The Monjo Company was a New York City-based fur trading business that obtained furs in the Canadian arctic, Alaska, and the Northwest United States, and sold them wholesale in New York during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
[3] The company was located at 160 Mercer St, opposite Fireman’s Hall in 1884, when the building suffered a fire.
Comer commanded this vessel during two voyages to Hudson Bay during 1907-1912 hunting for whales and trading for furs,[8] followed by Capt.
[9] In June 1913, Monjo sent two traders, George Cleveland and Mr. Bumpus to establish a trading post at Cape Fullerton.
His obituary notes "He was head of a wholesale fur business at 152 West Twenty-fifth Street, New York, bearing his name.