J. Howard Nichols papers, 1856-1905

Russell & Co. (1818-1877)

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Russell & Company (Chinese: 旗昌洋行; pinyin: Qíchāng Yángháng) was the largest American trading house of the mid-19th century in China. The firm specialised in trading tea, silk and opium and was eventually involved in the shipping trade. In 1818, Samuel Russell was approached by Providence merchants Edward C. Carrington, Cyrus Butler and Benjamin and Thomas Hoppin to be an employee of their new resident commission firm in Canton (now referred to as Guangzhou) under the name of Samuel Russell & ...

Great Falls Manufacturing Company

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Forbes, John Murray, 1813-1898

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Philanthropist, abolitionist. Contributed to the building of the railroad system in the United States. From the description of John Murray Forbes letter to George William Curtis, [manuscript], 1891 January 24. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 263078000 Forbes was a Boston businessman who was engaged in the China trade early in his life and later involved in railroad development in the American West. From the description of Letters from various corres...

Nichols, Howard Gardner, 1871-1896

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Coolidge, Thomas Jefferson, 1831-1920

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J. Howard Nichols, 1838-1905

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John Howard Nichols was born in Kingston, New Hampshire in 1838. At the age of 19, while working as a clerk in a wholesale grocery store in Boston, he attracted the attention of some China merchants. In 1857, he was sent to China by John L. Gardner and Company as supercargo of one of their ships. He decided to stay in China as an agent buying tea, cloth, straw hats, and other dry goods for his employers, and shipping them back to America for resale. He worked closely with several ot...

Freeman, Albert L.

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Shipping agent in Shanghai, China; originally of Boston, Mass. From the description of Letters, 1853-1862. (Mystic Seaport Museum, G W Blunt White Library). WorldCat record id: 70955833 From the description of Albert L. Freeman letters, 1853-1862. (Mystic Seaport Museum, G W Blunt White Library). WorldCat record id: 47728032 ...

John Middleton and Company.

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Augustine Heard & Company

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Middleton, J.

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Epithet: titular 2nd Viscount Clermont British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000391.0x000324 Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000391.0x000323 Epithet: alias Medilton; OFM British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vd...

Johnson, Alex R. (Alex Ralph)

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Gardner, George Augustus, 1829-1916.

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Tait and Company.

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Gardner, John Lowell, d. 1898.

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Olyphant and Company.

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Dwight Manufacturing Company

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Cotton manufacturing firm established in 1841 in Chicopee, Mass. In 1856 Dwight united with the Perkins Manufacturing Company (established in 1836) which had merged with the Cabot Manufacturing Company (founded 1832) in 1852. In 1897 Dwight opened a mill in Alabama City, Ala. The Chicopee mills were shut down in 1927. From the description of Records, 1832-1927 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269602546 ...

Munger, Theodore Thornton, 1830-1910

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Congregational clergyman and author. From the description of Theodore T. Munger letter [manuscript], 1887 April 9. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 537512406 Theodore Thornton Munger: ordained in 1856, and served in Dorchester, Mass., until 1860; from 1864-1869 served in Haverhill, Mass., then resigned due to conflicts over his liberal theology; from 1869-1871 served in Providence, R. I., and from 1872-1875 in Lawrence, Mass.; moved to San Jose, Cal., in 1875; f...

Greene, Edwin Farnham.

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