Brooke Beall ledger
Abstract
Ledger of Brooke Beall, tobacco merchant of Georgetown, Maryland.
Dates
- 1790 - 1798
Creator
- Beall, Brooke (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
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Extent
.5 Linear Feet (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Miss Henrietta D. Stanestreet, August 1947.
Scope and Contents
The ledger contains references to several Georgetown tobacco warehouses, to "Georgetown Academy", and to various families. Accounts of large shipments to William Anderson & Co. of London. List of vessels which shipped to important customers; Gov. Thomas Sim Lee, Daniel Carroll, Warner Washington, and Gen. James M. Lingan. Business conducted either by Brooke Beall or by Beall & Turner.
Creator
- Beall, Brooke (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Brooke Beall ledger
- Status
- Minimally Processed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2021-09-21: Manually entered into ArchivesSpace by Mallory Herberger.
Repository Details
Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750
specialcollections@mdhistory.org