Manuscript Business Plan for a Distillery in Nickerie, Suriname

An eleven-page manuscript journal (circa early 1800s) detailing a business plan for establishing a distillery along the Nickerie River in Suriname. The plan includes strategies for liquor sales, cloth trading, and navigating the social and economic landscape of Paramaribo and surrounding plantations. The anonymous author, self-identified as a "Yankee," provides insights into the demographics of Paramaribo, interactions with plantation owners, the use of enslaved labor, and the role of Jewish brokers in the region's commerce. The document was discovered within the archives of Moses Brown, a rum merchant from Newburyport, Massachusetts.

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Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 4, Folder 12