Augustine Heard & Company
Biography
Merchant family from Ipswich, Massachusetts, principally engaged in the China trade. Augustine Heard (1785-1868) established Augustine Heard and Company in 1840 and the business was carried on by four of his nephews. The firm's main office was at first in Canton; from 1857 in Hong Kong. Branch offices were established in treaty ports of China and Japan such as Foochow, Shanghai, and Yokohama. The firm finally wound up in bankruptcy in 1875.
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Augustine Heard & Company invoices and receipts
Collection Identifier: Mss:766 1846, 1867-1875The materials in this collection, nearly all invoices and receipts, provide insight into the daily business operations of Augustine Heard & Company in China between 1867 and 1875.
Benjamin Newton business records
Collection Identifier: Mss:766 1843-1864The business records of China trader Captain Benjamin Newton includes financial records and correspondence detailing his business dealings, 1836-1864.
Papers concerning Franklin Blake and Augustine Heard & Co.
Collection Identifier: Mss:766 1844-1873 B636Elizabeth Heard papers
Collection Identifier: Mss:766 1829-1864 H435The Elizabeth Heard papers contain correspondence sent to her by her sons and brother-in-law Augustine Heard, while they were in China working for the family firm, Augustine Heard & Company.
Forbes family business records
Collection Identifier: Mss:766 1803-1942 F693Business records of the Forbes family of Milton, Mass., commission merchants engaged in the China trade during the nineteenth century. Records include correspondence, financial material, and business papers relating to the China trade.
J. Howard Nichols papers
Collection Identifier: Mss:766 1856-1905Personal and professional papers of China trader and textile manufacturing firm treasurer J. Howard Nichols, 1856-1905.
Ship Shirley and Bark Solomon accounts and logbook
Collection Identifier: Mss:733 1869-1877 S558Account book of the Ship Shirley on voyage between Hong Kong and San Francisco, California (1869), and account book and logbook of the Brig Solomon on various voyages between 1873 and 1877. Captain Henry W. Ferguson mastered both vessels.
Thomas Hunt & Company business records
Collection Identifier: Mss:761 1863-1869 H943Correspondence and business records of Hong Kong, China based ship chandlery and commission merchant Thomas Hunt & Company.
William Appleton and Company records
Collection Identifier: Mss:766 1840-1889The business records of Boston, Massachusetts shipping merchant William Appleton and Company and successor firm Samuel Hooper and Company, 1813-1889.
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- Subject
- Letters. 3
- Shipping. 3
- Accounts. 2
- China--Commerce--United States. 2
- Export marketing. 2
- Foreign marketing. 2
- Invoices. 2
- Marketing. 2
- Merchants--China. 2
- United States--Commerce--China. 2
- Bills of lading. 1
- Boston (Mass.)--Commerce--China. 1
- China--Commerce--Massachusetts--Boston. 1
- China--Commerce. 1
- China--History--Opium War, 1840-1842 1
- China--Social life and customs--19th century. 1
- Commission merchants. 1
- Cotton manufacture--Massachusetts. 1
- Cotton trade. 1
- Decedents' estates--Massachusetts--Boston. 1
- Diplomatic and consular service, American--Buenos Aires. 1
- Diplomatic and consular service, American--Denmark. 1
- Diplomatic and consular service, American--Germany. 1
- Executors and administrators--Massachusetts--Boston. 1
- Export Marketing. 1
- Export marketing--Massachusetts. 1
- Letterpress copybooks. 1
- Memoranda. 1
- Merchants--Massachusetts. 1
- Missions--Turkey. 1
- Mothers and sons. 1
- Opium trade--China. 1
- Philippines--Governors. 1
- Philippines--Politics and government. 1
- Railways (Street), United States: Massachusetts--1919. 1
- Real estate investment--Missouri. 1
- Real estate investment--Texas. 1
- Ship chandlers--China. 1
- Ships--Equipment and supplies. 1
- Tea trade. 1
- Textile industry. 1
- Transportation. 1
- Trusts and trustees--Massachusetts--Boston. 1
- Women educators. 1 ∧ less