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Willing, Thomas, 1731-1821

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Thomas Willing (December 19, 1731 – January 19, 1821) was an American merchant, politician and slave trader who served as mayor of Philadelphia and was a delegate from Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress. He also served as the first president of the Bank of North America and the First Bank of the United States. During his tenure there he became the richest man in America. Born in Philadelphia, Willing completed preparatory studies in Bath, England, then studied law in London at the Inner...

Matlack, Timothy, 1736-1829

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Timothy Matlack (March 28, 1736 – April 14, 1829) was a brewer and beer bottler who emerged as a popular and powerful leader in the American Revolutionary War, Secretary of Pennsylvania during the war, and a delegate to the Second Continental Congress in 1780. He became one of Pennsylvania's most provocative and influential political figures, but he was removed from office by his political enemies at the end of the war; however, he returned to power in the Jeffersonian era. Matlack was known for...

Roberdeau, Daniel, 1727-1795

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Daniel Roberdeau (1727 – January 5, 1795) was an American Founding Father and merchant residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the time of the American War of Independence. He represented Pennsylvania from 1777 to 1779 in the Continental Congress, where he signed the Articles of Confederation. Born on the Island of St. Christopher in the West Indies, he immigrated to Philadelphia with his mother and sisters following his father's death. Roberdeau became a timber merchant there. He was elec...

Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791

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Francis Hopkinson (October 2, 1737 [O.S. September 21, 1737] – May 9, 1791) was an American Founding Father, judge, author and composer. He designed Continental paper money and two early versions of flags, one for the United States and one for the United States Navy. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence in July 1776 as a delegate from New Jersey. Born in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, British America, Hopkinson received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1757 from the Col...

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

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Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1706] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the first United States postmaster general. As a scientist, he was a major figure in ...

Biddle, Owen, 1737-1799

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Biddle was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa's grandson, the son of his daughter Brenda. From the description of Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1959. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 175234502 Owen Biddle was a clock maker working in Philadelphia, Penn. From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1765. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668322595 ...

Franks, David C.

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Roberts, Hugh,

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Pemberton, James, 1723-1809

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Quaker merchant, of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Papers, 1777-1812. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 27134245 Quaker merchant and philanthropist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to James Phillips, (probably the Quaker bookseller in London), 1788 Nov. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872094 Clerk of the Philadelphia and New Jersey Society of Friends. From the description of Quaker pape...

Bond, Thomas, 1712-1784

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Thomas Bond and his brother, Phineas Bond, were physicians and surgeons based out of Philadelphia. Together, they founded the Pennsylvania Hospital and American Philosophical Society. From the description of Ledgers of Thomas and Phineas Bond : Philadelphia, 1751-1770. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 776159035 Physician of Philadelphia. From the description of Thomas Bond letter, 1773, Aug. 28, [Philadelphia], to Phineas Pemberton. (D...

Kinnersley, Ebenezer, 1711-1778

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Ebenezer Kinnersley, a Baptist minister, was Chief Master and professor at the English School of the College of Philadelphia (later the University of Pennsylvania). He was a member of the American Philosophical Society and was interested in electricity. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts (Large), 1757. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155886082 Ebenezer Kinnersley was a schoolmaster in Philadelphia. From the description of ...

College, Academy, and Charitable Schools of Philadelphia

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Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784

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Anthony Benezet, born Antoine Bénézet (January 31, 1713 – May 3, 1784), was a French-American abolitionist and educator who was active in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of the early American abolitionists, Benezet founded one of the world's first anti-slavery societies, the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage (after his death it was revived as the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery); the first public school for girls in North America; and t...

Haines & Twells.

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Haines & Twells was a Philadelphia brewery. From the guide to the Haines & Twells, account book, 1767-1770, 1767-1770, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Morgan, John, 1735-1789

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Physician. From the description of Memorial of John Morgan, 1779. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451271 American physician. From the description of Autograph letters signed (9) : Paris, Rome, London, and Philadelphia, to Sir Alexander Dick, 1763 Nov. 1-1768 Mar. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270613161 John Morgan was a Philadelphia physician and teacher. From the description of Correspondence, 1763-1788. (American Philosophical Society...

Hamilton, John, ca. 1710-1783.

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Farmer, Lewis

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Foxcroft, John, -1720

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Meredith, Reese

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Watts, Stephen, 1741-1788

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Epithet: theatrical agent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001027.0x000238 ...

Keppele, Henry

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Syng, Philip, 1703-1789

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Fooks, Paul.

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McCall, Archibald

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Lardner, Lynford, 1715-1774

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Keeper of the Great Seal of Pa. 1746-1752; Receiver General of Pa.; member of Governor's Council 1755-1774. From the description of Account book : manuscript, 1748 Sept. 25-1752 Jan. 1. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122580812 ...

Nicola, Lewis, 1717-1807

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Editor, army officer, and businessman. From the description of Papers of Lewis Nicola, 1777-1783. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452337 ...

Moore, William

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Title: 2nd Baronet 1692 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000678.0x000354 Epithet: chaplain to the Earl of Abingdon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000678.0x000342 Epithet: of Intwood, county Norfolk British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000678.0x000350 ...

Chew, Benjamin, 1722-1810

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Chief Justice Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) was the only surviving son of Dr. Samuel Chew and his first wife, Mary Galloway. Born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, he would eventually serve as recorder of Philadelphia, attorney general, recorder-general, and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania under the colonial government. After the Revolution, he was selected as the president of the High Court of Errors and Appeals. His 1747 marriage to Mary Galloway (1729-1755), produced four survi...