Records, 1801-1804.

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Records, 1801-1804.

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The papers consist primarily of manuscript letters received by Brown from business associates in such places as Nashville, Lexington, Springfield (IL), Wheeling, Natchez, Cincinnati, Brownsville, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Kentucky, Havana, Kingston, Nassau, and Liverpool. There is also a folder of miscellaneous shipping lists, contracts, and promissory notes.

12 folders

New Orleans public library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7148435

New Orleans public library

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Payne, William, active 1776-1809

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John McDonogh Jr. and Company.

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Brown, Shepherd

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McDonogh, John, 1779-1850

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Merchant and philanthropist, from New Orleans, La. From the description of Papers, 1802-1950; (bulk 1802-1851). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19902810 Business and philanthropist. From the description of Letter of John McDonogh, 1819. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454505 John McDonogh was a businessman, planter and educational philanthropist. A successful land speculator, McDonogh purchased large tracts of land in Louisiana and Florid...

McDonogh and Payne.

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Shepherd Brown and Company.

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Shepherd Brown, a native of Virginia, arrived in New Orleans in 1800 as an associate of Baltimore merchant William Taylor. Brown was also associated with two other Taylor colleagues, William O. Payne and John McDonogh. When their firm, McDonogh and Payne, dissolved in August, 1802, McDonogh and Brown launched two new ventures, John McDonogh, Jr. and Company and Shepherd Brown and Company. The former entity more or less continued the activities of the old firm, selling imported produ...