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Washington Butcher's Sons
| Name | Washington Butcher's Sons |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Straße | North Front Street 146-148 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Ölhandlung |
| Anmerkungen | Hier: als Lager und Geschäft in der 146-148 North Front Street (um 1891). Frühere Firmen: "T. T. & W. Butcher", "Butcher Brothers" und "Washington Butcher & Son"; ab 1873 unter obiger Firma. Siehe auch als Ölfabriken in der 11th Street und Washington Avenue und um 1867/78 in der 605-613 Moore Street, 6th Street und Piers Street (Herstellung von Ölen aus Schweineschmalz und Baumwollsamen). |
| Quellenangaben | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 114] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1760 |
Gründung |
| 1873 |
Tod von Washington Butcher |
| 1873 |
Nach dem Tod von Washington Butcher: Umfirmierung aus "Washington Butcher & Son" in "Washington Butchers's Sons" |
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Kommentar |
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siehe auch als Ölfabriken |
| ZEIT | 1891 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Washington Butcher's Sons, established 1760, pork packers, wholesale provision dealers, lard refiners, dealers in cotton seed oil, and sole agents for pure sugar loaf syrup. This eminent house was established while vet the American
Colonies owed allegiance to the British Crown; sixteen years before the Revolutionary War. It is by far the oldest house of its kind in the United States, having been founded by the great-great-grandfather of the present Messrs. Butcher, Mr. John Butcher, who was succeeded by Mr. Job Butcher who built up the leading provision trade of the city of Philadelphia, numbering among his customers many of the most prominent merchants of that time. The present firm have in their possession among the inheritance handed down, papers and receipts of historic interest, displaying business transactions with Stephen Girard, Robert Morris, and others. Mr. Job Butcher was succeeded by Mr. Amos Butcher, and he
was followed by the firm of T. T. & W. Butcher, and they were succeeded by Butcher Brothers, and they again by the well-known firm of Washington Butcher & Son, and in 1873, upon the decease of Mr. Washington Butcher, after a long, honorable, and eminently useful career, the present firm under the title of Washington Butcher's Sons was organized and continues the same character of business that has been carried on by this house for one hundred and thirty-one years. The principal office and warehouse being located at 146 and 148 North Front street. A branch house is also situated in Chicago, and they are in every way admirably equipped for doing a large wholesale trade in provisions, lard oils, cotton seed oils, and curing materials for packers. They also have a large cold storage warehouse, refrigerated by artificial refrigeration, having been one of the first houses to introduce this method, and a large cold storage business is done. They also have several large, well established, and well conducted retail markets in different sections of the city, where a general business is done in provisions, produce, and groceries. An appreciative, enterprising, progressive spirit has always characterized this firm and they have been leaders rather than
followers in the march of modern methods and means in the conduct of business. Their well deserved reputation for honorable, upright business principles is well known all over the United States and in many foreign ports, where they have done busiuess. |
| QUELLE | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 114] |
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