Godeffroy & Son dissolves; its Yap holdings pass to the DHPG.

What happened

When Godeffroy & Son was dissolved, the Deutsche Handels- und Plantagen-Gesellschaft (DHPG) took over its holdings. By the early 1880s it was one of three major firms on Yap besides O’Keefe, along with Hernsheim and Crayton Holcomb’s private operation.

Who’s who

David O’KeefeIrish-born trader on Yap who shipped Palauan stone money in exchange for copra from the 1870s.

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Sources for this note

Hezel, O’Keefe

Sources for the event

Hezel, O’Keefe