Records, 1801-1942.

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Records, 1801-1942.

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The records of the Board of Trade are organized chronologically by month. The records for each month are arranged by subject in the order they were presented at the monthly meetings. Included are incoming and some outgoing correspondence, reports, and miscellaneous items, 1889, 1891, 1897-1900, 1904-1916, 1919, 1921-1925, 1930-1933, 1939-1942. Many of the records, including reports, are recorded in the Minutes, 1833-1940. Also contained are annual reports, 1904-1922, 1929-1941; correspondence and reports, 1880-1909, on Deepening the Harbor, Port of Philadelphia. There are three volumes of records of the old Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce: an Award Book, 1801-1808, which contains the proceedings of the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce that acted as arbiter in commercial disputes; a letterbook, 1801-1826, of which many of the letters were written by Thomas Fitzsimons, President of the Chamber of Commerce, 1801-1811, a Philadelphia merchant, political figure, and signer of the Constitution; and minute book, 1837-1846. Also included in the collection are Minutes, 1868-1900, of the Executive Council of the National Board of Trade; Port of Philadelphia statistics, 1924-1934; Minutes and miscellaneous records of the Pennsylvania Tax Conference, 1892-1994, a conference of various economic interests to consider a revision of the assessing and taxing laws of the state; Minutes and a few miscellaneous items, 1895-1898 of the Sound Money League of Pennsylvania, an organization formed to maintain the gold standard; and letter press correspondence, 1863-1879, of Henry Preaut, merchant and Russian Vice Consul in Philadelphia.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Fitzsimons, Thomas, 1741-1811

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Thomas Fitzsimons (October 1741 – August 26, 1811) was an Irish-American merchant, slaveholder, and statesman from Philadelphia. He represented Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention, and the United States House of Representatives. He was a signatory of the Constitution of the United States and is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Born in the Kingdom of Ireland, his family immigrated to Philadelphia in the mid-1750s. Fitzsimons enter...

Philadelphia Board of Trade

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The Philadelphia Board of Trade formed in 1834 to serve businessmen not represented in the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. The latter organization was restricted to shipowners, importers and exporters, and maritime insurance brokers. From the description of Memorial, 1879. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 86166248 The Philadelphia Board of Trade was the precursor of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. A group of Philadelphia merchants organized the Boar...

Sound Money League of Pennsylvania

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Preaut, Henry

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Philadelphia (Pa.) Chamber of Commerce

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Port of Philadelphia (firm).

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Pennsylvania Tax Conference.

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