Abraham Bell and Company (Firm)

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Wholesale merchants, importers, and cotton brokers based in New York City; owned by a family of Quakers, this firm exported cotton from the Southern United States and brought back Irish and English immigrants in the 1830's and 1840's; the firm sailed vessels between Europe, New York, and Charleston, S.C., or Mobile, Alabama; the firm shipped goods south from New York, transported cotton to Europe, and traded across the Atlantic with Liverpool, Ireland, or the Mediterranean; the firm specialized in imported Irish linen.

From the description of Records, 1835-1841. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 42450792

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Active 1835

Active 1841

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