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Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Charles Apthorp correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT box-Ayer-MS-27
Abstract

Letters to London merchant John Thomlinson, mainly related to the financial arrangements, sale, and shipment of merchandise to Boston. Apthorp was born in England in 1698 and educated at Eton College. He was later appointed by the English government as paymaster and commissary of the land and naval forces quartered in Boston. Apthorp also became one of the most distinguished merchants in Boston during the 1730's until his death in 1758.

Dates: 1738-1751; Majority of material found within 1738 - 1739