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- Variations in title: Previously known as Thomas Lang (Laing) Papers
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Microfilmed [196?] (originally created 1780-1864) (Creation)
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- Lang, Thomas
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1 microfilm reel
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Thomas Lang (also Laing) was a merchant of Greenock, Scotland, and St. John's, Newfoundland. In 1806, Thomas Lang, Walter and Archibald Baine, Thomas Patten, and John Hamilton established a fish export business in St. John's, initially registered as Laing, Baine & Co., Greenock. In 1814 the partners were Lang, Walter Baine Jr., and William Johnston. That year the firm constructed premises at Port de Grave, Newfoundland. Lang retired in 1831, and the firm became Baine, Johnston & Co. in 1832.
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Fonds consists of business papers, correspondence, accounts, and estate papers relating to Thomas Lang's business operations at Greenock and Newfoundland.
Fonds is arranged in the following series: Thomas Lang business papers; Correspondence and accounts; Lang correspondence; Business papers; Crawford and Co. papers; Papers of Lang estate; Papers and correspondence.
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Original documents held at the University Archives, Glasgow.
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Baine, Johnston & Co. fonds
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Created - April 26, 2013
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- English