Alfred Bush and Makee Co. (2) Covers Folded Letters

Object/Artifact

Hawaii's History, A Personal Collection

Author's Personal Collection

Folded letter 29 February 1848 Norwich, via Boston, Rio De Janeiro, and to Lahaina, Hawaii

Name/Title

Alfred Bush and Makee Co. (2) Covers Folded Letters

Description

Folded Letter 29, Feb 1848 Norwich, via Boston, Rio De Janeiro, and Tahiti to Lahaina Hawaii forwarding agency was formed by Captain James Makee who arrived in Lahaina in 1843 as master of the whaler Maine. Makee left the ship to form his first Lahaina business partnership with one Eli Jones as the firm Jones & Makee.11 It was a general ship chandlery and shipping commission business. Jones terminated the association and left for the United States in April 1847, and Makee then became partners with Julius A. Anthon who had joined the firm the year before. Alfred W. Bush, another enterprising man,entered the business in July of 1847, and it was then reorganized as Bush, Makee & Co., by which title it became well known.

Web Links and URLs

Credit to Richard Frajola on Philamercury.com/board, Bush & Makee (See page 63)

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hawaiiancovers@gmail.com

Create Date

May 4, 2023

Update Date

June 18, 2023