Gustave Elsberg Papers 1869-1897

Letcher, Adolph

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Elsberg, Gustave

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Gustave Elsberg, merchant, formed a business association with Jacob Amberg in Westport, Kansas, in 1855. The firm was called Elsberg and Amberg and traded in goods throughout the eastern United States and northern Mexico. In 1856 the firm moved its offices to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Elsberg spent much of his time in New York operating as a purchasing agent for Elsberg and Amberg, as well as for other New Mexico mercantile firms including those of Adolph Letcher and Charles Ilfeld. ...

Ilfeld, Herman

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Charles Ilfeld Company

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Charles Ilfeld, born in Homburg, Germany in 1847, arrived in Santa Fe, N.M. in 1865. After working as a clerk for the mercantile business of Elsberg and Amberg he relocated to Taos to work for Adolph Letcher. In 1867 the Adolph Letcher and Company moved to Las Vegas, N.M., where Charles became a partner in the firm. Seven years later, Letcher sold his interest to Ilfeld, who changed the name of the business to Charles Ilfeld Company. Ilfeld's business eventually grew into the largest mercantile ...

Ilfeld, Charles, 1847-

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Amberg, Jacob

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Elsberg and Amberg (Firm)

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Adolph Letcher and Company

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