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of 110, Leadenhall Street, London, E.C., Ship and Insurance Agents
c1809 Established by Robert Chapman
Later became John Chapman & Co.
1823 became John Allan & Sons.
A brother of Charles Dickens was at one time a clerk. Charles Dickens blessed several of his characters in "Dombey and Son" on those in the office.
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