Thomas Chalkley letter book
Scope and Contents
Letter book of Thomas Chalkley (1675-1741), Quaker minister and businessman. Primarily business correspondence, most copied by his assistant, it also includes some personal references and provides insight into early 18th century maritime trade, particularly the Quaker relationships involved in trade with the West Indies.
Dates
- Creation: 1720-02-14 - 1737-01-15
Creator
- Chalkley, Thomas, 1675-1741 (Person)
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The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Quaker minister and businessman, Thomas Chalkley was born in 1675 in London, England. A mariner by vocation, he traveled widely in the ministry in England, Scotland, and Wales as well as all the eastern colonies of America and West Indies. He purchased property in Philadelphia in 1700 and in later years resided in Frankfort outside the city. He owned his own ship, trading mainly with the West Indies. He died in 1741 in Tortola the the British West Indies. His Journal was widely read and broadly influential.
Extent
1 volumes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Letter book of Thomas Chalkley (1675-1741), Quaker minister and businessman. Primarily business correspondence, most copied by his assistant, it also includes some personal references and provides insight into early 18th century maritime trade, particularly the Quaker relationships involved in trade with the West Indies.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, FHL Acc. 2016.060
- Title
- Thomas Chalkley letter book
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Susanna Morikawa
- Date
- October 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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