John Glassford and Company Records 1743-1886 (bulk 1760-1820)

Lee, Henry, 1756-1818

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Henry Lee III (January 29, 1756 – March 25, 1818) was an early American Patriot and U.S. politician who served as the ninth Governor of Virginia and as the Virginia Representative to the United States Congress. Lee's service during the American Revolution as a cavalry officer in the Continental Army earned him the nickname by which he is best known, "Light-Horse Harry". He was the father of Robert E. Lee, who led Confederate armies against the U.S. in the American Civil War. Born on Leesylvan...

Plater, George, 1735-1792

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George Plater III (November 8, 1735 – February 10, 1792) was an American planter, lawyer, and statesman from Saint Mary's County, Maryland. He represented Maryland in the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1780, and briefly served as the sixth Governor of Maryland from November 1791 until his death. Born at Sotterley, his family's plantation near Saint Mary's County in the Colony of Maryland, Plater received his early schooling at home before attending the College of William and Mary in Willia...

Fitzhugh, William, 1741-1809

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William Fitzhugh (August 24, 1741 – June 6, 1809) was an American planter, legislator and patriot during the American Revolutionary War who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress for Virginia in 1779, as well as many terms in the House of Burgesses and both houses of the Virginia General Assembly following the Commonwealth's formation. His Stafford County home, Chatham Manor, is on the National Register for Historic Places and serves as the National Park Service Headquarters for the Fr...

Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794

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Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732 – June 19, 1794) was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia, best known for the June 1776 Lee Resolution, the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain leading to the United States Declaration of Independence, which he signed. He also served a one-year term as the president of the Continental Congress, was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation, and was a United States Senator fro...

Washington, Lawrence, 1718-1752

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Lawrence Washington was the elder half-brother of George Washington, being the oldest living child of Augustine Washington and his first wife Jane Butler. Lawrence Washington was born in 1718, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. On June 9, 1740 Washington was given a commission as a Captain in one of four Virginia Foot Regiments being raised to fight in the War of Jenkins’ Ear, a war in the West Indies between Britain and Spain. The commission came from the court of King George II of England. Wh...

Thompson, Edelen & Company

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Fairfax, George William, 1741-1809

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Glassford, John, 1715-1783

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Riddell, Henry, fl. 1760-1783

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Henderson, Fergusson & Gibson

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John Glassford and Company

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John Glassford and Company, and successors, was a mercantile firm in Glasgow, Scotland which did business in Maryland and Virginia. Near the beginning of the Revolution, the firm name changed to Glassford & Henderson, and additional stores were opened. About 1790, Alexander Henderson, Robert Ferguson, and John Gibson (trading under the name Henderson, Ferguson & Gibson) had charge of most of these stores, and it was probably at this time that the trade passed out of the hands of the Scot...

Hamilton, Alexander, -1799

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Merchant of Maryland. From the description of Letterbook of Alexander Hamilton, 1784-1796. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453670 ...

Ross, Hector

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Vincent & Fergusson

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James Brown & Co. (Glasgow, Scotland)

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Jamieson, Neil

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Loyalist merchant, resident of New York City. From the description of Daybook, 1777-1782. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58758745 Merchant, of Norfolk, Va. From the description of Papers of Neil Jamieson, 1757-1789 (bulk 1760-1776). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71061237 ...

Glassford, Henderson & Co.

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Jamieson, Johnstone & Co.

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Findlay, Hopkins & Co.

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Carter, Landon, 1710-1778

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Robert "King" Carter (1663-1732) was a colonial official and great landholder (300,000 acres). His sons were Robert Carter (1704-1731) and Landon Carter (1710-1778) of "Sabine Hall." Grandsons of Robert Carter included Robert "Councillor" Carter (1728-1804) of "Nomini" and Robert Wormeley Carter (1734-1797). From the guide to the Carter Family Papers, 1667-1862., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary) ...

Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Glassford, Gordon, Monteath & Co.

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Henderson, Archibald, fl. 1766

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Fergusson, Robert, fl. 1779-1817

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Merchant of Port Tobacco, Md. From the description of Robert Fergusson papers, 1779-1817. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451633 Robert Fergusson and Alexander Hamilton were agents for Scottish tobacco firms in the late eighteenth century. Fergusson and Hamilton made contracts with local stores in Maryland, which in turn purchased tobacco directly from planters. The agents were then responsible for arranging for the crop to be shipped to Europe. The...

Shortridge, Gordon & Co.

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Boyle, Scott & Co.

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Campbell, John, fl. 1796

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Bayles, William

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Byrd, William, 1728-1777

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James Gordon & Co.

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Glassford, Henry, 1764-1819

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Mason, George, 1725-1792

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George Mason IV (December 11, 1725 [O.S. November 30, 1725] – October 7, 1792) was an American planter, politician and delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, one of three delegates who refused to sign the Constitution. His writings, including substantial portions of the Fairfax Resolves of 1774, the Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776, and his Objections to this Constitution of Government (1787) opposing ratification, have exercised a significant influence on American politic...

Gordon, James, fl. 1760

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