James Dick and Stewart Company Collection

MSA SC 4774
Dates	1773-1781
Medium	photocopies
Restrictions	These photocopies may be circulated. Contact Special Collections Library at Duke University regarding publications or reproductions.
Storage	02/44/11/05
Description
Photocopies from a Letterbook, James Dick and Stewart Company, 1773-1781. 3 folders. Letter book of a mercantile firm trading in agricultural products and manufactured goods with England, Spain, Portugal, the Madeira Islands, and the West Indies. The correspondence is primarily business, giving detailed marketing information on the goods in which the firm dealt and discussing economic conditions before and during the Revolution. The letters reflect the coming of the Revolution, particularly in the description of the burning of a company ship, the Peggy Stewart, and its cargo of tea in 1774 and in the opposing loyalist and patriot sympathies of the two partners.
History
Original letterbook held by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University.