Russell & Company
Boston company sold opium to the Chinese, and imported tea and silk to America
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Leadership & Staff
Donata Russell
• Board of Directors
John Murray Forbes American railroad magnate, merchant, philanthropist and abolitionist
• clerk in the Canton office ('30→?)
Robert Bennet Forbes Ship captain and merchant
• Position ('17→?)
Richard Starr Dana Russell & Co.
• General Manager (?→'69)
Warren Delano Jr Grandfather of President Franklin D Roosevelt
• Senior Partner ('30→?)
Joseph Coolidge Russell and Company; married Thomas Jefferson's granddaughter
• clerk (past)
Owners
Samuel Wyllys Pomeroy III Russell & Company's Canton operation
• Partner ('71→?)
Edward Cunningham Russell & Co.
• Partner (past)
Joseph Coolidge Russell and Company; married Thomas Jefferson's granddaughter
• Partner (past)
Augustine Heard Russell & Co.
• Partner (past)
Paul Sieman Forbes Russell & Co.
• Partner (past)