Alex. Brown & Sons records, 1796-1908

Collection Summary

Title	Alex. Brown & Sons records, 1796-1908
Span Dates	1796-1908
Bulk Dates	(bulk 1796-1884)
ID No.	MSS14019
Creator	Alex. Brown & Sons
Extent	circa 80,000 items
Extent	266 containers
Extent	51 linear feet
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998013
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm81014019
Summary	Lettercopy and letterpress books (1802-1880), daybooks (1800-1867), cashbooks (1829-1876), ledgers (1796-1878), and other business records of the firm founded by Alexander Brown in Baltimore, Md., circa 1800 which grew from a mercantile business into an international banking house.