- unitid
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{"value"=>"410", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 410", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1825-1889", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1825/1889"}
{"value"=>"1830s-1870s", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1830/1879"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Brown Brothers & Company records"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"45 linear feet (176 v.)"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Alexander Brown (1764-1834) emigrated from Ireland to Baltimore in 1800 and opened a dry goods business with which his four sons became associated. One son, John (1788-1872), opened a branch in Philadelphia in 1818 and expanded the business to include foreign exchange transactions. Another son, James (1791-1877) established Brown Brothers & Co. in New York City in 1825 and eventually absorbed the other branches. In addition, Brown Brothers & Co. was associated with the English firm of Brown, Shipley & Co. which was run by another brother, William Brown (1784-1864). In the early 1830s James Brown sold the dry goods portion of the company and concentrated on banking and trade. Thereafter, Brown Brothers & Co. became one of the most successful American banking houses. A 1930 merger created the present firm of Brown Brothers, Harriman & Co. Collection consists of accounting records of Brown Brothers & Co. and its allied enterprise, Brown, Shipley & Co. Most of the records cover the years when James Brown was a partner and include journals, 1828-1853, and ledgers, 1825-1880. There are also journals, 1837-1880, for Brown, Shipley & Co. Other records include letter books, consignments, custom house entries, records of sales, and accounts of New Orleans and Havana offices of Brown, Shipley & Co."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Brown Brothers & Company records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Brown Brothers & Company", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Alexander Brown (1764-1834) emigrated from Ireland to Baltimore in 1800 and opened a dry goods business with which his four sons became associated. One son, John (1788-1872), opened a branch in Philadelphia in 1818 and expanded the business to include foreign exchange transactions. Another son, James (1791-1877) established Brown Brothers & Co. in New York City in 1825 and eventually absorbed the other branches. In addition, Brown Brothers & Co. was associated with the English firm of Brown, Shipley & Co. which was run by another brother, William Brown (1784-1864). In the early 1830s James Brown sold the dry goods portion of the company and concentrated on banking and trade. Thereafter, Brown Brothers & Co. became one of the most successful American banking houses. A 1930 merger created the present firm of Brown Brothers, Harriman & Co.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of accounting records of Brown Brothers & Co. and its allied enterprise, Brown, Shipley & Co. Most of the records cover the years when James Brown was a partner and include journals, 1828-1853, and ledgers, 1825-1880. There are also journals, 1837-1880, for Brown, Shipley & Co. Other records include letter books, consignments, custom house entries, records of sales, and accounts of New Orleans and Havana offices of Brown, Shipley & Co.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Brown Brothers & Company records are arranged in twenty-nine series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101288'>Acceptances</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>1835-1848, 1865, 1867-1870 lacking.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101303'>Agencies</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101314'>Cash Account No. 4</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1832-1833</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>No. 1-3 lacking.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101315'>Collateral Ledger</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>No. 1-4 lacking</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101318'>Consignments</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>1835-1844, 1852-1872 lacking.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101322'>Custom House Entries</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1827-1833</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101323'>General Ledger No. 1</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1880</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101324'>General Ledger - Gold</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101328'>Gold - Cash</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1863-1864</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101329'>Instructions</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1865-1866</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101330'>Invoices</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101335'>Journal</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>1840-1844 lacking.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101350'>Ledgers</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101381'>Letters</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101386'>Merchandise Sales And Other Accounts</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1851-1855</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101387'>Private Accounts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101395'>Receipts & Deliveries, Shipments</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1828-1829</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101396'>Sales</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101404'>Securities</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1859-1866</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101405'>Statements</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>1850-1862 lacking.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101414'>Sterling Drafts</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1875-1877</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101415'>Stock Ledger And Dividend Book</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101418'>Stock Ledger No. 1</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1858-1873</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Others lacking.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101419'>Stock Collection Ledger</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101422'>Travellers Credit Ledger</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101425'>Balance Sheet - Real Estate Valuations</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1842-1852</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101426'>New Orleans Office</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>1855-1874 lacking.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101432'>Havana Office</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/410#c1101436'>B. S. & Co</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>L, P, S lacking.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Deposit, Brown Brothers, Harriman & Co, 1936</p>"}
- sponsor
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{"value"=>"Funded by the Digitizing Hidden Collections program. Hidden Collections is a program of the Council on Library and Information Resources and is generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation."}
- date_start
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1825
- keydate
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1825
- date_end
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1889
- date_inclusive_start
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1825
- date_inclusive_end
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1889
- date_bulk_start
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1830
- date_bulk_end
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1879
- extent_statement
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45 linear feet (176 v.)