Papers, 1833-1865.

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Papers, 1833-1865.

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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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G. W. Blunt White Library

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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, Joseph

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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 ...

Snow & Burgess.

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R.L. Gillchrest & Co.

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