Henry Lloyd letter book

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Country: US
Name of institution (official language of the state): Baker Library, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
Language of name of institution: eng
Contact information: postal address: Soldiers Field, Boston, MA 02163
Contact information: phone number: 001 1617 495 6040
Contact information: web address: https://www.library.hbs.edu/
Contact information: email: infoservices@hbs.edu (general); specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu (special collections)
Reference number: Mss:766 1765-1767 L793
Type of reference number: Call number
Title (official language of the state): Henry Lloyd letter book
Language of title: eng
Creator / accumulator: Henry Lloyd
Date(s): 1765/1767
Language(s): eng
Extent: 1 volume
Type of material: Textual Material
Scope and content: This collection comprises one volume of correspondence of the Boston merchant Henry Lloyd relating to his business ventures and trade in the West Indies and England, dating from 1765 to 1767. Lloyd maintained correspondence with the Portuguese Jewish merchant Aaron Lopez since the 1750s, that is to say, shortly after Lopez arrived in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1752. Thus, this volume contains copies of several letters exchanged with Lopez and other Sephardic merchants, such as Lopez's father-in-law Jacob Rodriguez Rivera and Isaac da Costa from Charleston, South Carolina.
Archival history: This letter book was purchased by the Baker Library. Initially, it was incorporated into an artificial collection of records of Boston merchants engaged in foreign trade. The volume was removed from that collection in December 2020.
Administrative / Biographical history: Henry Lloyd (1709-1795) was a merchant in Boston who engaged in consignment sales and shipping ventures to Canada, the West Indies, England, and Europe. Lloyd marketed or traded such goods as whalebones, mahogany, lumber, fish, potash, and coffee. After the outbreak of the American Revolution, Henry Lloyd moved to Halifax in 1776. He eventually relocated to London, where he died in 1795.; (source: Harvard Library online catalogue)
Access points: locations: Boston, Massachusetts (USA); Charleston, South Carolina (USA); Newport, Rhode Island (USA)
Access points: persons, families: Costa, Isaac da; Lopez, Aaron (Duarte Lopes); Rodriguez Rivera, Jacob
Access points: subject terms: Sephardim in North America; Shipping; Trade and commerce; Whaling; 18th century
Access points: document types: Commercial correspondence
System of arrangement: The volume is arranged chronologically.
Access, restrictions: A digital copy of the volume is available for consultation on:; Baker Library website
Links to finding aids: Baker Library online catalogue
Author of the description: Carla Vieira, 2022

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