Collection, 1799-1866.

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Collection, 1799-1866.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122347621

This collection is comprised chiefly of business papers of early nineteenth century Philadelphia auctioneers: Weir and Fisher, 1799-1809; Silas E. Weir, 1809-1819; Lisle, Weir and Company, 1819-1821; Willing, Weir and Co., 1822-1823; Weir, Smith and Lewis, 1823-1826; Weir, Lewis and Company, 1827-1830; John E. Lewis, 1811-1866. Records of trade in silks, tea, rum, tobacco, cloth, linen, glass, etc., for disposal at auction, with details on commercial enterprises, markets, prices, variety of goods traded, supply and demand, legal requirements, etc. Included are: auction accounts, 1799-1830; correspondence, 1807-1828; imported bonds, 1825-1828; notes and drafts, 1809-1839; bank checks, 1808-1818; account books, bank books, blotters, ledgers, cashbooks, receipts, etc., 1802-1866; John F. Lewis papers, 1825-1866, relating to his personal and family affairs, bills, receipts, accounts, etc.; papers relating to Scots Presbyterian Church, St. John English Evangelical Lutheran Church, Association of Reformed Churches, 1808; papers relating to the Society for the Relief Association of the Poor, 1817; estate of Elizabeth Steele papers, 1801-1827; and maps of railways.

36 linear ft.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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SNAC Resource ID: 6686593

Related Entities

There are 12 Entities related to this resource.

Willing, Weir and Company.

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St. John English Evangelical Lutheran Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Associations of Reformed Churches (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Smith and Lewis.

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Steele, Elizabeth.

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Lewis, John, active 1800

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Penn. Academy of Fine Arts. From the description of Copy of Belle Greene's reply, 1912 May 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270723124 From the description of Letter signed : to Belle Greene, 1912 May 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270723117 ...

Society for the Relief Association of the Poor (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Weir, Silas E.

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Lewis, Howard W., Mrs.

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Scots Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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With the help of the Associate Presbytery of Pennsylvania, a presbytery was established in Philadelphia in 1766, to which Scots Presbyterian Church traces its roots. The congregation's elders were chosen and ordained the following year and a plot of land was purchased near Fourth and Shippen (now Bainbridge) Streets, on which a church and minister's home were erected. Rev. William Marshall, born in Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1740 and ordained by the Associate Presbytery of ...

Lisle, Weir and Company.

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Weir, Lewis and Company.

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