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Mercantile miscellany, 1784-1804.

Title: Mercantile miscellany, 1784-1804.

Advertising circulars (mostly printed) addressed to Philadelphia merchants Manuel Eyre, Andrew Clow and Dutilh & Wachsmuth. Addressed from: Paris, London, Lisbon, Havana, Amsterdam, Cap François, Antwerp, Barcelona and Bilbao. Two printed prices current for Amsterdam (1804) and Marseilles (1804).

ArchivalResource: 23 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122598007 View

Clow, Andrew, d. ca. 1793. Papers, 1785-1792.

Title: Papers, 1785-1792.

Letters and deed from John Dewhurst, merchant. The letters, written from New York and London, note social, business, and political matters. The deed conveys property in Washington to Clow.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70953011 View

Andrew Clow & Company. Records, 1784-1835.

Title: Records, 1784-1835.

The records consist of parts of 15 separate dealer's lots of papers of and about Andrew Clow & Company.

ArchivalResource: 420 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86119155 View

Andrew Clow and Company (Philadelphia, Pa.). Miscellaneous papers, 1785-1878.

Title: Miscellaneous papers, 1785-1878.

Includes 22 letters, 1785-1797, from various individuals and merchants, located principally in Alexandria, Richmond, and Portsmouth, Va., and Geo. Town [Georgetown, D.C.?], written to or mentioning Philadelphia, Pa., merchants Andrew Clow & Co. The letters concern financial matters, shipments of merchandise such as flour, sugar, and tobacco, and other commercial affairs. Includes 3 letters, 1799-1800, with Arthur Jones of Richmond and Norfolk, Va., as recipient. Also includes an April 21, 1806, court order involving Alexander Love vs several defendants including David Cay ("surviving partner of Andrew Clow & Co.) and Arthur Jones. Includes 2 letters, one from Preston Trotter, "near Waynesborough" to John P. Little, merchant, Fredericksburgh [sic], Va., dated January 10, 1826, and one from R.H. Little, Millwood, Frederick County, Va., to John Gill, Mrcht, Philadelphia, dated June 3, 1831. Includes 1 letter, March 17, 1878, from Dr. J.O.E. Allen, Culpeper, Va., to Mr. Pierce. Includes 82 receipts, 1788-1793, from various Virginia merchants in Alexandria and Fredericksburg to Andrew Clow and Company.

ArchivalResource: 111 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58596086 View

D. Doüat, Labate & Co. Letters to Andrew Clow & Co., 1790

Title: Letters to Andrew Clow & Co., 1790

Two letters from Bilbao, Spain, to Andrew Clow & Co. of Philadelphia regarding sales of goods and market conditions.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123466541 View

United States. District Court (Pennsylvania : Eastern District). Admiralty dockets and case files, 1790-1847 [microform].

Title: Admiralty dockets and case files, 1790-1847 [microform].

The records consist of dockets and case files for admiralty cases heard by the Circuit Court at its sittings in Philadelphia between 1789 and 1840. A typical case file may contain some or all of the following documents: bills of complaint, answers, depositions, transcripts of testimony, exhibits, orders and reports of masters. The exhibits may include copies of original letters, minutes, contracts and accounts, shipping articles, crew lists, logs, manifests and other documents submitted as evidence. Most of the admiralty cases before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania during the years 1789 to 1840 concerned actions for damages arising from collision; for breach of contract for services or goods, chiefly claims for seamen's wages and materials and supplies furnished; and for pilotage, towage, and wharfage fees, bottomry, and marine insurance. There were also suits concerning prize, ransom, and salvage rights; smuggling of goods; illegal transportation of slaves; assault and battery; theft of cargo; embezzlement and fraud; and the illegal transportation of foreign troops by a confiscated U.S. vessel.

ArchivalResource: 18 reels of positive microfilm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/741939221 View

Andrew Clow & Company. Records, 1784-1795.

Title: Records, 1784-1795.

Consists of letters, invoices, bills, and other documents relating to goods imported by Clow & Co. from England. Twelve invoices represent items shipped to Clow from firms in Manchester and London from 1790 to 1792. Calico prints, muslins, dyed cottons, and gloves are mentioned. Several are on billheads with engraved vignettes. Five letters from John Dewhurst in New York to Clow document the purchase of textiles and general consumer demand in 1785. There are references to "furniture cottons," blankets, and other goods shipped. The collection also contains eleven items pertaining to Clow's involvement in the cutlery trade from 1784 to 1791. Included are six letters from Benj. Roebuck & Fenton, one letter from Mitchell Thompson Wreaks & Co., and four extensive invoices showing sizable and described quantities of cutlery shipped to Philadelphia from Sheffield, England with some provision to accept American pig iron in return. Eight letters and orders for goods from William Harris in New York to Clow & Co. from 1790 to 1795 document financial transactions and the exchange of textiles, sewing equipment, and other dry goods. A bill from Anthony Steel in 1793 provides evidence of Clow's purchase of a set of chairs. Finally, the collection features a memorandum of agreement between William Wilson & Co. of Alexandria, Va. and David Dewar, Richard Cromwell, and Andrew Clow & Co. of Philadelphia for the importation of dye wood on the ship Voyage in 1793. As well, the collection includes a check drawn on the Bank of the United States by the company in March 1792. The check has a decorative border, has been canceled by two crosses cut into the paper, and is printed on paper watermarked IIS or HS.

ArchivalResource: 40 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84666534 View

Dutilh & Wachsmuth (Philadelphia, Pa.). Dutilh, Wachsmuth, & Co. records, 1765-[1890?] (bulk 1790-1850).

Title: Dutilh, Wachsmuth, & Co. records, 1765-[1890?] (bulk 1790-1850).

Correspondence, account statements, promissory notes, receipts, legal papers, and other business documents comprise the Dutilh, Wachsmuth, & Co. Records.

ArchivalResource: 3 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/427405788 View