035 - Liverpool: Letters from Baring Brothers & Co, Liverpool to Barings, London

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035 - Liverpool: Letters from Baring Brothers & Co, Liverpool to Barings, London

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Reference Number: HC3/035

Description: Historical NoteBaring Brothers & Co, Liverpool, was formed 18 Sep 1832, by articles of partnership between the partners of Baring Brothers & Co, London, and Samuel Stillman Gair and Charles Baring Young.The opening of the new House was part of Barings’ policy in their expanding influence in the trade and finance of North America: its main purpose was to receive and sell shipments of goods, particularly cotton, consigned to Barings.The letters of the new house are mostly addressed to the house in London. But many are addressed to individual partners. SS Gair also continued his correspondence with Joshua Bates, who was much concerned with the activities of Barings in North America.The following subjects are covered throughout the letters:The Cotton Market: Import and sale of United States cotton; monthly lists of importers into LiverpoolCommodity Markets: Iron - export of European iron for United States railways; tallow - imports from Odessa and South America.Reports on business houses: Mainly in Liverpool and Manchester. The Liverpool office closed 30 Jun 1979.

Date: 1833 -1903

TBAL Reference: HC3.035

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