Abraham Bell and Co.

Abraham Bell and Co. was a firm of Quaker shipping and commission merchants in New York City. The earliest listing of Bell as a merchant in New York city directories is 1804-1805. The Abraham Bell to whom most of the material in this collection relates lived 1778-1856. He had several sons, at least one of whom was a partner in the firm. The firm had trading contacts in Belfast and Dublin, Ireland, and Liverpool and London, England, as well as in the United States. Although the firm imported and exported a variety of commodities, cotton appears to have been its mainstay. During the potato famine of the 1840s, Bell transported thousands of immigrants from Ireland. In 1844 the company name changed to Abraham Bell and Son.

From the description of Records, 1821-1910. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 84665709