Alexander Houston & Co, merchants, bankers and shipowners

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Date:	1729-1807
Places:	Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Shops, merchants and distributors > Overseas merchants \| Finance > Banking and bill discounting \| Transport and communications > Shipping companies
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C106431 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B11469 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1729-1798: letter books, sales books and ledgers	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.8793-8800
2	1777-1807: account books and a ledger, letter book	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.8895-8898