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Land company records, 1792-1816.

Title: Land company records, 1792-1816.

Contains accounts, names of purchasers and shareholders, plans of association, and agreements for the North American Land Company, Pennsylvania Population Company, Asylum Company, and Pennsylvania Land Company.

ArchivalResource: 293 p. ; 38 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122616561 View

Pennsylvania Population Company. Pennsylvania Population Company and North River Petroleum Company stock certificates, 1793-1865.

Title: Pennsylvania Population Company and North River Petroleum Company stock certificates, 1793-1865.

This collection consists of two stock certificates. One is supplied by the Pennsylvania Population Company (1793) to Robert Morris and signed by President John Nicholson. Morris and Nicholson were partners in speculating. It was printed by Francis Bailey. The other stock certificate is to Francis N. Gove for 250 shares of the North River Petroleum Company in Warren County, Pennsylvania (1865) and is signed by President Henry N. Morgan. It was printed by C.O. Jones and has a United States "entry of goods" 25-cent revenue stamp affixed (Scott #R45, 1862-71 issues).

ArchivalResource: 2 stock certificates.

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Nicholson, John, 1757-1800. Papers, 1772-1819 [microform].

Title: Papers, 1772-1819 [microform].

The records consist of John Nicholson's private papers which were seized by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania around 1800 in order to prosecute its claims against his estate and unravel the many difficult title conflicts involving his vast land holdings.

ArchivalResource: 27 reels of microfilm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86123628 View

Gibson, James. Papers, 1712-1846.

Title: Papers, 1712-1846.

The collection relates to the colonial and early national periods: it contains land claims and deeds of Maryland, 1712-16; French and Spanish passports for trade and shipping; agreements of Philadelphia merchants to decline acceptances of notes of credit in lieu of specie, 1766; correspondence on local affairs and general politics. Included are accounts of money paid out on warrants by the auditor general, 1777; minutes of proceedings in charges brought against the Board of the Treasury by Francis Hopkinson, treasurer of loans, 1780; a statement of Treasury accounts of Francis Hopkinson, 1780; contract between Robert Morris and Daniel Parker to supply rations to the Revolutionary Army; register of accounts and claims against the United States, and a review of the business transacted by the Chamber of Accounts, 1779-1780; legal papers and subpoenas issued by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania against Robert Morris and John Nicholson relate to unsatisfied judgments. The formation of land companies in Pennsylvania in which Robert Morris, John Nicholson, and James Gibson were interested, is shown in the papers of the Pennsylvania Population Company, Asylum Company, Erie Lands, and Donation Lands, 1792-1828: the correspondence of their agents, Judah Colt and James Gibson, mortgages, agreements of sales, surveys, deeds, powers of attorney, claims, court proceedings, minutes of the board of managers, and plats. There is also a copy of the map and exemplification of the grant of the Erie triangle from the United States to Pennsylvania, 1792. In addition there is a group of letters, 1824-1846, addressed to Carey? Carey, Lea,? Lea & Blanchard, booksellers and publishers. Among the names of the correspondents are: William Bainbridge, John C. Breckinridge, Horace Binney, C.C. Bonaparte, Thomas Cooper, Joseph Drayton, Millard Fillmore, C.J. Ingersoll, John Marshall, Joel R. Poinsett, Peter Du Ponceau, Joseph Quincy, R. Randolph, J. Reed, Thomas Riché, Richard Rush, Andrew Stevenson, Bushrod Washington, Hamilton Washington, and Noah Webster.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122489787 View