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In 1804, young Scottish entrepreneurs Allan Gilmour, John Pollok and Arthur Pollok joined forces to create Pollok and Gilmour Co., a Glasgow based import business specializing in timber. In 1812, they began overseas expansion, sending Alexander Rankin and James Gilmour to establish a base on the Miramichi, in New Brunswick. Beginning with a sawmill, offices and a house at Douglastown, Gilmour and Rankin Co. later established a shipbuilding yard and a second sawmill. From their initial foothold in the wilderness, they developed a highly successful business as timber merchant and ship builders. This exhibit includes digitized documents from the collection, including correspondence among members of the various branches of Pollok and Gilmour, especially to and from Alexander Rankin of Rankin and Gilmour; personal financial records of Alexander and Robert Rankin, and North American travel diaries of Allan Gilmour. |
