On eBay Now...1824 SANTO DOMINGO Trade Letter to Capt Thomas Hale Newbury MA - HOLMES HOLE, MA For Sale
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1824 SANTO DOMINGO Trade Letter to Capt Thomas Hale Newbury MA - HOLMES HOLE, MA:
$2000.00
1824 SANTO DOMINGO Trade Letter to Capt Thomas Hale Newbury MA – HOLMES HOLE, MA.Winning buyer will receive:
- Original 1824 folded ship letter in excellent condition with normal aging
- Facsimile copies of cover and letter transcript for easier reading
- Printed 2-page narrative from Doc Johnson Stamps
- All items in a suitable presentation folder for safekeeping
Shipment Summary
Return Cargo: 2,000 cattle hides valued at $9½ per hundred.
Vessel: The Despatch.
Financials: Duties of approximately 150 cents per hundred; outstanding payments for hats to be remitted upon settlement.
Sales: Hats and apples sold, though the hat market was reported as “very dull.”
Santo Domingo to Holmes Hole
“Ship 14½” Rate
Holmes Hole to Newbury
Captain Thomas Hale (1773–1836)
Roles: Described as a hatter, town treasurer, justice of the peace, and merchant engaged in shipping.
Legacy: His children (Thomas, Josiah, and Joshua) continued in maritime commerce as shipping merchants and shipmasters.
Archives: The Phillips Library of the Peabody Essex Museum preserves the extensive collection of Hale Family Papers.
Background: Born in 1773 in Newbury, Mass. Married Alice Little (1775–1819) and later her sister Mary (1786–1871).
Historical Significance