Geography: Sitka

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Letter from Elbridge Gerry Kimball to Baring Brothers & Co. regarding the sale of the Bark Angola to the Russian-American Company, October 17, 1848 Letter from Elbridge Gerry Kimball to Baring Brothers & Co. regarding the sale of the Bark Angola to the Russian-American Company, October 17, 1848

One-page letter written by Elbridge Gerry Kimball on October 17, 1848, to Baring Brothers & Co. in London. Kimball details the payment he received from the Russian-American Company for the sale of his ship, the Bark Angola, in Sitka, Alaska. The letter highlights the sale of the ship and the financial transaction involving 20,000 Spanish Dollars.