Carvill family papers, 1820-1933.

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Carvill family papers, 1820-1933.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/707931357

This collection is a rich source of information about John Carvill of Carvill Brothers, shipowners and merchants in Newry, County Down, Ireland in the six decades spanning the turn of the nineteenth century. The collection consists of letter books predominantly documenting his business and finances, as well as land (1821-1883) and legal documents of Patrick George Carvill, insurance papers, stock purchases, and oversize ship insurance papers. Letters in the 1903-1914 letterbook include personal as well as business letters which offer information about the Carvill family, schooling of Ruth Carvill, construction of a home on Downshire Road, Newry, land transactions, and letters to family and friends giving avuncular advice about schooling and character, and occasionally politics.

2.38 cubic feet.

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Carville family.

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Francis Carvill, of 32, 33, 35, 40, 41 & 42 Merchant's Quay & 9 Sugar Island, Newry, Northern Ireland was an iron merchant & hardwareman, spade and shovel manufacturer, timber and slate merchant in 1846. Patrick George Carvill was his son, and executor in his brother James's will in 1864; a merchant with premises at 35 Merchant's Quay who lived at Benvenue, Rostrevor in 1881; and a magistrate in 1886 and 1910. John Carvill was associated with Carvill Brothers, a company that was an a...

Carvill, Ruth

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Carvill, Patrick, 1839-1924

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Carvill, John

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Carvill Brothers (Firm)

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