Thebaud Brothers was an American commission house located in

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. The company was established around 1793{{Cite news , date=July 18, 1907 , title=Thebaud Brothers Fail for $750,000 , url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.comhttp//timesmachine.content-tagging.us-east-1-01.prd.dvsp.nyt.net/timesmachine/1907/07/18/106113971.html?pageNumber=14 , access-date=2024-02-03 , work=The New York Times , language=en by

Joseph Thebaud Joseph Thebaud (1772–1811) was an agent of the French East India Company, and later in about 1792 founded Thebaud Brothers, a commission house in New York City. Founder of the French Benevolent Society of New York.French East India Company The French East India Company (french: Compagnie française pour le commerce des Indes orientales) was a colonial commercial enterprise, founded on 1 September 1664 to compete with the English (later British) and Dutch trading companies in the ...

. According to ''The New York Times'', it was among the largest traders with Mexico and Central America in the city. From 1862 until its eventual collapse in 1907, Thebaud Brothers held a prominent position as a major importer of

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fiber from

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into the United States. Its failure was connected to another company going out of business, the E. Escalante & Son commission house in the Yucatan.

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Defunct companies based in New York City American companies established in 1792 American companies disestablished in 1907 1792 establishments in New York (state) 1907 disestablishments in New York (state) Trading companies disestablished in the 20th century Trading companies established in the 18th century