The Hobhouse Papers, 1722-1755

Location: McKeldin Library
Call Number: Microfilm DA690.B818

Isaac Hobhouse and Co. The Hobhouse Papers 1722-1755: Letters and Other Papers of Isaac Hobhouse and Co., Bristol Merchants.
1 Reel.

Description

These papers consist primarily of letters written to the firm of Isaac Hobhouse and Company, a leading Bristol merchant house of the early elghteenth century.

There is a list of dates and places of origin of the letters at the beginning of the reel, followed by various business documents arranged chronologically. A bibliography appears at the end of the reel.

These records offer details about commodities purveyed, methods of payment and problems connected with trade between England and the west coast of Africa, West India and the southern plantation colonies of Virginia and South Carolina.