Records of Whitney, Cushing & Company
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-168
Abstract
The collection consists of seven business record books. Included are one volume containing invoices of cargo shipped and accounts of cargo sold, and several cash and sales journals recording cash paid and received during this period.
Dates
- Creation: 1870 - 1897
Language of Materials
English Latin
Restrictions on Access
Available for use in the Manuscripts Division.
Restrictions on Use
Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts Division.
History of Whitney, Cushing & Company (Boston, Mass.)
Whitney, Cushing & Company was a Boston shipping firm headed by James E. Whitney and Lawrence B. Cushing. By the 1880s the partnership had ended and Whitney continued in business on his own. The record book indicates the firm carried on a large and active trade between Boston and Culcutta, India.
Extent
7 volume(s)
- Title
- Records of Whitney, Cushing & Company (Coll. 168)
- Subtitle
- An Inventory of Records at the G.W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
G. W. Blunt White Library
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
112 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic CT 06355 United States
860.572.5367
collections@mysticseaport.org
G. W. Blunt White Library
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
112 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic CT 06355 United States
860.572.5367
collections@mysticseaport.org