Records, 1792-1829.

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Records, 1792-1829.

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The records consist of miscellaneous papers that became separated from the main body of records which passed to the LC&N. They include a copy of the articles of association with the names of the original subscribers, the 1818 lease to White, Hazard and Hauto and papers relating to the lease. Also included are a deed of William Henry and Jacob Weiss to Charles Cist for lots in Lehighton, Pennsylvania (1795), an agreement between James Greenleaf and the North American Land Company (1806) and a letter of Francis Weiss to Josiah White (1826) describing some of John Nicholson's land dealings with his father, Jacob Weiss.

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Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

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Robert Morris, Jr. (January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was an English-born merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States Senate, and he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. From 1781 to 1784, he served as the Superintendent of Finance of the United States, becoming known as the "Financier of the Revolution...

Hazard, Erskine, 1789-1865

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Henry, William, 1757-1821

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Nicholson, John, 1757-1800

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Land speculator. From the description of John Nicholson papers, 1795 16 Feb.-10 Mar. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70953089 Financier and land speculator. From the description of John Nicholson family papers, 1786-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981679 Pennsylvania state official and land promoter. From the description of ALS : to Thomas Mifflin, 1791 Nov. 8. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat reco...

Weiss, Francis, 1773-1845

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Weiss, Jacob, 1750-1839

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The Weiss family was prominent in the coal business in eastern Pennsylvania during the late 1700s and the 1800s. Colonel Jacob Weiss (1750-1839) was born in Philadelphia, the son of a German immigrant who was passionate about the causes of the American Revolution. Not surprisingly, Jacob Weiss volunteered for service in the Continental Army, first in a company of Philadelphia volunteers, then as deputy quartermaster-general, and finally as assistant deputy quartermaster-general at E...

Cist, Charles, 1738-1805

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North American Land Company

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Company organized in Philadelphia, 1795, by Robert Morris, John Nicholson and James Greenleaf, to develop and sell 6,000,000 frontier acres. From the description of Papers of the North American Land Company [manuscript], 1794-1805. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647813190 Company organized in Philadelphia, 1795, by Robert Morris, John Nicholson and James Greenleaf, to develop and sell 6,000,000 frontier acres. Morris and Nicholson were eventually imprisoned as...

Greenleaf, James, 1765-1843

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James Greenleaf (1765-1843) was born in Boston, Mass., and died in Washington, D.C. In 1793, he was appointed Consul for the U.S. at Amsterdam, where he amassed a large fortune. In 1795, he embarked in land speculation with Robert Morris (1734-1806) and John Nicholson ( -1800), and became one of the founders of the North American Land Company, which resulted in the ruin of its founders. From the description of Papers, 1794-1801. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191...

White, Josiah, 1781-1850

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Josiah White was the builder of the first major economically operating canal in North America used to bring coal to Philadelphia from Lehigh as well as an inventor and designer of a school system based on manual labor. From the description of Papers, 1796-1949. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 32198185 Josiah L. White was a partner in the firm Scolley & White. The company performed carpentry and cabinet-work in Newton and later, Ashburnham, Ma. ...

Lehigh Coal Mine Company

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The Lehigh Coal Mine Company was an unincorporated joint-stock company formed on February 12, 1792, by sixteen persons including Jacob Weiss, John Nicholson, Michael Hillegas and Godfrey Haga. The intent was to develop a deposit of anthracite coal discovered by Weiss and others at what is now Summit Hill in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. The company acquired 7,100 acres embracing most of the coal basin between the Lehigh and Little Schuylkill Rivers. Numerous attempts to develop the property faile...

Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company

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The surge of investment that filled the Anthracite region of northeastern Pennsylvania in the mid-1700s did not reach the Lehigh Valley until 1791 when coal was found near Summit Hill, west of Mauch Chunk, leading to the formation of the Lehigh Coal Mines Company. Coal was floated downriver on wooden rafts known as arks, which were dismantled and sold as lumber upon arrival. Flooding, shallow water and swift currents created financial problems for the company until Josiah White, familiar with ca...