Gideon Wanton letters Wanton (Gideon) letters 1782-1786

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Gideon Wanton letters Wanton (Gideon) letters 1782-1786

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This collection is comprised of letters sent by Gideon Wanton of Newport, Rhode Island, to members of his family detailing his experiences as a young man learning the mercantile trade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1782-1786.

.21 linear feet; (1 half document case)

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Wanton family

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Wanton, Gideon, 1766-1786

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Gideon Wanton (1766-1786) was born in his family’s house at 17 Broadway in Newport, Rhode Island (known today as the Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House). He was the son of John G. (1729-1799) and Mary Bull Wanton (1729-1821) and the younger brother of Mary “Polly” Wanton (1763-1821). His sister, Polly, married Daniel Lyman (1756-1830), an army officer during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), in 1781. Towards the end of the Revolutionary War, Gideon’s father...

Lyman, Daniel, 1756-1830

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