The books also record the towns in which his customers and hands lived. There are notations for every voyage and the quantity of cod caught by each fishermen.
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Purchased from the Essex Institute in 1989.
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- English
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Original material held at the Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts.
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There are no restrictions on access to this material.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Copyright is held by the Essex Institute. The ledger may not be duplicated or quoted without written permission from the Essex Institute.
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MHA Finding Aid 20
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Created - May 7, 2013
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- English