George Bowen & Company.
Biographical notes:
George Bowen founded a ship chandler's business in Newport, R.I., around 1829. By the 1850s the business had expanded to include the retailing of anthracite coal from Pennsylvania and fuel wood, which was sold primarily for domestic heating. The firm also did a general commission business under the style of George Bowen & Company. The ship chandler's business was gradually phased out beginning in the late 1870s, and the firm became exclusively a dealer in coal, wood, and kindlings. By the 1890s it was being carried out by agents for the heirs of George Bowen.
From the description of Records, 1829-1898. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122547520
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Subjects:
- Ships
- Coal
- Coal
- Coal trade
- Coal trade
- Cotton trade
- Fuelwood
- Merchants
- Ship chandler
- Wood
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Places:
- Rhode Island (as recorded)
- Newport (R.I.) (as recorded)
