Alexander Chambers Papers, 1864-1938

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Chambers, A. B. (Alexander B.)

Title:

Alexander Chambers Papers

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/8k71nh16d

Dates:

1864-1938

Size:

4 boxes, 1.5 linear feet

Storage Note:

ReCAP (scarcpxm): Boxes 1-4

Language:

English

Abstract: Consists of papers of American commodities agent Alexander Chambers, much of which deals with his commercial agent, H. H. Steel, in Guatemala.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence, documents, maps, a bank book (1864), financial reports, and printed matter of Chambers of Newtown, Pa. The collection contains correspondence with banks, commodity and customhouse brokers, and with Chambers' commercial agent in Guatemala, H. H Scheel. Much of the collection deals with Scheel's descriptions of an unsuccessful court case (1921-1929) in Guatemala involving the loss of monies paid to ex-president Manuel Estrada Cabrera in return for the granting of sugar export licenses, and Scheel's efforts to regain the money from the Guatemalan government. There is also material concerning dealings with the United Fruit Company, the Ulua Commercial Company in Honduras, and the Catawba Gold Mining Company, including forty of its gold bond certificates issued in 1921. Also present are documents, contracts, reports, correspondence and maps relating to the Ulua Commercial Company and the Olancho Mineral Company, both concerned with gold and mineral mining in Honduras in the early 1900s.

Collection Creator Biography:

Chambers, A. B. (Alexander B.)

Alexander Chambers was an American commodities broker in Newtown, Pa.

Collection History

Acquisition:: No acquisition information is currently available for this collection.
Appraisal: No appraisal information is available.
Processing Information: Folder inventory added by Feng Zhu '14 in 2013.

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