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Wharton family. Wharton family papers, 1679-1891 (bulk 1730-1780).

Title: Wharton family papers, 1679-1891 (bulk 1730-1780).

The Wharton family papers contains correspondence, ledgers, account statements and indentures created and collected by members of the Wharton family over more than 200 years. Items in the collection primarily concern Thomas Wharton and his brothers Samuel, Joseph, William, Charles, and Isaac, as well as cousin Thomas Wharton Jr. This collection includes materials relating to their mercantile business dealings in Pennsylvania as well as with businesses and agents in London, Nantucket, Newfoundland, Halifax and Quebec. The collection largely concerns professional interests and contains little in the way of personal information. The Steel family of Pennsylvania is also represented in the collection with correspondence, land, and estate papers.

ArchivalResource: 9 boxes, 37 vols., (10 linear ft.)

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Lamb-Sykes family papers 1680-1947 1819-1911 Lamb-Sykes family papers

Title: Lamb-Sykes family papers 1680-1947 1819-1911 Lamb-Sykes family papers

The Lamb-Sykes family papers contain correspondence, financial and legal documents, daguerreotypes, and other materials related to the Philadelphia families' daily lives and business endeavors. The collection reflects their legal and mercantile affairs, investments, real estate, and involvement with the Mechanics Bank of Philadelphia.

ArchivalResource: 11 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-3224lam?rgn=main;view=text View

Quaker collection 1700-1888 Quaker collection

Title: Quaker collection 1700-1888 Quaker collection

The Quaker Collection consists of miscellaneous letters, diaries, and documents relating to the religious and social history of the Society of Friends in America during the 18th and 19th centuries.

ArchivalResource: 113 items

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-2812.9qua?rgn=main;view=text View

Smith, Edward Wanton, 1875-1940. Papers, 1728-1846.

Title: Papers, 1728-1846.

Family papers containing letters, bills, receipts, etc. of Lamar, Hill, Bisset and Company, wine merchants of Madeira, 1762-1802; business papers of Joseph Wharton, 1728-1771, pertaining chiefly to land in Philadelphia County; letters of John Ely, Controller of New York, to Miers and Samuel Fisher, regarding lands in Otsego and Montgomery Counties, N.Y., 1800-1829; letters to Charles Wharton from Calcutta, Lisbon, and Leghorn, 1783-1809; business letters to James Moffat from Europe, 1794-1813; miscellaneous deeds, letters, and broadsides.

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Smith, Sarah A. G. Collection, 1716-1816.

Title: Collection, 1716-1816.

Principally the business correspondence and records of several eighteenth century Philadelphia merchants. About half of the collection is made up of the papers of Charles Wharton, his father, Joseph Wharton, both merchants, and other related members of the Wharton family. Included are: Charles Wharton business correspondence; business records; letter books, 1779-1785, 1800-1828; account book with the Bank of Pennsylvania, 1794-1809; an index to shipping adventures and merchants who did business with Charles Wharton; and an unidentified letter book, 1766-1769, 1771). One-third of the collection is comprised of the business papers, 1756-1798, of [Thomas] Lamar, [Henry] Hill, [Robert] Bisset Company, a partnership of three brothers-in-law who traded between Philadelphia, London, and Madeira, and consist mainly of the correspondence between the partners and a few miscellaneous records. There are letters by Mary Lamar, the widow of Thomas Lamar, about her estate. The remainder of the collection includes: the correspondence, 1768-1774, of Anthony Clarkson, merchant of Philadelphia, from John and Arthur Burrows of St. Vincent and Jamaica; Joshua Fisher and Sons, merchants of Philadelphia, business records, 1745-1775; and miscellaneous items.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122523788 View