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Brown , George , fl 1821-1843 , sailmaker, chandler and shipping agent
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Post Office Directories from the early nineteenth century describe George Brown as a sailmaker and ship chandler based at 53 Broad Street, Ratcliffe. The letters in this collection do show an involvement with the manufacture of sails and supply of sailing materials but in fact George Brown carried on a much wider business. He appears to have been a shipping agent corresponding with captains of merchant vessels; investing himself and on behalf of others in shipping ventures with a particular interest in South America and the Pacific; buying and selling ships and advising others in such transactions.
Brown eventually left London and spent the latter part of his life in Canada.