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

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

The records consist of dockets and case files for equity cases heard by the Circuit Court at its sittings in Philadelphia between 1790 and 1847. 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. Cases deal with patent infringement, libel, fraudulent misrepresentation, conspiracies in restraint of trade, violations of contracts and bankruptcy.

ArchivalResource: 23 reels of positive microfilm.

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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

Unger, Claude. Collection, 1706-1937.

Title: Collection, 1706-1937.

Letters and documents representing some 2,000 individuals relate to a wide variety of subjects. Large groups of papers concern Philadelphia merchants of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and include correspondence, accounts, bills of lading, ships papers, etc. Firms represented are: Richard Ashhurst and Sons, which traded in dry goods primarily with Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi; Thomas Astley, trading with England, whose papers mostly pertain to land investments in western Pennsylvania; Andrew Clow and Company, with offices in Philadelphia and London, traded with England and Europe, here mostly with Rathbone and Benson, Liverpool; Dutilh and Wachsmuth and affiliate companies, trading mostly with the West Indies but also with Europe. There are account books representing a variety of businesses of Pennsylvania Germans, and also some court dockets and school exercise books. The bulk of this material consists of the records, 1840-1890, of Jonas Robinhold's dry good store, Port Clinton, PA; blotters, journals, and ledgers; also Jonas Robinhold justice of the peace docket books, 1845-1863; and Port Clinton tax collection records, 1872, Hiram Robinhold, Collector. Additional records include: Heidelberg Township accounts of supervisors, 1775-1836; Peter Hoffman ledger, 1817-1831 (labor); Aaron Keffer, ledger, 1845-1853; David Rinewald, linen merchant, daybook, 1797-1815; John Romich, lumber merchant, ledger, 1844-1888; William Weiler, dry goods merchant, ledger, 1851-1859; and others.

ArchivalResource: ca. 7000 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122644877 View

Gratz, Simon. Commercial records, 1699-1835.

Title: Commercial records, 1699-1835.

John Astley, 1799-1819; Thomas Astley, Philadelphia merchant, 1813-1835, correspondence on trade and land transactions; Andrew Clow and David Cay, Philadelphia merchants, papers, 1730-1816, relate to trade with England, West Indies, Newburyport, Mass., Wilmington, Del., and other places; Samuel Coates receipt books, 1740-1756, 1781-1818, and memorandum book, 1813-1818; William Manington accounts, 1699-1703; Cramond, Phillips and Company, Philadelphia merchants, correspondence, 1789-1801; Hamilton-Hood papers, 1813-1835, relate to commerce, finance, accounts, receipts, etc.; Thomas Barn day and receipt books, 1827-1835; William Clarkson and George Morrison ledger, 1767-1779; Isaac Zane ledger, 1748-1759; bonds, 1749-1775, miscellaneous agreements and obligations signed by men of the colonial period.

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