Letter from Isaac Cohen to Moses Brown Regarding the Rice and Cotton Trade, Savannah, Georgia, November 8, 1815

This two-page letter, dated November 8, 1815, from Isaac Cohen in Savannah, Georgia, to Moses Brown in Newburyport, Massachusetts, discusses the rice and cotton trade. It includes an unlisted broadside announcing Cohen's entry into the commission business on October 27, 1815, and lists prices for rum, sugar, molasses, and treasury notes. The letter is signed "Isaac Cohen & Co." and bears a 37 1/2 cent war-rate stamp on the envelope.

Associated People/Businesses

• Brown, Moses, 1738-1836
• Isaac Cohen & Co.
• COHEN, ISAAC

Geography

• Savannah
• Newburyport
• Massachusetts

Subjects

• Cotton trade
• Rice trade
• Commerce
• Slavery
• Jewish merchants

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 2