Augustine Heard and Company Account Book, 1841-1875.

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Augustine Heard and Company Account Book, 1841-1875.

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Heard was a sea captain and merchant, of Ipswich and Boston, MA, and Canton, China and a partner in Samuel Russell and Co., which became Augustine Heard and Co. in 1840. Collection includes one account book (1841-1875).

1 box.

Peabody Essex Museum

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Peabody Essex Museum

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Heard, Augustine, 1785-1868

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Augustine Heard (March 30, 1785 – September 14, 1868) was an American entrepreneur, businessman and trader, and founder of the Augustine Heard & Co. firm in China. Augustine Heard was born into a wealthy merchant family of Ipswich, Massachusetts. His father, John Heard (1744-1834), had made his fortune by trading with the West Indies, and his half-brother Daniel (1778-1801) also worked in foreign trade with the West Indies and China. Educated at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, Augus...

Augustine Heard and Company.

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