Tinsley & Hull was a based cotton brokerage in Savannah, Georgia, USA, which became insolvent in 1913.[1] The company exported cotton,[2] and phosphate rock.

Fleming D. Tinsley house in Savannah, Georgia, on Johnston Street (now College Street), photographed in the 1870s

Fleming Davies Tinsley, a native of Milledgeville, Georgia, an executive with the firm, was tried and found not guilty of larceny in the aftermath of the business' failure. He was accused of stealing 275 bales of cotton valued at $22,000 from the Savannah Trust Company.[3]

Another principal figure in the corporation was Daniel B. Hull. He purchased a membership in the New York Cotton Exchange from Alan Bond, a member of the New York Stock Exchange, in May 1909.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ "Fleming D. Tinsley Vindicated", Wall Street Journal, November 24, 1913, pg. 2.
  2. ^ "New York Cotton Exchange Seat Sold", Wall Street Journal, May 10, 1909, pg. 6.
  3. ^ Joy Fisher (October 15, 2004). "FLEMING DAVIES TINSLEY". Chatham County GaArchives Biographies. Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved February 11, 2009.