Howard W. Lewis and Mabel Potter Lewis Collection, 1807-1920.

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Howard W. Lewis and Mabel Potter Lewis Collection, 1807-1920.

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The bulk of this collection is highly miscellaneous Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank papers which were apparently retained by Howard W. Lewis who was the bank's last president and liquidating agent. The Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank, Philadelphia, began operations in 1807 and was merged with Philadelphia National Bank in 1918. There are extracts of minutes evidently prepared for the bank's centennial, some correspondence, and some financial papers. Family papers include Howard W. Lewis letterpress books, 1897-1918, which concern philanthropic and social institutions with which he was associated, estates for which he was executor, and his own personal business affairs. Mabel Potter Lewis letters, memoranda, reports, flyers, memorabilia, 1917-1920, relate to the Woman's Land Army of America which she served as a board member. There are a few items of Howard's father S. Weir Lewis: personal ledger, 1847-1888, and accounts for estates of James M. Barclay, Hannah Ellmaker, Nancy Read.

4 linear ft.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Women's Land Army of America

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The Woman's Land Army of America was a civilian organization created during the First and Second World Wars to work in agriculture replacing men called up to the military. Women who worked for the WLAA were sometimes known as farmerettes. The WLAA was modeled on the British Women's Land Army....

Read, Nancy.

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Lewis, Howard Worthington

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Barclay, James M.

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Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank.

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Philadelphia National Bank

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The Philadelphia National Bank (PNB) was the direct successor of The Philadelphia Bank, organized on August 3, 1803 and chartered on March 5, 1804. Its early board of directors included many of the city's successful merchants and businessmen who were not part of the traditional elite and identified themselves as Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans rather than Federalists. Its original building at 4th and Chestnut Streets was designed by Benjamin H. Latrobe. The Philadelphia Bank grew steadily du...

Ellmaker, Hannah

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Weir, Lewis S.

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Lewis, Mabel Potter

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District director, U.S. Department of Agriculture, in charge of Ouray and San Miguel Counties, Colorado. From the description of Mabel Lewis oral history interview : Tape and transcript, 1979 April 24 [sound recording] / conducted by Jessie L. Embry. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145434959 ...