Augustine Heard & Company
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Sources of Information
- NUCMC data from Essex Institute for Stone, Silsbee, and Pickman records, 1816-1903(Augustine Heard and Company; shipping merchants; involved in China trade; correspondence with Stone, Silsbee, and Pickman, 1851-1869)
- LC manual auth. cd.(hdg.: Heard (Augustine) & Company; in 1840 estab. by Augustine Heard; main office in Canton; after 1857 in Hong Kong with branch offices in other ports; firm ended in bankruptcy in 1875)
Wikipedia description:
Augustine Heard (March 30, 1785 – September 14, 1868) was an American entrepreneur, businessman and trader, and founder of the Augustine Heard & Co. firm in China.
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