Records, 1800-1855.

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Records, 1800-1855.

Most of the records date from the period 1810-1814 and document the West Indian trade of Markoe & Masters. The collection shows that the firm was primarily involved with the importation of sugar from Santa Cruz (St. Croix). The company also imported molasses, rum, coffee, mahogany, and logwood. Letters include correspondence between the partners Thomas Masters and Francis Markoe as well as between the firm and prominent New York, Baltimore, and Philadelphia merchants.

5.5 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6697991

Hagley Museum & Library

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Ingersoll, Jared, 1749-1822

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Ingersoll, Joseph R. (Joseph Reed), 1786-1868

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Markoe, Francis, 1801-1871

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U.S. State Department clerk in the consular and diplomatic bureaus. From the description of Papers of Francis Markoe, 1829-1833. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455435 ...

Charles W. Walker & Company.

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Kintzing, Benjamin H. 1790?-1825.

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Pratt, Henry, 1761-1838

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Masters, Markoe & Company.

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Pratt & Kintzing.

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McKean & Pratt.

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Kintzing, Abraham, 1763-1835

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Markoe, Francis, 1774-1848.

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Kintzing, Tench C.

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Masters & Markoe.

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Thomas Masters (d. 1844) was a British merchant who established himself in the United States about 1803. By 1807 he was a clerk in the mercantile house of Pratt & Kintzing. The next year he left to establish his own mercantile house. In 1810 he formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, Francis Markoe. Much of Markoe & Master's business involved the West Indian trade. Severe losses caused by the War of 1812 caused the dissolution of the firm on November 14, 1814. Thomas M...

Masters, Thomas, 1947-

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Born in England; merchant in Philadelphia and New York City. After 1810 he traded in partnership with his brother-in-law as Markoe & Masters. From the description of Thomas Masters papers, 1792-1880. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 475900164 ...