Gordon & Talbot letter : New York, N.Y., to Capt. William B. Drew, Ship [Lebanon?], Le Havre, France, 1850 Feb. 5.

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Gordon & Talbot letter : New York, N.Y., to Capt. William B. Drew, Ship [Lebanon?], Le Havre, France, 1850 Feb. 5.

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Handwritten letter (4 p. total with one blank page and one address page) signed "Your friends, Gordon & Talbot" in New York City to Captain William B. Drew on the Ship [Lebanon?] heading towards Le Havre, France with freight and passengers. The author notes the receipt of several letters from Drew and expresses confidence in his being able to find freight back to New York and the freight market due to 'the present demand for California continuing." Other details include: requests to deposit money from the freight and passage receipts to Baring Brothers & Co, London for the account Ship [Lebanon?]. The incorporated address on page 4 is postmarked Angl Calais. A pencil notation also on page 4 ( possibly written by the recipient for filing purposes) reads: "G. & T. Rc'd at Havre March 1850."

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Baring Brothers & Co. (London, England)

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Barings Bank was founded in 1762 as the John and Francis Baring Company by Francis Baring, with his older brother John Baring as a mostly silent partner. They were sons of John (né Johann) Baring, wool trader of Exeter, born in Bremen, Germany. The company began in offices off Cheapside in London, and within a few years moved to larger quarters in Mincing Lane. Barings gradually diversified from wool into many other commodities, providing financial services for the rapid growth of international ...

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Gordon & Talbot.

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Gordon & Talbot, New York was a 19th century U.S. shipping firm. From the description of Gordon & Talbot letter : New York, N.Y., to Capt. William B. Drew, Ship [Lebanon?], Le Havre, France, 1850 Feb. 5. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 438367584 ...

Lebanon (Ship)

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