Abraham Bell and Co.

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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

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associatedWith Abraham Bell and Son. corporateBody
associatedWith Bell, Abraham, 1778-1856. person
associatedWith Bell, Eliza Hough Jackson, 1813-1901. person
associatedWith Bell, Melissa Rebecca Chambers. person
associatedWith Coates, Rebecca Harvey Bell. person
associatedWith Coates, Saunders. person
associatedWith Dorr, James. person
associatedWith Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901. person
associatedWith J.T. Rockwood and Co. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
New York (State)--Bayside (New York)
England
Ireland - Emigration and immigration
New York (State)--New York
New York (N.Y.)
Ireland
Subject
Accounts current
Ships
Business records
Coastwise shipping
Commerce
Commercial correspondence
Commercial products
Commission merchants
Consignment sales
Cotton
Croquet
Dwellings
Export sales contracts
Flaxseed
Furniture
House construction
House furnishings
Inventories
Men
Pincushions
Poetry
Quilting
Shipping
Shipping
Textile fabrics
Tobacco
Voyages and travels
Women
Occupation
Activity
Merchant
Quiltmakers
Shippers

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Active 1821

Active 1910

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