Whitwell, Frederick Augustus (1820-)

Person

Dates

Existence: 1820-

Biography

Frederick Augustus Whitwell was a clerk for the textile importing and jobbing firm A. & G.A. Kendall and Company of Boston, Massachusetts.

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Found in 1 Collection or Record:

A. and G. A. Kendall and Company account book

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School

Collection Identifier: Mss:766 1841-1843 K33

Scope and Contents:

This is an account book of transactions made from various firms in England, Scotland, Italy, and France with invoices of shipments to the United States. The firm imported dry goods such as broadcloth, silk, satin, velvet, and buttons. The account book was kept by Frederick A. Whitwell, a buyer for the dry goods and woolen importing and jobbing firm of A. & G.A. Kendall & Co. of Boston. The firm was located at 3 and 4 Pearl Street in Boston.