Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Navy Agent and Hemp Merchant Papers contains correspondence, reports, and legal and financial papers reflecting Browne's tenure as Boston Navy Agent and Navy Pension Agent, and his interest in the growth and sale of hemp to the United States Navy. The correspondence includes purchase and transport orders for Navy goods and machinery, pension requests and news of the Springfield, Illinois, hemp farm. Also included are letters and memorials regarding...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Navy Agent and Hemp Merchant Papers contains correspondence, reports, and legal and financial papers reflecting Browne's tenure as Boston Navy Agent and Navy Pension Agent, and his interest in the growth and sale of hemp to the United States Navy. The correspondence includes purchase and transport orders for Navy goods and machinery, pension requests and news of the Springfield, Illinois, hemp farm. Also included are letters and memorials regarding...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Navy Agent and Hemp Merchant Papers contains correspondence, reports, and legal and financial papers reflecting Browne's tenure as Boston Navy Agent and Navy Pension Agent, and his interest in the growth and sale of hemp to the United States Navy. The correspondence includes purchase and transport orders for Navy goods and machinery, pension requests and news of the Springfield, Illinois, hemp farm. Also included are letters and memorials regarding...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Navy Agent and Hemp Merchant Papers contains correspondence, reports, and legal and financial papers reflecting Browne's tenure as Boston Navy Agent and Navy Pension Agent, and his interest in the growth and sale of hemp to the United States Navy. The correspondence includes purchase and transport orders for Navy goods and machinery, pension requests and news of the Springfield, Illinois, hemp farm. Also included are letters and memorials regarding...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Navy Agent and Hemp Merchant Papers contains correspondence, reports, and legal and financial papers reflecting Browne's tenure as Boston Navy Agent and Navy Pension Agent, and his interest in the growth and sale of hemp to the United States Navy. The correspondence includes purchase and transport orders for Navy goods and machinery, pension requests and news of the Springfield, Illinois, hemp farm. Also included are letters and memorials regarding...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Navy Agent and Hemp Merchant Papers contains correspondence, reports, and legal and financial papers reflecting Browne's tenure as Boston Navy Agent and Navy Pension Agent, and his interest in the growth and sale of hemp to the United States Navy. The correspondence includes purchase and transport orders for Navy goods and machinery, pension requests and news of the Springfield, Illinois, hemp farm. Also included are letters and memorials regarding...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Appraiser and Mining Papers documents Browne's activities on the west coast of the United States from 1848 to 1855. The correspondence contains descriptions of cargo appraisal difficulties, smuggling, questions regarding use of the San Francisco storehouse and refunds of erroneously collected duties. Also included are letters documenting Browne's interest in the purchase and operation of the Western and Merced Mining Companies (both near San...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Appraiser and Mining Papers documents Browne's activities on the west coast of the United States from 1848 to 1855. The correspondence contains descriptions of cargo appraisal difficulties, smuggling, questions regarding use of the San Francisco storehouse and refunds of erroneously collected duties. Also included are letters documenting Browne's interest in the purchase and operation of the Western and Merced Mining Companies (both near San...