Overview
Incomplete records of a firm of private bankers in Portland, Maine.
Dates
- Creation: 1850-1895
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials stored offsite; access requires advance notice. Contact specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu for more information.
Extent
5.5 linear feet (26 volumes, 1 box)Incomplete records of a firm of private bankers in Portland, Maine. Records include ledgers, daybooks, and a letter book. Also includes two volumes of records for the Portland Sugar Company, for which J.B. Brown and Sons were selling agents.
Biographical / Historical
John B. Brown first engaged in the grocery business in a small way, then organized the Portland Sugar Company. After the sugar plant was destroyed by fire in 1866 he turned to private banking, taking in as partners his sons, Philip Henry Brown and John Marshall Brown. J.B. Brown, Sr. seems to have died about 1881.
Physical Location
MANU
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Philip G. Clifford, 1952.
Processing Information
Processed: August 2018 By: Baker Library Special Collections Staff
- Title
- J.B. Brown and Sons. J.B. Brown and Sons Records, 1850-1895: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Baker Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- bak00589
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
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