Stevens Brothers letter book on sugar commerce with Cuba

This nineteenth-century letter book provides a glimpse to the business correspondences of the New York City sugar brokerage firm of Stevens Brothers, including its relationship with Cuba. All the information is handwritten, with the majority of the book recording letter transcripts addressed to the firm's clients. The names of the company's clients, and their city locations (places in the United States and Cuba), are located in the first few pages of the book. This contact list provides the reader a reference to the individuals mentioned in the following pages. The rest of the book shows the letter transcripts, with the first letter dated on March 4, 1858, addressed to Goicouria Pedroso from Matanzas, Cuba. The letter is brief, and describes the firm's transition and their newly formed house of Stevens Brothers. Thus, the letter book begins with the company's transition and new establishment. The writer throughout the letters maintains a respectful and polite tone, in the hopes of creating good relations with clients and hence, potential business endeavors. There are approximately 697 letters recorded in this book.