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Taylor, Moses, 1806-1882. Moses Taylor papers, 1793-1906, bulk (1835-1890).

Title: Moses Taylor papers, 1793-1906, bulk (1835-1890).

Bulk of the papers reflects Taylor's business career over five decades and is composed of correspondence and records, 1834-1889, of the trading house of Moses Taylor and the reorganized trading and investments firm of Moses Taylor ? personal papers, 1837-1880; papers of Taylor's estate, 1881-1900; papers, 1852-1882, relating to the estate of Taylor's father, Jacob Bloom Taylor; letters and papers, 1860s and 1870s, of Taylor's son, Henry A.C. Taylor, and other members of his family; correspondence and papers, 1830-1893, of Taylor's business partners, Percy Pyne (who was also his lieutenant and son-in-law) and Lawrence Turnure, and his closest associates in trade and industry, Henry Augustus Coit, Charles Heckscher and Philo Shelton; correspondence and records, 1830-1899, of the many industrial companies and public utilities in which Taylor and/or his family and estate had a financial interest; letters and papers, 1863-1888, relating to the Ten Years War of 1868-1878 in Cuba, during which Taylor's firm acted as agents for the independence movement; and records, 1793-1906, of other merchants.

ArchivalResource: Originals: 132 linear feet (326 boxes, 1166 v., 1 oversize folder).Copies: Mercantile Weekly Report: 1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122378718 View

Blair, John Insley, 1802-1899. Papers, 1830-1909.

Title: Papers, 1830-1909.

Correspondence; journals (1828-1883); personal financial records; records of Blair's coal, iron, and railroad interests; estate papers of Margaret Hankinson, William Hankinson, John Harris, John Locke, Frederick Snover, Benjamin Titman, William Van Campen, and others, retained by Blair as executor; records of various churches and schools in Blairstown, N.J.; Blairstown post office records (1830-1885); papers of John D. Vail, nephew of Blair's wife, Anne; correspondence, sermons, and other records, of John A. Reiley, pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Blairstown, and principal of Blair Academy; correspondence and financial records of Joseph F. Carroll; diary (1908-1909) of Jessie Gray at Leipzig, Germany; scrapbooks relating to John I. Blair and Blairstown; printed material and railroad maps; genealogical material on Blair, Vail, and related families. Persons represented include Anne, DeWitt Clinton, Jacob M., and James Blair; George Bowlby; T.B. Condict, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen; Enos Goble; Euphrenia and Robert G. Hunt; Aurelia Blair Mitchell; Anne and William Reiley; Charles, Emma Blair, and William Scribner; Charles E., George, and William Penn Vail; Asa Whitehead; Peter Winter; and John W. Wycoff.

ArchivalResource: 16 ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70956084 View

Reynolds, Edward E. A review of the Porter-Allen steam engine in the rail mill of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company, Scranton, Penn.

Title: A review of the Porter-Allen steam engine in the rail mill of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company, Scranton, Penn. 1886.

ArchivalResource: 2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37753367 View

Philip H. and Charles F. Mattes letters 1841-1868 Mattes, Philip H. and Charles F. letters

Title: Philip H. and Charles F. Mattes letters 1841-1868 Mattes, Philip H. and Charles F. letters

This collection is made up of letters between Philip H. Mattes of Easton, Pennsylvania, and his son Charles, who worked for the Lackawanna Iron Works (later the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company) in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in the mid-19th century. They discussed the Lackawanna Iron Works, finances and other business matters, and family news and health.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-3204mat?rgn=main;view=text View

Moses Taylor papers, 1793-1906, 1835-1890

Title: Moses Taylor papers 1793-1906 1835-1890

Moses Taylor (1806-1882) was a little-known but representative figure in the history of the mercantile and industrial development of the United States and Cuba in the nineteenth century. Taylor was a New York City merchant in the West Indies trade (chiefly Cuba), a long-time president of City Bank of New York, an entrepreneur and manager in the railroad and mining industries, a life-long Tammany supporter, an ambivalent War Democrat with personal and business ties to the South, and an important member of August Belmont's clique of Democratic businessmen. Bulk of the papers reflects Taylor's business career over five decades and is composed of correspondence and records, 1834-1889, of the trading house of Moses Taylor and the reorganized trading and investments firm of Moses Taylor & Company; personal papers, 1837-1880; papers of Taylor's estate, 1881-1900; papers, 1852-1882, relating to the estate of Taylor's father, Jacob Bloom Taylor; letters and papers, 1860s and 1870s, of Taylor's son, Henry A.C. Taylor, and other members of his family; correspondence and papers, 1830-1893, of Taylor's business partners, Percy Pyne (who was also his lieutenant and son-in-law) and Lawrence Turnure, and his closest associates in trade and industry, Henry Augustus Coit, Charles Heckscher and Philo Shelton; correspondence and records, 1830-1899, of the many industrial companies and public utilities in which Taylor and/or his family and estate had a financial interest; letters and papers, 1863-1888, relating to the Ten Years War of 1868-1878 in Cuba, during which Taylor's firm acted as agents for the independence movement; and records, 1793-1906, of other merchants.

ArchivalResource: 132 linear feet (326 boxes, 1166 v., 1 oversize folder)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2955 View

William Henry and L.I. & C. Co. beginnings typescript : history and genealogy.

Title: William Henry and L.I. & C. Co. beginnings typescript : history and genealogy. 1920-1950?

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49406475 View