Checkbook, 1830-1837.

Leverich, Henry S.

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Leverich & Co., a merchant house active in New York and New Orleans, was founded in the 1820s by four of the sons of Colonel Edward Leverich (ca. 1761-1833). Charles Palmer Leverich (1803-1876) and Henry Stanton Leverich (ca. 1806-1885) were New York City shipping merchants, commission agents, and investment bankers. They acted as sugar and cotton factors for planters in New Orleans, La., and Natchez, Miss., including Stephen Duncan, a wealthy cotton and sugar planter of the Natchez area. Ch...

Minturn, Robert Bowne, 1805-1866

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Grinnell, Minturn & Company

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Brown Brothers & Company

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Alexander Brown (1764-1834) emigrated from Ireland to Baltimore in 1800 and opened a dry goods business with which his four sons became associated. One son, John (1788-1872), opened a branch in Philadelphia in 1818 and expanded the business to include foreign exchange transactions. Another son, James (1791-1877) established Brown Brothers & Co. in New York City in 1825 and eventually absorbed the other branches. In addition, Brown Brothers & Co. was associated with the English firm of Br...

G.G. & S. Howland.

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Phelps, Dodge & Co.

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Phelps, Dodge & Co. was founded by Anson G. Phelps in 1834 as the successor to the firm of Phelps and Peck of New York City, the leading importer of metals in the U.S. The company imported metals, mainly tin, from Great Britain and distributed them throughout the U.S., and exported cotton to England. In addition to the metal trade, Phelps & Dodge invested in the lumber industry, brass, copper and iron manufacturing, iron mining, railroads, real estate, and banking. In 1883 the firm purch...

Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848

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John Jacob Astor organized the American Fur Company in 1808, and the Pacific Fur Company in 1810. In the spring of 1811 he established a post at Astoria on the Columbia River, but sold it to British interests in 1813. By 1817 Astor had gained control of all the Mississippi Valley posts of the Northwest and Southwest Companies. The Columbia Fur Company, one of Astor's major competitors, was absorbed in 1827. By 1834 Astor tired of the fur business and sold all of his interests. From t...

Leverich, Charles P., 1803-1876

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Charles P. Leverich was a businessman with businesses both in New Orleans, Louisiana and New York. The family had mercantile and banking interests. From the guide to the Charles P. Leverich business letters MS 222., 1833-1851, bulk dates 1836-1843, (Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX) Charles E. Leverich, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as Sergeant in the 2nd Company of the Battalion Washington Artillery. In 1863, he was disch...

New Orleans Canal and Banking Company

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A Louisiana company incorporated by an act of the Legislature dated 5 Mar. 1831, for the purpose of constructing a canal from New Orleans to Lake Pontchartrain. From the description of Letters : to Sion E. Howard, 1857 May 27 and 1858 Mar. 9. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122472896 The New Orleans Canal and Banking Company was incorporated in 1831 with a capital of 4 million dollars to build a shipping can...

Merchants' Bank (New York, N.Y.)

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