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Box 4282.001

 Container

Contains 4 Collections and/or Records:

Letters from Edward Davison to Francis Leland, 1834 October 26-1835 May 3

 File — Box: 4282.001, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains sixteen letters from Edward Davison to his business partner Francis (Frank) Leland in Montevideo, Uruguay. The letters deal with their effort to build up an American commercial firm in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that dealt in various commodities including beef, crackers, flour, wool, rice, salt, lumber, and gunpowder. A number of letters relate to Davison Leland and Company’s attempt to pursue a contract that would allow them to trade in seal skins; a May 3, 1835, letter...
Dates: 1834 October 26-1835 May 3
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-4282, Edward Davison Letters on Early American Merchants in Buenos Aires

Letters from Edward Davison to Francis Leland, 1835 May 19-June 22

 File — Box: 4282.001, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains sixteen letters from Edward Davison to his business partner Francis (Frank) Leland in Montevideo, Uruguay. The letters deal with their effort to build up an American commercial firm in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that dealt in various commodities including beef, crackers, flour, wool, rice, salt, lumber, and gunpowder. A number of letters relate to Davison Leland and Company’s attempt to pursue a contract that would allow them to trade in seal skins; a May 3, 1835, letter...
Dates: 1835 May 19-June 22
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-4282, Edward Davison Letters on Early American Merchants in Buenos Aires

Letters from Edward Davison to Francis Leland, 1835 June 29-August 8

 File — Box: 4282.001, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains sixteen letters from Edward Davison to his business partner Francis (Frank) Leland in Montevideo, Uruguay. The letters deal with their effort to build up an American commercial firm in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that dealt in various commodities including beef, crackers, flour, wool, rice, salt, lumber, and gunpowder. A number of letters relate to Davison Leland and Company’s attempt to pursue a contract that would allow them to trade in seal skins; a May 3, 1835, letter...
Dates: 1835 June 29-August 8
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-4282, Edward Davison Letters on Early American Merchants in Buenos Aires

Letters from Edward Davison to Francis Leland, 1835 August 13-September 6

 File — Box: 4282.001, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains sixteen letters from Edward Davison to his business partner Francis (Frank) Leland in Montevideo, Uruguay. The letters deal with their effort to build up an American commercial firm in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that dealt in various commodities including beef, crackers, flour, wool, rice, salt, lumber, and gunpowder. A number of letters relate to Davison Leland and Company’s attempt to pursue a contract that would allow them to trade in seal skins; a May 3, 1835, letter...
Dates: 1835 August 13-September 6
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-4282, Edward Davison Letters on Early American Merchants in Buenos Aires