Charleston business, listed 1854
John Fraser & Co.
Factors and Commission Merchants
On Central Wharf.
A listing proves a year, not a span. A house in the 1854 book and the 1858 Review was there in 1854 and in 1858. The years between are not evidenced here, and nothing on this page should be read as saying the firm traded through them.
1854
- Factors and Commission Merchants Central WharvesSouthern Business Directory and General Commercial Advertiser, 1854, p. 337
On Wikipedia
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- George Trenholm an article that names this house or its principal — the firm's best-known partner; the article names the house
At 16, George Trenholm had begun working for a major cotton broker, John Fraser and Company in Charleston.
Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-19, read 2026-09-01; CC BY-SA 4.0
Possibly the same house in the 1852 directory
Entries that share a surname with this firm on the same street. Matched on those two things only; the directory and the advertisement have not been reconciled, and a reader should compare the lines.
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