Henry Lloyd letter book
Item
Country
US
Name of institution (official language of the state)
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
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.
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System of arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically.
Access, restrictions
A digital copy of the volume is available for consultation on:
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Author of the description
Carla Vieira, 2022
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