Samuel Breck collection 1833-1877 1835, 1837-1839 Breck, Samuel collection
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Farmers Bank of the State of Delaware
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The Farmers Bank of the State of Delaware was incorporated on February 4, 1807. After the liquidation of the Bank of Delaware in 1930, it was the oldest surviving bank in the state. The State of Delaware held the majority of the stock, but the bank was privately managed. The Farmers Bank encountered financial difficulties in the mid-1970s and was sold to the Girard Bank of Philadelphia. The chartering of the bank was designed to provide banking and credit facilities to t...
Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902
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Scudder was an editor with Houghton, Mifflin and Company and editor of the Atlantic Monthly (1890-1898). From the description of Papers, 1879-1901. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612370549 From the description of Additional papers, 1859-1903. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 82251260 From the guide to the Additional papers, 1859-1903., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Scudder was an editor with Houghton, Mi...
Swift & Breck
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Samuel Breck, Jr., was born on July 17, 1771, the son of Samuel Breck and Hannah Andrews. He lived in Boston until December 1782, when he went to study in Toulouse, France. After his return to the United States in 1787, he worked in a Boston counting house. In 1791, he went into business for himself; he permanently relocated to Philadelphia in 1792, where he continued his mercantile career. Breck served in the Pennsylvania State Senate and the United States House of Representatives ...
Bank of Delaware
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Founded 1795 in Wilmington; first bank to operate in the state; operated until 1930. From the description of Bank of Delaware records, 1795-1930 (bulk 1795-1866). (Historical Society of Delaware). WorldCat record id: 70977562 The Bank of Delaware is a statewide financial services company that was organized on June 1, 1795. It received its original charter on February 9, 1796 becoming the first bank in and of the State of Delaware. In 1865 it received a national ...
Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862
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Pennsylvania State Senator; U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania. From the description of Letter and photograph of Samuel Breck, 1834, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51298011 Samuel Breck was a Philadelphia merchant and was a member of the American Philosophical Society (elected 1838). From the description of Historical sketch of the Continental bills of credit, from the year 1775 to 1781, with specimens thereof, 1840. (American Philosophical So...
