J. S. Brown Mercantile Company records, 1890-1940 bulk 1935-1937.

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J. S. Brown Mercantile Company records, 1890-1940 bulk 1935-1937.

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The collection contains accounting records from 1915 to 1940 when the J.S. Brown Mercantile Company merged with the Shields-Metzler Grocery Company; it consists of 33 ledgers and 229 boxes of invoices, cancelled checks and correspondence.

420 linear ft. (229 boxes)

University of Colorado, Boulder

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SNAC Resource ID: 6936131

University of Colorado, Boulder

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University of Colorado Libraries. Archives Dept.

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Shields-Metzler Grocery Company

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J.S. Brown Mercantile Company

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J. Sidney Brown (1833-1913) was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio on June 13, 1833. In 1858, he joined his brother, Junius F. Brown, in Atchison, Kansas, where they operated a sawmill. He began freighting between Atchison and Denver, Colorado, in 1861 and the following year began his own mercantile business. The J. S. Brown & Bro. Mercantile Company was incorporated in Denver in 1893 with J. S. Brown as president and J. F. Brown as vice-president. The business expanded to 24 cities throughout C...

Brown, Junius Flagg, 1827-1908

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Brown, J. Sidney (John Sidney), 1833-1913

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Brown was born in Conneaut, Ohio on June 10, 1833. He moved to Denver, Colo. where he founded the J.S. Brown Mercantile Company, which eventurally became the largest mercantile company in the Western U.S. Brown was also involved with several railroads: South Park, Denver Pacific, and Denver New Orleans. He died in Denver, Colo. on January 15, 1913. In 1937, the J.S. Brown Mercantile Company was bought out by the C.S. Morey Mercantile Company. The company building, located at 1634 Eighteenth Stre...