1790, Newburyport, Brig Lively, orders to sail to the West Indies, D.Richards


1790, Newburyport, Brig Lively, orders to sail to the West Indies, D.Richards

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1790, Newburyport, Brig Lively, orders to sail to the West Indies, D.Richards:
$179.50


This item is a wonderful, original letter dated 1790, Newburyport, where Daniel Richards has signed the orders for sail to the Brig Lively, on a journey to the West Indies. Orders say that Richards is to sail to Martinico and dispose of the cargo, but if a higher price can be found on the way, then sell the cargo. He is then to see if molasses and sugar can be bought at a profitable price, if not then off ti Guadeloupe.....he then is hoist his Flag on the mast as his signal...signed by Daniel Richards agreeing to the terms of the letter. Letter is 8x14, folds, else in overall very good condition.

The Brigantine Lively was used several times by merchant Moses Brown of Newburyport from 1785-1791.. Ledger books show that the Lively made several trips to the West Indies for Brown.

Moses Brown was a prominent landowner, shipbuilder, and merchant from Newburyport, Massachusetts, who invested in the sugar, molasses, and rum trade during the late 18th and early 19th century. Brown was born on October 2, 1742 in Newbury, Mass., the youngest of thirteen children to Joseph, Jr. and Abigail Pearson Brown. He was apprenticed to a chaise maker when he was a boy. After his apprenticeship he moved to Newburyport to start his own chaise making and repair business. Using some of the earnings he made before the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, Brown invested in the importation of sugar and molasses from the West Indies. He profited considerably from this investment and, following the war, he devoted his full effort to this business by exporting lumber, meat, fish, and dry goods and importing sugar and molasses to distill rum. He expanded his holdings by purchasing ships and widespread real estate, especially wharves, warehouses, and distilleries along the Newburyport waterfront.

           By 1790 Brown was the second wealthiest man in Newburyport and would soon become its largest real estate holder. His fleet of ships sailed to the Carolinas, West Indies, and parts of northern Europe. He was a very active investor with several other prominent Newburyport merchants, especially William Bartlet, in such undertakings as the Newburyport Marine Insurance Company, the Merrimack Bank, Plum Island Company Turnpike, the Newburyport Woolen Manufactory, and the Andover Theological Institution. In 1791 he bought Tristram Dalton’s home at 94 State Street in Newburyport and lived there until his death on February 9, 1827.

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1790, Newburyport, Brig Lively, orders to sail to the West Indies, D.Richards:
$179.50

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