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P.A. Karthaus & Co. receipt book
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Accession: 2670
Abstract:
Peter Arnold Karthaus (1765-1840) established a mercantile business in Baltimore trading with Germany, Holland, France, and the Caribbean. The receipt book was kept by a member of P.A. Karthaus & Company at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and mostly deals with payments to individuals, pilots, and other laborers, engaged in Karthaus's arking business, typically wages, meals, boarding costs, and transportation back upstream.
Dates:
1827-1832
