The House of Morrell; with a foreword by William ... - University Library

ing himself to business conditions of the larger market. There is no
record indicating that he opened an office or place of business during
this period.
The Bradford business was disposed of in i860 and premises taken
at No. I Temple Court, L^iverpool. Four employees of the Bradford
business went to Liverpool with John Morrell — Frederick
Jackson, John Lawrence, Henry Sagg and Alfred Tllingworth. Jackson
has already been mentioned in these pages. John Lawrence joined
the Bradford firm in 1857, ultimately becoming head bookkeeper
and cashier. He resigned in 1867 to accept a similar position with
Robert Morrell & Co., Bradford. John Lawrence was kind to those
under his direction and, in turn, was loved by them, but with it all
commanded their respect. Alfred Illingworth had become apprenticed
to John Morrell as a boy of 12 years in 1857. When his apprenticeship
expired on November 20, 1865, he elected to continue with
John Morrell & Co. and in the years that followed rose to positions
of high responsibility. Henry Sagg had charge for a time of the
Liverpool business at No. i Temple Court and afterwards traveled
for the company. He resigned in the late '60s to accept a similar position
with another Liverpool provision house. At the close of the
period, in September of 1865, Thomas Dove Foster entered the firm
and was placed in charge of dock work, checking packages landed
from steamers and sailing vessels.
As at Bradford, development of the firm's business in Liverpool
was steady and soon the No. i Temple Court quarters were too small.
In 1862 the hrm was located in Button Street and in the next year
quite extensive premises were taken in Sir Thomas' Building in
Whitechapel. Before moving to the Whitechapel location, his associates
have reported, John Morrell visited
the Manchester Market
each Tuesday and made sales of firkin butter, sometimes in 100 to
250 firkins quantities. These were shipped direct from Castlecomer
and Kilkenny by Atkinson and possibly John Morrell's brother,
George Morrell H, who was in Kilkenny at this time.
During the first years in Liverpool, John Morrell found himself
in a very satisfactory situation. His operations in Ireland were going
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