Levi B. Gillchrest papers, 1833-1865.

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Levi B. Gillchrest papers, 1833-1865.

Letters, bills, accounts, receipts, etc. relating to Captain Gillchrest's maritime activities, chiefly letters to Gillchrest from ship captains, including his father, Joseph Gillchrest, as well as agents such as Baring Brothers, R.L. Gillchrest & Co., and Snow & Burgess, relating to freight rates, market conditions, shipbuilding, difficulties with vessels and crews, etc.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7584179

G. W. Blunt White Library

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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 ...

Gillchrest, Levi B.

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Shipmaster and shipowner, of Thomaston, Me. From the description of Papers, 1833-1865. (Mystic Seaport Museum, G W Blunt White Library). WorldCat record id: 70955825 From the description of Levi B. Gillchrest papers, 1833-1865. (Mystic Seaport Museum, G W Blunt White Library). WorldCat record id: 47728065 ...

R.L. Gillchrest & Co.

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Gillchrest, Joseph

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Snow & Burgess.

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