The collection contains numerous examples of documentation related to the textile trade between Manchester, South America and the West Indies. The documents contain daily communication between shippers in Liverpool and the company in Manchester and provides the following evidence; transport costs, prices for goods and commodities at various foreign ports, the well developed intellegence network of traders, financial transactions between producers and sellers.
Details
- Category:
- Archive
- Object Number:
- YA2013.25
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- type:
- document
- credit:
- Gift of Mr Beanstock
