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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.

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Ashhurst family. Papers, 1796-1890.

Title: Papers, 1796-1890.

Additional miscellaneous Ashhurst family papers include: Richard Ashhurst ? receipted bills and accounts, both business and personal, of Richard Ashhurst, John Ashhurst, and their families; Manuel Eyre incoming correspondence, 1796-1845, mostly concerning farm properties, and personal receipted bills; Manuel Eyre estate accounts, receipts, and legal papers; and John Connelly estate papers, 1827-1855.

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Eyre, Manuel, 1777-1845. Business papers, 1796-1834.

Title: Business papers, 1796-1834.

The records consist of : a letter of captain William Brewster on coffee sold and wind conditions for return trip (1796); Eyre's accounts with the firm of Eyre ? a letter of Thomas Janvier introducing William Peterson; an invoice of William L, Hodge to Eyre (1835), and a freight manifest of the brig ASISTIDES bound for Charleston (1801).

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

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Ashhurst family. Papers, 1797-1907.

Title: Papers, 1797-1907.

This collection contains random gatherings of the papers of the Ashhurst and related families of Philadelphia. The most complete series consists of John Ashhurst personal receipted bills, 1837-1883, and caretaker of Samuel H. Hibbard's accounts, 1863-1877, of the Grange, Ashhurst's summer estate in Havertown, Pa. Also John Ashhurst correspondence, 1834-1892 which includes some family letters, often referring to estate and financial matters, and some personal business letters and papers. Other family members represented are: [I. I.] Wheeler ? Richard Ashhurst, dry goods merchant, letterbook, 1822-1827; Richard Ashhurst ? Richard L. Ashhurst letters (typescript), September, 1862 - June, 1863, as Adjutant of the 150th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers; Manuel Eyre estate papers, and assorted Stokes family correspondence, most notably Caleb P. Wayne's off again, on again courtship of Mary Stokes, 1802-1803.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft.

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People's Steam Navigation Company. Stock certificate, 1833.

Title: Stock certificate, 1833.

Stock certificate for 100 shares issued to Manuel Eyre of Philadelphia, August 2, 1833.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Eyre, Manuel, 1777-1845. Business papers, 1796-1815.

Title: Business papers, 1796-1815.

The records include shipping papers for the first voyage of the ship OLIVE BRANCH to St. Croix (1801); for the second, third, fourth and fifth voyages of the brig NANCY to Cap François, Havana and St. Lucia (1800-1802); the second voyage of the brig ARISTIDES to Hamburg (1801); and the second voyage of the schooner EUTAW to the West Indies (1797-1799). The papers include ship's articles, accounts, manifests and bills of lading. There is also a bill of sale for the sloop PERSEVERANCE (1815). There are 25 letters (1796-1806) from corresponding merchants, mostly from Troup & Brown at Port au Prince. Other merchants include: Peter Dorey and John Van Cleve (Cap François), Tucker & Butler (Nassau), Runekel, Ruys & Co. (Amsterdam), and John Jones (Charleston).

ArchivalResource: 332 items.

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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.

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Kensington Lead Works (Philadelphia, Pa.). Records, 1832-1847.

Title: Records, 1832-1847.

The records include inventories, accounts of expenditures and of sales of white lead by Franklin Eyre and correspondence from agent Thomas Janvier to Manuel Eyre in Philadelphia.

ArchivalResource: 38 items.

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Eyre, Manuel, 1777-1845. Business papers, 1801-1823.

Title: Business papers, 1801-1823.

Shipping papers, checks, bills of lading, and customs house lists of goods imported (1801-1823).

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

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Miscellany regarding German redemptioners, 1771-1819 and n.d.

Title: Miscellany regarding German redemptioners, 1771-1819 and n.d.

Miscellaneous papers relating to the transportation of German redemptioners to the United States, of which 28 are transcripts of orginals, not all of which are located; also relating to the Philadelphia mercantile firms of Etienne Dutilh and Manuel Eyre, Jr., partcularly in trade with Dutch ports from which German redemptioners embarked. Included are letters from the firm of Kunckel, Ruys & Co. of Amsterdam (1802-1803) concerning the 1802 voyage of the ship "Devotion" to Philadelphia with a cargo of redemptioners, with details on the methods pursued, costs, profits expected, and character of the passengers. For the list of these passengers, see Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series, XVII, pp. 589-591. Other items are: affidavit of Anthony Mylius, notary public of Amsterdam, concerning the passage money of J. Jongeling aboard the "Devotion," 1803; invoices for grindstones and spirits shipped aboard the "Devotion," 1802; letter of William Waters, captain of the "Devotion," to Manuel Eyre, 1802, on outward voyage with cargo of cotton; letter of Waters to Eyre, 1802, from Amsterdam, announcing price of passage for redemptioners; indenture of Ernestina Weinelin, binding herself to Manuel Eyre for her passage from Amsterdam ($72), 1802, with receipt for balance due her in 1805; bond of E. Dutilh & Co. to John Jones, 1787, as surety for Mathew Eiker, then in the marine hospital on Province Island, Philadelphia, a passenger in the ship "Dorothea" from Rotterdam; receipt of Solomon de Water for E. Dutilh & Co. to the Rev. (later Archbishop) John Carroll, 1787, for passage from Rotterdam aboard the "Dorothea" of two priests, Petrus Heilbrun and Johann Baptist Heilbrun. Also: indenture of Elisabeth Ackerman binding herself to Johann Lewis Barde, 1794, with endorsement of further assignment; letter of Dirk Bakker, mate of the ship "Dorothea," to E. Dutilh & Co., 1788, requesting them to advertise for runaways from the "Dorothea" upon arrival at Philadelphia; indenture of Clemens Rentzen and Peter Grund, binding themselves to Robert E. Hobart & Co., 1793, for passage from Amsterdam; letters of Carl Frederick Raeder setting forth his defense in a legal action against him concerning his voyage to America aboard the "Kathline" and the bad condtions that prevailed on the trip, 1805; receipts for passage money paid in behalf of Mathys Kraus, 1772 (by Willing & Morris), and of George A. Schimp (by Stewart & Nesbitt), both at Philadelphia; nine notes of German passengers to Capt. John Feder [Veder], for funds advanced at Amsterdam, 1784, payable on arrival at Philadelphia Also: list of passengers aboard the "Dispatch," Capt. John Feder [Veder], with their freight and expenses, 1784; agreement between passengers and Phineas Eldridge, master of the brig "Amiable Creole," 1799, for voyage from Hamburg to Philadelphia; letter of Mark Bird, Jonathan Potts, and Thomas Dundas, justices of the peace for Berks County, Pa., to John William Miller, 1774, concerning an action by the magistrates of Erbach, Germany, on behalf of Ludwig Miller to recover funds advanced on his passage to America; contract of Jacob Volckel with Gerhard Wolters & Sons of Rotterdam, 1787, for passage to Philadelphia aboard the "Dorothea"; notice of Joseph K. Stapleton of Baltimore for the recovery of a redemptioner, Maurice Schumacher, from the National Intelligencer, April 15, 1817; noticeto the heirs of John George Schreider, from Newkerchen, Germany, and his wife Anna Elizabeth Young, to appear for a settlement of an estate. The transcripts are included in a 46 page typescript, of unknown authorship, apparently prepared for publication. Those documents, for which no originals are reported above, include: letter of Capt. Jacob Veder of the "Dispatch" to Etienne Dutilh, 1785, from Reedy Island, Delaware Bay, containing details about the voyage and his cargo of redemptioners; accounts received from Philip Gross, George Hatzung and wife, Peter Conver (for Johann C. Sprecher and Regine Abelzen), John Tobigh, and William Kasman, passengers aboard the "Dispatch," 1785; agreement of Dutilh concerning the "Dorothea," and indenture of Johannes Betz and wife to Samuel Wallis; letter of Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, president of the German Society, to R.E. Hobart & Co., 1796, complaining about the treatment of a redemptioner at the Hobart forge in Chester County, Pa., with Hobart's reply; letters of William Waters, captain of the "Devotion," to Manuel Eyre, 1802; letters of Kunckel, Ruys & Co. of Amsterdam to Manuel Eyre, 1802, concerning business and redemptioners; statement of expenses for provisioning the "Devotion" at Amsterdam, 1802; account of Capt. William Waters with Kunckel, Ruys & Co., for passengers on the "Devotion," with record of provisions and supplies, 1802; testimony of Elisabeth Ackerman, ca. 1810, concerning her voyage to America, her indenture, and her life in Pennsylvania.

ArchivalResource: 67 items.

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Eyre, Manuel, 1777-1845. Business papers, 1796-1837.

Title: Business papers, 1796-1837.

Records include a manifest for the OLIVE BRANCH (1803), correspondence re orders, accounts payable, promissory notes, bank drafts, and bills of lading. There are two agreements to rent properties in Delaware City (1827) and Philadelphia (1832) and a letter from Eyre to A. Chapman re farm property in Bucks County (1833).

ArchivalResource: 43 items.

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Mifflin & Massey. Records, 1751-1863 (bulk 1760-1800).

Title: Records, 1751-1863 (bulk 1760-1800).

The records in this collection relate to both partnerships. They number about 150 items and include account books, personal and business bills, insurance papers, promissory notes, receipts, agreements, bonds, and miscellany.

ArchivalResource: 0.6 linear ft.

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Blockley Cotton Factory (Philadelphia, Pa.). Records, 1819-1848.

Title: Records, 1819-1848.

The records are a miscellaneous collection of papers relating to the erection and operation of the factory, including correspondence of William Almond, documents concerning water power for its operation, a broadside for the sheriff's sale in 1842, and various agreements, bills and receipts. Included is an estimate of the operation of a cotton factory on the Brandywine in Delaware (1822), which is almost certainly the factory of Du Planty, McCall & Company near Wilmington.

ArchivalResource: 60 items.

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Eyre, Manuel, 1777-1845. Shipping papers, 1801-1803.

Title: Shipping papers, 1801-1803.

The shipping papers cover the third, fourth and fifth voyages of the ship OLIVE BRANCH to Cap François, La Rochelle and the Cape Verde Islands (1802-1803); the first and second voyages of the ship CHARLESTON PACKET to Charleston and Havre (1802-1803); the third, fourth and fifth voyages of the brig ARISTIDES to Charleston (1801-1802); the first voyage of the brig FAME to Curacao (1803); and the sixth voyage of the brig NANCY to Cap François (1802). They include ship's articles, accounts, cargo manifests, bills of lading, outfitter's bills, agreements with captains and correspondence with agents in foreign ports.. Commodities mentioned include: sugar, cotton, coffe, hides, hardware, textiles, wine, rum, gunpowder, flour, lumber, Windsor chairs, rice, butter and cheese.

ArchivalResource: 322 items.

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Ashhurst, John. Estate papers, 1699-1858.

Title: Estate papers, 1699-1858.

This collection contains the papers of John Ashhurst's estate. Most of the papers, primarily correspondence and receipts, pertain to the business interests of Manuel Eyre and Manuel Eyre, Jr., Philadelphia merchants. The papers supply information on commodity prices, insurance rates, and real estate, biographical sketches of friends and testimonials from various meetings, 1699-1763, information on property valuation for various Wards of Philadelphia, and lecture notes of John Ashhurst (son), 1855, later a noted physician, are included among these papers.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft.

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