Brown, Moses Papers
Collection Number: D-097
Records relating to Brown's involvement in the rum industry in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Included are account statements, invoices, correspondence, and distillery house orders. Moses Brown (October 2, 1742-February 9, 1827), prominent merchant and citizen of Newburyport, Massachusetts, developed a large foreign and domestic trade, especially in sugar, molasses and distilled rum.
Finding Aid
Finding Aid on the Online Archive of CaliforniaInclusive Dates
1777-1815.
Extent
0.8 linear feet