Account and memoranda books, 1785-1830.

Coxe, Tench, 1755-1824

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62w377k (person)

Tench Coxe (May 22, 1755 – July 17, 1824) was an American political economist and a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress in 1788–1789. He wrote under the pseudonym "A Pennsylvanian," and was known to his political enemies as "Mr. Facing Bothways." Born in Philadelphia, Tench received his education in the Philadelphia schools and intended to study law, but his father determined to make him a merchant, and he was placed in the counting-house of Coxe & Furman, becoming a partner...

Jones, Rebecca L.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6967cq9 (person)

Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mp54tm (person)

Du Ponceau was a Philadelphia lawyer who arrived in Portsmouth, N.H., from France in 1777, achieved early prominence as an aide to von Steuben, and as secretary to Robert Livingston, Secretary of Foreign Affairs for the Congress in 1781. Du Ponceau was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar in 1785 where his familiarity with both American and European law brought him an important practice. His intellectual interests included both history and linguistics and he published extensively in both fields. He ...

Dorsey, John Syng, 1783-1818

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jw93h4 (person)

John Syng Dorsey, surgeon, was born in Philadelphia on 23 Dec. 1783. He married Maria Ralston of Philadelphia on 30 Apr. 1807; they had one son and two daughters. Dorsey died of typhus on 12 Nov. 1818. As a child Dorsey received a classical education in Friends schools and studied medicine under his uncle, Dr. Philip Syng Physick. He received his M.D. from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1802. He then traveled to Europe to study medicine in London and Paris for two ye...

Chauncey, Charles, 1777-1849

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6057j18 (person)

William Clark requested that Nicholas Biddle, scholar, statesman, and financier, write a narrative of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which was published in 1814 as "History of the Expedition of Captains Lewis and Clark." From the guide to the Nicholas Biddle correspondence, 1815-1893, 1815-1893, (American Philosophical Society) Attorney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Chauncey was born in New Haven, Conn., Aug. 17, 1777. He graduated from Yale in 1792 ...

Poulson, Zachariah, 1761-1844

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zw2pz2 (person)

Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65b0vvc (person)

Abolitionist and prison reformer. From the description of Receipt and ALS : New York, to John Bailey, 1842. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122626178 Hopper, an abolitionist, wrote for National Anti-Slavery Standard. From the description of ALS, 1842 April 11 : New York to Tho[ma]s McClintock. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 27672880 James Hamlet, a porter in a Water Street store, was arrested on the basis of an aff...

Moore, Ann.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64j1f9c (person)

Sartain, Samuel, 1830-1906

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tm853x (person)

Febiger, Christian, 1746-1796

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k07thd (person)

Christian Febiger was a colonel with a Virginia regiment during the Revolution. From the description of Letterbooks, 1778-1786. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122441747 ...

Collins, Zaccheus, 1764-1831

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6736sg3 (person)

Zaccheus Collins was a merchant and botanist. From the description of Botanical correspondence of Zaccheus Collins of Philadelphia, 1805-1827. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 86165422 From the guide to the Zaccheus Collins botanical correspondence, 1805-1827, 1805-1827, (American Philosophical Society) Zaccheus Collins (1764-1831) was a plant collector and herbarium owner from Philadelphia. Collins was an esteemed botanist ...

Barry, John, 1745-1803

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xh02sh (person)

Commander of the first ship in the Continental Navy, Barry is considered "the father of the American Navy." From the description of John Barry Collection, 1791-1908. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 479527939 American naval officer; b. Co. Wexford, Ireland. From the description of Papers, 1782-1803. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 145506919 Continental and U.S. naval officer and shipowner. From ...

MORRIS, DEBORAH.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t74ddj (person)

Coates, Samuel, 1748-1830

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60c59f2 (person)

Samuel Coates (1748-1830) was a prominent Quaker merchant, who was Treasurer of the Library Company of Philadelphia (1784-1793), Secretary and later President of the Board of Managers of the Pennsylvania Hospital (1786-1825), a member of the Overseers of the Public Schools of Philadelphia. (1812-1823) and a director of the original Bank of the United States (1800-1812). Coates was born in Philadelphia on August 24,1748, the son of Samuel Coates and Mary Langdale. His grandfather Thomas Coates ha...