Lettre de credit circulaire, Kidder, Peabody & Co. for Baring Brothers & Co. Ld., Boston, Mass., May 28, 1903

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

May 28, 1903

GUSN

GUSN-366227

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Lettre de credit circulaire, Kidder, Peabody & Co. for Baring Brothers & Co. Ld., Boston, Mass., May 28, 1903
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        Lettre de credit circulaire, Kidder, Peabody & Co. for Baring Brothers & Co. Ld., Boston, Mass., May 28, 1903 (current record)

Description

Letter of credit for sisters Nanna and Marie Sweet of Boston, Mass., from Kidder, Peabody & Co. on behalf of Baring Brothers & Co. for the amount of 400 livres, dated May 28th, 1903. The included balance sheet lists withdrawals made at banks in Scotland and England in the summer of 1903, presumably while the sisters were traveling. The letter of credit also includes a list of cities around the world and corresponding banks which will honor the monetary amount listed.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
banking
letters of credit
letters of credit

Physical Descrption

1 letter of credit; 8 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

1940

Reference Code

EP001.01.016.03.01.034

Acqusition Type

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Nanna Sweet, May 15, 1940.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Greater London (England, United Kingdom) [metropolitan area]

Record Details

Originator

Charles Skipper & East Londres (Lithographer)

Material Type

letters of credit

Other People

Sweet, Anna Carlisle, 1870-1956
Wales, Marie Ames, 1873-1960

Other Organizations

Kidder, Peabody & Co.
Baring Brothers & Co.

Description Level

Item

Language Note

Portions of the letter are in French.

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