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 2 Collections and/or Records:
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.
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