Collection Manuscript/Mixed Material John Glassford and Company records,

Title

• John Glassford and Company records,

Summary

• Ledgers, journals, daybooks, inventories, cashbooks, and letterbooks of the various mercantile firms in Maryland and Virginia representing or succeeding the Glasgow, Scotland, firm of John Glassford and Company in the Chesapeake tobacco trade. Under the name Glassford and Company, the firm operated stores in Maryland at Baltimore, Bladensburg, Chaptico, Georgetown (later part of Washington, D.C.), Leonardtown, Lower Marlboro, Newport, Nottingham, Piscataway, Port Tobacco, and Upper Marlboro. Stores were operated in Alexandria and Colchester, Va., under the name Glassford, Henderson & Co., and at Dumfries and Norfolk, Va., under Glassford, Gordon, Monteath & Co. Successor and related firms represented include Boyle, Scott & Co.; Findlay, Hopkins & Co.; Henderson, Fergusson & Gibson; James Brown & Co.; James Gordon & Co.; Jamieson, Johnstone & Co.; Shortridge, Gordon & Co.; Thompson, Edelen & Company; and Vincent & Fergusson.
• Individuals represented include William Bayles, William Byrd III, John Campbell, Landon Carter, George William Fairfax, Robert Fergusson, William Fitzhugh, Henry Glassford, John Glassford, James Gordon, Alexander Hamilton, Archibald Henderson, Neil Jamieson, Henry Lee, Richard Lee, George Mason, Walter Monteath, George Plater, Henry Riddell, Hector Ross, George Washington, and Lawrence Washington.

Names

• John Glassford and Company.
• Glassford, John, 1715-1783.

Headings

• -  Bayles, William
• -  Byrd, William,--III,--1728-1777
• -  Campbell, John,--active 1796
• -  Carter, Landon,--1710-1778
• -  Fairfax, George William,--1741-1809
• -  Fergusson, Robert, fl. 1779-1817
• -  Fitzhugh, William,--1741-1809
• -  Glassford, Henry,--1764-1819
• -  Gordon, James,--active 1760
• -  Hamilton, Alexander,---1799
• -  Henderson, Archibald,--active 1766
• -  Jamieson, Neil
• -  Lee, Henry,--1756-1818
• -  Lee, Richard Henry,--1732-1794
• -  Mason, George,--1725-1792
• -  Plater, George,--1735-1792
• -  Riddell, Henry,--active 1760-1783
• -  Ross, Hector
• -  Washington, George,--1732-1799
• -  Washington, Lawrence,--1718-1752
• -  Boyle, Scott & Co
• -  Findlay, Hopkins & Co
• -  Glassford, Gordon, Monteath & Co
• -  Glassford, Henderson & Co
• -  Henderson, Fergusson & Gibson
• -  James Brown & Co. (Glasgow, Scotland)
• -  James Gordon & Co
• -  Jamieson, Johnstone & Co
• -  Shortridge, Gordon & Co
• -  Thompson, Edelen & Company
• -  Vincent & Fergusson
• -  Merchants--Maryland
• -  Merchants--Scotland--Glasgow
• -  Merchants--Virginia
• -  Tobacco industry--Maryland
• -  Tobacco industry--Scotland--Glasgow
• -  Tobacco industry--Virginia
• -  Alexandria (Va.)--Commerce
• -  Baltimore (Md.)--Commerce
• -  Bladensburg (Md.)--Commerce
• -  Chaptico (Md.)--Commerce
• -  Colchester (Va.)--Commerce
• -  Dumfries (Va.)--Commerce
• -  Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)--Commerce
• -  Glasgow (Scotland)--Commerce
• -  Leonardtown (Md.)--Commerce
• -  Lower Marlboro (Md.)--Commerce
• -  Maryland--Commerce
• -  Newport (Md.)--Commerce
• -  Norfolk (Va.)--Commerce
• -  Nottingham (Md.)--Commerce
• -  Piscataway (Md.)--Commerce
• -  Port Tobacco (Md.)--Commerce
• -  Scotland--Commerce
• -  Upper Marlboro (Md.)--Commerce
• -  Virginia--Commerce

Notes

• -  Arranged in two series. Series 1: Maryland, 1743-1846; and Series 2: Virginia, 1758-1830.
• -  Microfilm edition available, no. 18,978.
• -  Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1984.
• -  Purchase, 1899.
• -  Collection material in English.
• -  Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998016

Medium

• 228 containers.
• 62 linear feet.
• 71 microfilm reels.

Repository

• Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home

Library of Congress Control Number

• mm78022939

Access Advisory

• Open to research.

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78022939

Additional Metadata Formats

• MARCXML Record
• MODS Record
• Dublin Core Record