Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Letters Of Joseph Clay, Merchant Of Savannah, 1776-1793, And A List Of Ships And Vessels Entered At The Port Of Savannah, For May 1765, 1766 And 1767

Letters Of Joseph Clay, Merchant Of Savannah, 1776-1793, And A List Of Ships And Vessels Entered At The Port Of Savannah, For May 1765, 1766 And 1767

Clay, Joseph

Paperback

Biographies GeneralCivil War Period (1850-1877)General World History

ISBN10: 9354483283
ISBN13: 9789354483288
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 15 2021
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A merchant's desk in Savannah, 1776: ships crowd the river, war shadows the coast, and a meticulous trader records it all in ink. Every letter here still breathes. In the Letters of Joseph Clay, Merchant of Savannah, 1776-1793, commerce, family life, and patriot politics meet on the page, revealing 18th century Savannah at the crossroads of colonial Georgia history and the American Revolution. Clay's revolutionary war letters are preserved here as primary source correspondence, tracing the daily realities of American revolutionary war trade: credit and risk, scarcity and blockade, loyalty and suspicion. Alongside them, the detailed Savannah port shipping records for May 1765, 1766, and 1767 open a rare window onto early American maritime trade and colonial Georgia commerce, noting the ships and vessels that shaped an Atlantic world. Carefully compiled as a historical record, this historical document collection now serves as both a genealogical research resource and a valuable historians reference edition for anyone studying American revolution primary sources or the mercantile networks of the South. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Ideal for readers fascinated by original documents and for classic-literature collectors who appreciate authentic voices, this enduring volume keeps the world of colonial Savannah within easy reach.

Also in

Biographies General

View All