Irish Linen and American Cotton: The Financial Networks of the Early Nineteenth-Century Brown Brothers Company

Nicholas Wolf

New York University

Alexander Brown (1864-1834)

Source: Brown Brothers Harriman, https://www.bbh.com

Brown Brothers & Co., 59 Wall Street

Source: George P. Hall & Son Photograph Collection, New-York Historical Society

New Orleans Office Ledger, 1844

Source: New Orleans Office, The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1844-1846.

New Orleans Office Ledger, Example Entities, 1844

Source: New Orleans Office, The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1844-1846.

Entity Identity
J. D. Disosway & Bro. Dry good merchant company
Ezra Davis Plantation owner
Fisher & Bird Real estate firm
Horace Bean & Co. Private bank, New Orleans
Thomas Boudar New Orleans slave trader
Geo Lally Owner, Lally's Hotel

MWACIS 2022: Brown Brothers Project

By Nicholas Wolf

MWACIS 2022: Brown Brothers Project

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