Van Pelt, Oelreich and Co. letterbook

Collection — Reel: 90-122

Identifier: SC-300-MS

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Scope and Contents

Manuscript volume, in English and German, containing copies of letters sent to customers in various U.S. cities, Havana, and Hamburg by members of the firms. They describe the difficulties that it faced during the business panic, as well as the everyday conduct of business.

Dates

Creation: 1837 - 1838

Creator

Van Pelt, W. W. (Person)
Oelreich, Bernhard (Person)

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Available on microfilm to registered researchers by appointment. Original documents are closed for research.

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Biographical / Historical

A general forwarding and commission business of New Orleans, founded in 1836 by Peter G. Van Pelt and Bernhard Oelreich. Following setbacks caused in part by the Panic of 1837, the partnership was dissolved and Oelreich formed a new business, F. Schwank and Co.