Subseries D. Merchant House Correspondence also discusses ships' progress, prices current, and advice for the sale and purchase of cargo. Also in the merchant house correspondence are a few letters addressed to members of Stone Silsbee and Pickman.

Subseries E. American Business Correspondence reveals the transition of Stone Silsbee and Pickman, from a shipping company to Silsbee Pickman and Allen, an investment firm. Early correspondence with merchants concerns ships' activities, insurance, importation and sale of cargoes, and George H. Allen's ventures in the cigar business. Correspondence after 1870 increasingly concerns investments by firm members.

Subseries E. American Business Correspondence reveals the transition of Stone Silsbee and Pickman, from a shipping company to Silsbee Pickman and Allen, an investment firm. Early correspondence with merchants concerns ships' activities, insurance, importation and sale of cargoes, and George H. Allen's ventures in the cigar business. Correspondence after 1870 increasingly concerns investments by firm members.

Subseries E. American Business Correspondence reveals the transition of Stone Silsbee and Pickman, from a shipping company to Silsbee Pickman and Allen, an investment firm. Early correspondence with merchants concerns ships' activities, insurance, importation and sale of cargoes, and George H. Allen's ventures in the cigar business. Correspondence after 1870 increasingly concerns investments by firm members.

Subseries E. American Business Correspondence reveals the transition of Stone Silsbee and Pickman, from a shipping company to Silsbee Pickman and Allen, an investment firm. Early correspondence with merchants concerns ships' activities, insurance, importation and sale of cargoes, and George H. Allen's ventures in the cigar business. Correspondence after 1870 increasingly concerns investments by firm members.

Subseries E. American Business Correspondence reveals the transition of Stone Silsbee and Pickman, from a shipping company to Silsbee Pickman and Allen, an investment firm. Early correspondence with merchants concerns ships' activities, insurance, importation and sale of cargoes, and George H. Allen's ventures in the cigar business. Correspondence after 1870 increasingly concerns investments by firm members.

Subseries E. American Business Correspondence reveals the transition of Stone Silsbee and Pickman, from a shipping company to Silsbee Pickman and Allen, an investment firm. Early correspondence with merchants concerns ships' activities, insurance, importation and sale of cargoes, and George H. Allen's ventures in the cigar business. Correspondence after 1870 increasingly concerns investments by firm members.

Subseries E. American Business Correspondence reveals the transition of Stone Silsbee and Pickman, from a shipping company to Silsbee Pickman and Allen, an investment firm. Early correspondence with merchants concerns ships' activities, insurance, importation and sale of cargoes, and George H. Allen's ventures in the cigar business. Correspondence after 1870 increasingly concerns investments by firm members.

Subseries F. Miscellaneous Business Correspondence covers the years 1855 to 1903.

Subseries F. Miscellaneous Business Correspondence covers the years 1855 to 1903.