Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Nathan Bridge & Co. Records contains records from the merchant shipping firm that preceded Bates & Co. Nathan Bridge & Co. was managed by co-partners Nathan Bridge and John Douglas Bates. After Nathan Bridge’s death in 1830, surviving partner John D. Bates and clerk Adam W. Thaxter became co-partners under the renamed firm of Bates & Co. The bulk of the materials in this series were created by John D. Bates during his work for the company’s sugar trade in Cuba and...