F. B. Lecky and Co
of Belfast
1880 Business transfer. '...WILLIAM HUGH SMYTH, Linen Merchant and Jute Manufacturer, having taken over the Jute Manufacturing Department of the business of F. B. Lecky and Co, Linen Merchants and Jute Manufacturers, in Glasgow, London, and Belfast, he ceased on this date to be a partner of said firm, and he will carry on the Jute Business for his own behoof, under the firm of W. H. Smyth and Co...'[1]