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100 1  Gordon, Alexander, |d1715-1797.
245 10 Alexander and James Gordon financial papers, |fcirca 1760s-1780s.
300    0.42 |flinear feet (1 box)
351     |bCollection is arranged roughly in the order received.
506 0  This material is open for research.
545    Alexander Gordon (1715-1797) and James Gordon (1706?-1790) were brothers from Letterfourie, Scotland. They began trading Madeira wine in 1730.
520    Collection contains correspondence, bills of exchange, accounts, manuscript and printed forms completed in manuscript, and other papers relating to the business dealings of Alexander and James Gordon. Includes financial records for wine from Madeira; staves from Hamburg; wheat from New York; and stationery and linens from London.
561    Purchased from Bernard Quaritch on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection Fund, 2017.
546    In English.
524    Alexander and James Gordon Financial Papers. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
600 10 Gordon, Alexander, |d1715-1797.
600 10 Gordon, James, |d1706?-1790.
650  0 Linen industry |zGreat Britain |vEarly works to 1800.
650  0 Madeira wine |vEarly works to 1800.
650  0 Merchants |zGreat Britain |y18th century.
650  0 Selling |xWine |zGreat Britain |vEarly works to 1800.
650  0 Stationery trade |zGreat Britain |vEarly works to 1800.
650  0 Staves and stave trade |zGreat Britain |vEarly works to 1800.
650  0 Vintners |zGreat Britain |y18th century.
650  0 Wheat trade |zGreat Britain |vEarly works to 1800.
651  0 Germany |xCommerce |zGreat Britain |vEarly works to 1800.
651  0 Great Britain |xCommerce |zGermany |vEarly works to 1800.
651  0 Great Britain |xCommerce |zNew York (State) |vEarly works to 1800.
651  0 Great Britain |xCommerce |zPortugal |vEarly works to 1800.
651  0 New York (State) |xCommerce |zGreat Britain |vEarly works to 1800.
651  0 Portugal |xCommerce |zGreat Britain |vEarly works to 1800.
656  7 Merchants |zGreat Britain |y18th century. |2lcsh
656  7 Vintners |zGreat Britain |y18th century. |2lcsh
700 1  Gordon, James, |d1706?-1790.
852    Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT
902    Beinecke Library |bBEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >>  OSB MSS 268|DELIM|15906552
907    2021-07-27T12:53:36.000Z