Letters from William Tudor to his family,

Five letters written from St. Pierre, Martinique, include updates on Tudor’s attempts to secure exclusive commercial rights to import ice to the island, as well as his ideas for storing ice and methods of storing cargo onboard a ship.

Letters from William Tudor to his brother, Frederic Tudor,

Three letters written while Tudor was in the West Indies attempting to gain exclusive rights to import ice.

Petitions to European government authorities related to ice importing,

Three letters and one petition lobbying the English and French governments for exclusive rights to import ice to the West Indies, Jamaica, and Guadeloupe.