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Letter, 15 June 1876
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H. & A. Allan Company was a Montreal-based shipping firm. Hugh Allan (1810-1882) was a commission merchant and partner in Edmonstone, Allan & Co. since the early 1830s. In 1863, his brother Andrew Allan (1822-1901) joined the company, and it became known as H. & A. Allan, a part of Allan's family empire. In 1897, Andrew Allan amalgamated the various branches of the Allan shipping empire under one company, Allan Line Steamship Company Ltd., of Glasgow.
Letter from H.A. Allan to John William Dawson, written from Montreal.