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1779 - Active in the merchant [[House of Kitt & Reinwald]] on St. Eustatius, supported by [[Iselin, Reinhard]] of Copenhagen. Together they ran the merchant [[House of Kitt, Iselin & co]] in St. Thomas and in Baltimore. ([https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/029393/2008-10-16/ Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz]) Kitt was probably working with [[Rheinwald, Frederick]] of Honcard in Switzerland. ([https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3209232 British High Court of Admiralty]) | 1779 - Active in the merchant [[House of Kitt & Reinwald]] on St. Eustatius, supported by [[Iselin, Reinhard]] of Copenhagen. Together they ran the merchant [[House of Kitt, Iselin & co]] in St. Thomas and in Baltimore. ([https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/029393/2008-10-16/ Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz]) Kitt was probably working with [[Rheinwald, Frederick]] of Honcard in Switzerland. ([https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3209232 British High Court of Admiralty]) | ||
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| + | 1880 - Kitt expanded his activities, cooperating with the three Zurich silk fabric manufacturers [[Heinrich Tobler]], [[Salomon Traxler]], [[Frey & Pestalozzi]] and probably others. These companies sent their products via Amsterdam in consignment to [[House of Kitt & Reinwald]]. (Hans Conrad Peyer, Handel und Bank im alten Zürich, Zürich 1968, S. 177f) | ||
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Revision as of 14:05, 23 September 2019
Born 1744-1-1 in Zürich, died 1825 in North America (Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz)
Family
Father: Martin, Hans, merchant. (Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz)
Mother: Meier, Anna Margaretha (Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz)
Wife: Pauzier, Sara from Geneve. (Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz)
Timeline
1776 - Left Zürich after bankruptcy as a seller of local and European textiles. (Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz)
1779 - Active in the merchant House of Kitt & Reinwald on St. Eustatius, supported by Iselin, Reinhard of Copenhagen. Together they ran the merchant House of Kitt, Iselin & co in St. Thomas and in Baltimore. (Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz) Kitt was probably working with Rheinwald, Frederick of Honcard in Switzerland. (British High Court of Admiralty)
1880 - Kitt expanded his activities, cooperating with the three Zurich silk fabric manufacturers Heinrich Tobler, Salomon Traxler, Frey & Pestalozzi and probably others. These companies sent their products via Amsterdam in consignment to House of Kitt & Reinwald. (Hans Conrad Peyer, Handel und Bank im alten Zürich, Zürich 1968, S. 177f)
Notes
More information here: https://www.louverture.ch/MATERIAL/SKLAVEREI/salomon.html and here: https://cooperaxion.ch/index.php?tablename=sklavenhandel&function=details&where_field=id&where_value=121
