Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
of 110, Leadenhall Street, London, E.C., Ship and Insurance Agents
c1809 Established by Robert Chapman
Later became John Chapman & Co.
1823 became John Allan & Sons.
A brother of Charles Dickens was at one time a clerk. Charles Dickens blessed several of his characters in "Dombey and Son" on those in the office.
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