06 - E J Forstall & Sons and Edmond J Forstall's Sons to Barings

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06 - E J Forstall & Sons and Edmond J Forstall's Sons to Barings

HC5/07/06

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Reference Number: HC5/07/06

Description: EJ Forstall was agent of Hope & Co (HC8.1) in New Orleans; and from 1848-61 he was also agent for Barings there. For his character, see Hidy, House of Baring, p561, note 7At some time after 1850 Forstall established the firm of EJ Forstall & Sons, New Orleans. His partners were his two sons Oscar J and Ernest L Forstall, and his son-in-law Adolphe Schreiber. EJ Forstall died in 1872 and the firm was liquidated by the remaining partners who established a new firm called Edmond J Forstall's Sons. Schreiber retired in 1881 and seems to have become agent in Amsterdam of the Citizens' Bank of Louisiana. 1830-35: The commerce and agriculture of the state of Louisiana; the Union Bank of Louisiana. (3 letters, none 1831-34)1836-46: No letters1847-49: Forstall’s views of the agency; Louisiana State stock; the second municipality of New Orleans; The Union Bank of Louisiana; Consolidated Association of Planters (93 letters - all 1848 except 2); reports on the produce and market of New Orleans; French tobacco contract; cotton; sugar1850, Mar-Dec: From Mexico and New Orleans: Forstall was sent by Barings to negotiate with the Mexican government for the management of the indemnity payable by the United States to Mexico under the terms of the Treaty of Guadaloupe-Hidalgo; the Mexican foreign debt, and the British bondholders. Reports of the trade of New Orleans 1851-71: No letters1872: Finances of the City of New Orleans1873: Failure of Lizardi & Co; the Citizens’ Bank of Louisiana 1874: The wrongful proceedings against the Citizens’ Bank; the revolt in New Orleans; overthrow of the state governmentDec: The liquidation of EJ Forstall & Sons; establishment of Edmond J Forstall’s Sons; seeking to retain Barings’ credit and their agency in New Orleans1875 3 Aug: The Citizens’ Bank of Louisiana (James J Tarleton, cashier); with printed statement of assets and liabilities of the bank1876 3 Jul: The case of Henry Spearman, deceased, creditor of Barings; accounts of litigation1877-78: No documents1879 Mar-Jul: Failure of the Mechanics & Traders Bank, New Orleans; the monetary panic in New Orleans; suspension of the Citizens’ Bank and the Union Bank; measures to safeguard the banks’ debts to Barings; lists of stocks pledged to Barings as security1880-81: No documents1882 Jul: Sketch map showing Forstall’s St James’s estate, consisting of some 2560 acres, about half cultivated and half backlands and swamp, lying on the west bank of the Mississippi river in Louisiana. 1883: No documents1884: Seeking to draw on their open account with Barings1885-86: No documents1887: HD Forsyth agent of Barings at New Orleans for the winding up of the Forstall’s affairs: the question of remuneration of counsel (Henry Denis) in the case of Mechanics & Traders banks versus EJ Forstalls’ Sons1888-89: No documents

Date: 1830-1890

TBAL Reference: HC5.07.06

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E J Forstall & Sons and Edmond J Forstall’s Sons to Barings

HC5/07/06/02

1850-1890

South Eastern District Louisiana West of the Mississippi River Plan

HC5/07/06/158

01/07/1882