Merchants--Maryland--Baltimore

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Collection of papers relating to the firm of Jesse Tyson & Sons, Baltimore flour merchants. The firm also dealt in grain, tobacco, textiles, wood etc. with South America, the West Indies, Africa, England, Mexico, and United States ports, including Philadelphia, New York, Charleston, Alexandria, and Norfolk.

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The McBlair Papers primarily relate to Michael McBlair (1775-1861), Baltimore merchant and customs official. Dates covered in the collection range from 1797 to 1849 with the bulk of the material falling between 1820 to 1848. Approximatly 3,000 items in seven boxes are contained in the collection.

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This collections includes ledgers, cash books, bills and receipts, banking statements, minutes, and correspondence of the Old Town Merchants and Manufacturers Association, an organization devoted to promoting the social and economic interests of East Baltimore, Maryland.

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108 photostats, each containing 2 pages of journal of Paul Bentalou, Baltimore merchant. Account of trades in general merchandise in North and South America, West Indies, Europe. Transactions are entered in full detail, narrative form. Occasional references to national and international politics, and to slave trade, immigration from South America, etc.

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This collection mainly concerns John Ridgely of Hampton (1851-1938), a gentleman farmer; Charles W. Humrichouse (d.1903), Baltimore sugar merchant; James Walker Humrichouse (1849-1927), medical doctor; and William Hawken, father-in-law of Charles W. Humrichouse. The materials in this collection include account ledgers, receipts and checks, and miscellaneous letters.

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This collection contains the records of the Rieman businesses in Baltimore. There are 27 volumes of ledgers, cash books, journals, and day books covering the period 1807-1905.

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This collection contains the account books of Simon Becker, a Baltimore merchant and shipper, and of John D. Becker, tavern accounts from New Springs, Franklin Township, Adams Co. PA. Becker distributed alcoholic beverages and may have kept a tavern.

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Indexed 1799-1818 letters, in German script, referring to tobacco trade between Baltimore and Bremen, coffee trade with Cuba, and general merchandizing.

Abstract Lawson, Slater, and Slater & Roy were merchants who sold general sundries including hardware, lumber, clothes, and household goods which for the most part were imported from England. Various businesses operated from the late 1700s through the 1820s. This collection encompasses 1 company and three of those merchants as well as family members. Thisincludes Lawson, Slater, and Slater & Roy. The collection contains business correspondence, bills and receipts, promissory notes, shipping...

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The Thomas and Hugg papers consists of about 1,500 items (filling 22 boxes) relating to the families Jacob W. Hugg, Sr., a Baltimore ship master and merchant, and John L. Thomas, Collector of the Port of Baltimore.