Papers, 1741-1898 [photoprints and microfilm].

Welsh, John, 1770-1854

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John Welsh (b. Aug. 1, 1770, Bethel, Sussex County, Delaware-d. Mar. 4, 1854, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an ancestor of John Foster Dulles, Allen Welsh Dulles, and Eleanor Lansing Dulles. He married Jemima Maris on March 14, 1795 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From the description of Welsh, John, 1770-1854 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 12206158 ...

George Wildes & Company.

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Thomson, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1808-1874

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Pennsylvania Railroad official. From the description of J. Edgar Thomson correspondence, 1850 October 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981660 ...

Shipley family.

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Canby, James, 1781-1858

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Pennsylvania Railroad

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The Pennsylvania Railroad Company was the largest railroad in the United States in terms of corporate assets and traffic from the last quarter of the nineteenth century until the decline of the northeast's and midwest's dominance of manufacturing, caused by the evolution of the interstate highway system and the advancements in air transportation. Originally created by Philadelphia merchants in 1846, it sought to build a trunk route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh via the Allegheny Mountains to c...

Canby, Merritt, 1787-1866.

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Brown, James, 1791-1877

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Rockwood (Brandywine Hundred, Del.).

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Price, Richard, 1795-1865.

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Bringhurst, Edward, 1835-1912.

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Shipley, John, 1782-1863.

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Ferris family

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Rushton, Edward, 1796-1851.

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Shipley, Thomas, b. 1718.

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Brown, Shipley & Co.

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Canby, Benjamin, 1704-1748.

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Brown Brothers & Company

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Alexander Brown (1764-1834) emigrated from Ireland to Baltimore in 1800 and opened a dry goods business with which his four sons became associated. One son, John (1788-1872), opened a branch in Philadelphia in 1818 and expanded the business to include foreign exchange transactions. Another son, James (1791-1877) established Brown Brothers & Co. in New York City in 1825 and eventually absorbed the other branches. In addition, Brown Brothers & Co. was associated with the English firm of Br...

Shipley, Hannah, 1801-1891.

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Bringhurst, Edward, 1809-1884.

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Canby, Samuel, 1751-1832.

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Samuel Canby (1751-1832) was a flour miller and part owner of the Brandywine Mills just north of Wilmington, Del. Samuel Canby was the second son of Oliver Canby. His father died when he was three years old. He was apprenticed to a carpenter and cabinet-maker until 1771, when he moved to Brandywine Village and took up the milling business. He was in the Society of Friends, and his home was a local center for Quakers travelling on religious service. From the d...

Canby, Samuel, 1811-1875.

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Shipley, Welsh & Company.

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Brown, Alexander, 1764-1834

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Potter, Howard, 1826-1897

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Howard E. Potter, who died in 1961 at age 84, promoted concerts in the United States for musicians and theatre personalities. From the description of Papers, 1929-1961. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122532436 ...

Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865

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Samuel Francis DuPont commanded the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron from September 1861 to June 1863. During this period he directed many successful operations including the campaign which resulted in the fall of Port Royal, SC, on November 7, 1861. From the description of Letter, March 28, 1862. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 46326546 U.S. rear admiral commanding the blockading squadron. From the description of ALS : Port Royal Harbor, S.C., to Lt. ...

Dixon, Mary Shipley, d. 1844.

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Andrews, Robert, 1772-1842

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Shipley, Samuel, 1777-1844.

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Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867.

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Joseph Shipley of Wilmington, Del., and Liverpool, England, was a merchant and banker and a partner in the Anglo-American banking houses later known as Brown Brothers & Company and Brown, Shipley & Company. Joseph Shipley was born in Wilmington, Del., on December 4, 1795. His great-grandfather, William Shipley, had come to Philadelphia from Leicestershire in 1725. In 1735 he settled in Wilmington. His only son, Thomas Shipley, purchased a part of the Brandywine w...

Philadelphia Literary Association

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The Philadelphia Literary Association was organized in 1813 with the goal to improve literary composition and to promote, through lectures and discussions, greater appreciation for literature and the sciences. From the description of Constitution and bylaws, 1813. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122380350 ...

Cope, Caleb, 1797-1888

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Caleb Cope was a Philadelphia merchant. From the description of Account book and ledger, 1842-1866. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122541316 Pennsylvania merchant and financier. From the description of Letter : Philadelphia, to Samuel M. Barclay, Harrisburg, Pa., 1834 Mar. 3. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28895175 ...

Peck & Phelps (Liverpool, England).

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William & James Brown & Company.

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Alex. Brown & Sons

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Firm founded in 1800 in Baltimore, Md., that evolved from a mercantile business into an international banking house. From the description of Alex. Brown & Sons records, 1796-1908 (bulk 1796-1884). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981806 Organizational History 1800 Firm established in Baltimore, Md., by Alexander Brown (1764-1834) ...

Du Pont, Henry, 1812-1889

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Henry du Pont was born in 1812 at Eleutherian Mills near Wilmington, Delaware. He attended the Mount Airy Military School in Germantown, Pennsylvania, from 1823-1829 and then went to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, graduating in 1833. As a Second Lieutenant, he joined the 4th Artillery at Fort Monroe in Virginia. On July 15, 1837, he married Louisa Gerhard and together they had 9 children, including Henry Algernon, Victorine Foster, and Evelina. In 1846, he was appoin...

Shipley, Joseph, 1752-1832

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Peck, Elisha, 1798-1863

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Canby, Thomas, b. 1702.

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Brown, William, 1785-1864.

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Ridgway, Thomas, 1797-1887

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Wistar, Siter & Price.

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