Shreve Correspondence

Items from Series II. Correspondence is composed of incoming and outgoing correspondence that is mostly concerned with shipping activities. Many of the earliest letters are between Shreve and Phineas Janney, and are related to Shreve's efforts to rectify his financial affairs in Alexandria, Virginia. The balance of the correspondence is almost entirely comprised of material from European and American merchants and agents regarding potential markets and the status of Shreve's finances. There are a number of letters from Gideon Tucker and Jonathan Goodhue (Shreve's brother-in-law) in this section. With the exception of a few widely scattered letters from Mary (Goodhue) Shreve (dated 1827 and 1830), there is little personal information available in the correspondence.