Manuscript ledger book on blue paper, being a record of shipping trade between New York and Boston Merchants and Haiti, 250 pp recto and verso, oblong quarto (220 x 275 mm), n.p. [New York], June 10, 1859 to October 24, 1863. Contemporary half black morocco and marbled boards, maker's label of Nathan Lane & Co., New York, "Manufacturer of Blank Books." Wear to exterior, slightly loose, a few leaves removed. A detailed and extensive record of shipments between Haiti and the ports of New York and Boston during the time period just before and during the Civil War. Haiti was in a period of political struggles. General Fabre Geffrard, the self-style Duke of Tabara (which he was not), had recently overthrown the Emperor Faustin Soulouque following a failed invasion of the Dominican Republic. This ledger records the manifests of ships sailing to or from Haiti during that time period, with remarkably legible and precise listings.
Manuscript ledger book on blue paper, being a record of shipping trade between New York and Boston Merchants and Haiti, 250 pp recto and verso, oblong quarto (220 x 275 mm), n.p. [New York], June 10, 1859 to October 24, 1863. Contemporary half black morocco and marbled boards, maker's label of Nathan Lane & Co., New York, "Manufacturer of Blank Books." Wear to exterior, slightly loose, a few leaves removed. A detailed and extensive record of shipments between Haiti and the ports of New York and Boston during the time period just before and during the Civil War. Haiti was in a period of political struggles. General Fabre Geffrard, the self-style Duke of Tabara (which he was not), had recently overthrown the Emperor Faustin Soulouque following a failed invasion of the Dominican Republic. This ledger records the manifests of ships sailing to or from Haiti during that time period, with remarkably legible and precise listings.
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