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Brown Brothers & Company records, 1825-1889, 1830s-1870s

Title: Brown Brothers & Company records 1825-1889 1830s-1870s

Alexander Brown (1764-1834) emigrated from Ireland to Baltimore in 1800 and opened a dry goods business with which his four sons became associated. One son, John (1788-1872), opened a branch in Philadelphia in 1818 and expanded the business to include foreign exchange transactions. Another son, James (1791-1877) established Brown Brothers & Co. in New York City in 1825 and eventually absorbed the other branches. In addition, Brown Brothers & Co. was associated with the English firm of Brown, Shipley & Co. which was run by another brother, William Brown (1784-1864). In the early 1830s James Brown sold the dry goods portion of the company and concentrated on banking and trade. Thereafter, Brown Brothers & Co. became one of the most successful American banking houses. A 1930 merger created the present firm of Brown Brothers, Harriman & Co. Collection consists of accounting records of Brown Brothers & Co. and its allied enterprise, Brown, Shipley & Co. Most of the records cover the years when James Brown was a partner and include journals, 1828-1853, and ledgers, 1825-1880. There are also journals, 1837-1880, for Brown, Shipley & Co. Other records include letter books, consignments, custom house entries, records of sales, and accounts of New Orleans and Havana offices of Brown, Shipley & Co.

ArchivalResource: 45 linear feet (176 v.)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/410 View

Records of Brown Brothers Harriman, 1696-1973, 1995 (bulk, 1820-1968)

Title: Records of Brown Brothers Harriman 1696-1973, 1995 (bulk, 1820-1968)

The Records consist of original and secondary research materials amassed to support the writing of for the 150th anniversary of Brown Brothers Harriman and its predecessor businesses; original records from these entities, including correspondence, ledgers, account books, business transaction records, diaries, daybooks, clippings, scrapbooks, prints, photographs, audio tapes, artifacts; and a research library of printed material. Partners in Banking

ArchivalResource: 109.0 Linear feet; (148 boxes, 212 volumes)

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Brown Brothers, Harriman & Co. Records of Brown Brothers Harriman, 1696-1973, 1995 (bulk 1820-1968).

Title: Records of Brown Brothers Harriman, 1696-1973, 1995 (bulk 1820-1968).

The Records consist of original and secondary research materials amassed to support the writing of Partners in Banking for the 150th anniversary of Brown Brothers Harriman and its predecessor businesses; original records from these entities, including correspondence, ledgers, account books, business transaction records, diaries, daybooks, clippings, scrapbooks, prints, photographs, audio tapes, artifacts; and a research library of printed material.

ArchivalResource: 109 linear feet (148 boxes, 212 volumes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/654783935 View

Records of Brown Brothers Harriman, 1696-1973, 1995 (bulk, 1820-1968)

Title: Records of Brown Brothers Harriman 1696-1973, 1995 (bulk, 1820-1968)

The Records consist of original and secondary research materials amassed to support the writing of for the 150th anniversary of Brown Brothers Harriman and its predecessor businesses; original records from these entities, including correspondence, ledgers, account books, business transaction records, diaries, daybooks, clippings, scrapbooks, prints, photographs, audio tapes, artifacts; and a research library of printed material. Partners in Banking

ArchivalResource: 109.0 Linear feet; (148 boxes, 212 volumes)

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John Edward Gray papers, 1783-1884, 1783-1884

Title: John Edward Gray papers, 1783-1884 1783-1884

These are primarily letters to Gray on various aspects of natural history, with many references to collections at the British Museum of Natural History. There are numerous letters from British scientists and from European colleagues. There are letters from Americans too, such as those from Agassiz which relate to his Florida expeditions and the creation of natural history collections.

ArchivalResource: 5.0 Linear feet, Ca. 500 items.

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.G784-ead.xml View

Cope, Thomas P. (Thomas Pim), 1768-1854. Letterbooks, 1788-1853 [microform].

Title: Letterbooks, 1788-1853 [microform].

The records consist of a microfilm of four volumes of letterbooks containing Cope's outbound correspondence from December 1788 to May 1853. The quantity of letters decreases markedly after 1835, as Cope relinquishes most of the details of business to his sons. Cope kept no diary between 1820 and 1843, and the letters are the primary source on his life and career during this period.

ArchivalResource: 4 reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86119173 View

Brown Brothers & Company. Brown Brothers & Company records, 1825-1889, bulk (1830s-1870s).

Title: Brown Brothers & Company records, 1825-1889, bulk (1830s-1870s).

Collection consists of accounting records of Brown Brothers & Co. and its allied enterprise, Brown, Shipley & Co.

ArchivalResource: 45 linear feet (176 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122314196 View

Alex. Brown & Sons Records, 1796-1908, (bulk 1796-1884)

Title: Alex. Brown & Sons Records 1796-1908 (bulk 1796-1884)

Lettercopy and letterpress books (1802-1880), daybooks (1800-1867), cashbooks (1829-1876), ledgers (1796-1878), and other business records of the firm founded by Alexander Brown in Baltimore, Md., circa 1800 which grew from a mercantile business into an international banking house.

ArchivalResource: circa 80,000 items; 266 containers; 51 linear feet

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Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888. Papers, 1847-1894 (bulk 1849-1859).

Title: Papers, 1847-1894 (bulk 1849-1859).

Papers, 1847-1894 (bulk 1849-1859), dealing with Squier's activities in Central America as U.S. chargé d'affaires, when he was based mainly in Nicaragua, and as an officer of the Honduras Interoceanic Railway Company. Four volumes contains drafts of his dispatches to the Secretary of State, John M. Clayton, and include copies of his letters to various officials of Central American governments and originals of their replies, as well as correspondence with U.S. officials and European diplomats in the area. They include some printed fliers, as well as manuscript correspondence. The dispatches discuss the territorial dispute between Great Britain and Honduras about the Bay Islands, as well as other regional issues. The British-Honduran dispute is the subject of a scrapbook, 1856-1857, which contains clippings and printed articles from American, European and Honduran publications, as well as a pamphlet, Documentos de la comision anglo-hondureña, printed in Comayagua in 1863, other printed ephemera, and correspondence related to Squier's diplomatic work on resolving the dispute and representing American interests in issue. The correspondence includes letters between Squier and George Mifflin Dallas, U.S. Minister to Great Britain, as well as various British politicians, including William Brown, Thomas Milner Gibson, and Lord Stanley (later Lord Derby). This volume also contains some material about the Honduras Interoceanic Railway Company, and another volume, dated 1857-1859, contains Squier's reports to the directors of the company in London, and their correspondence, including numerous letters from the director, R.R.R. Moore. Squier was in charge of organizing engineers to survey the location of the proposed railway in Honduras. There is also an oversize folder, containing a collection of diplomatic credentials, certificates of membership in learned societies, etc., some belonging to other members of the Squier family; they include a Nicaraguan tribute to Squier, printed on silk, and an invitation to a recepton in San Salvador in his honor, also printed on silk and embroidered. Accompanied by two boxes of manuscript bibliographies and notes by Squier's great-nephew, Frank Squier, 1938-1950.

ArchivalResource: 8 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58778904 View