1855 CROSKEY & CO. SCREW STEAM SHIPPING letter / circular Thatcher Sons Boston

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[GENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY,
CROSKEY & CO., MONTHLY FREIGHT CIRCULAR, 1855] CROSKEY & CO.’S MONTHLY FREIGHT CIRCULAR, 67, Gracechurch Street, London, August 1st, 1855, 8-1/2" x 11", 4 pages
, unstamped ship’s letter, three vertical and two horizontal folds for folding for mailing3 pages completely typeset,
page 1-2
the circular beginning “We have to advise a better feeling in out Freight Market, and an advance in chartered rates from India {followed by paragraphs on freight conditions, pricing for shipments of various goods, and related advise for Calcutta, Akyab [Sittwe, Myanmar], Bombay [“becoming a favorite port with Americans”], , China, Pacific [“Coal, at 60 shillings, in the only freight for San Francisco”], Australia, United States and West Indies, [British] Government Transport Service…
page 3
with heading American Ships in Tonnage and Destination (with last 3 words presumed from information in the columns as these words have been lost when the stamp on the other side/page 4 was cut out by a previous owner] for 4 columns headed Name [of ship], Tons, Master [owner or captain], Location?/Disposition? [missing and presumed from information in the column, e. g., Discharging, Entered out for Boston, Loading for Calcutta, Charted for Valparaiso and Chinchas, Loading for Hong Kong]…
page 4
address Magoun & Sons, Boston, and office note that the circular was received Aug. 20th and answered;
NOTES:
CROSKEY AND COMPANY:
In March 1854 the ship Indiana inaugurated a new service for the General Screw Steam Shipping Company, from Le Havre and Southampton to New York under the management of
Croskey and Company, agents for the American-owned Ocean Navigation Company
which was then operating a monthly service between New York, Southampton and Le Havre…The General Screw Steam Shipping Company was a British company established in 1848 by James Laming, who had for about 30 years owned sailing ships traveling between England and the Netherlands. (wikipedia);
Magoun & Son
, Boston, founded by
Thatcher Magoun
(1776-1856), a shipbuilder in Medford, MA; the firm shortly became a
highly successful mercantile firm operating out of Boston actively trading in ports throughout the world for much of the nineteenth century and having business relationships with major banking and import-export firms in Europe (online sources)
/// CONDITION:
2” x 2-1/2" loss to page 3/4
where previous owner cut out stamp, faint toning at parts of folds, overall well-preserved with small loss as noted.
keywords: 19th century business, business correspondence, London commerce, international commerce, Americana, Boston shipping merchant