Lea Mills Collection, 1679-1938.

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Lea Mills Collection, 1679-1938.

The records consist of family and business papers collected by William C. Spruance, Jr., and preserved by his children.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6738387

Hagley Museum & Library

Related Entities

There are 37 Entities related to this resource.

Peters, Richard, 1744-1828

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Richard Peters (June 22, 1744 – August 22, 1828) was a Pennsylvania lawyer, Continental Army soldier, Federalist politician, author and United States District Judge. Before his federal judicial service in the United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania, Peters served as secretary of the Continental Board of War, delegate to the Congress of the Confederation and as member and speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and later the Pennsylvania State Senate. Born at...

Willing, Thomas, 1731-1821

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Thomas Willing (December 19, 1731 – January 19, 1821) was an American merchant, politician and slave trader who served as mayor of Philadelphia and was a delegate from Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress. He also served as the first president of the Bank of North America and the First Bank of the United States. During his tenure there he became the richest man in America. Born in Philadelphia, Willing completed preparatory studies in Bath, England, then studied law in London at the Inner...

Lea family.

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Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935

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William C. Spruance, Jr., was an electrical engineer, an executive with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, and a civic leader in Wilmington, Del. With the rank of colonel, he was chief of the Explosives and Loading Division of the Ordnance Department during World War I. Spruance amassed a collection of papers dealing with the history of his own family and that of his wife, Alice Moore Lea. The Lea family were among the largest flour mill operators at the Brandywine F...

Lea, Preston, 1841-1916

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Spruance, Arthur W. (Arthur Willing), 1871-1932.

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Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1828-1898

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American statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Wilmington, Del., to [Henry Morrison] Flagler, 1884 Sept. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672065 Epithet: American statesman British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x000223 Diplomat and statesman; U.S. senator (1869-1885); U.S. secretary of state (1885-1888); of Wilmington, Del. From the descriptio...

Delaware. General Assembly. House of Representatives

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Spruance family.

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Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1831-1913.

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Spruance, Presley, 1785-1863

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Cedartown Land Improvement Company.

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Peters family

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Lea, Henry, 1839-1888.

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Tatnall, Joseph, 1740-1813

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United States Food Administration

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American food regulatory agency. From the description of Food Administration records, 1917-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866949 Organized in 1917; managed civilian food production, distribution, conservation and pricing during World War I; using both volunteers and a paid staff, accomplished its work in New Jersey through an enforcement division, through committees representing different food trades, through county-level food administrators and through publicity ef...

Comegys, Joseph P. (Joseph Parsons), 1813-1893

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Spotswood family

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William Lea & Sons.

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Thomas Lea & Son.

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Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907)

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Moore family

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McCulloh, R. S. (Richard Sears), 1818-1894

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Tatnall, Edward, -1790

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Piedmont Land and Improvement Company.

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Ridgely, Edward, 1831-1900.

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Delaware Railroad Company

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United Button Company.

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Union Iron and Steel Company.

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Lea, Thomas, 1757-1824.

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Lea & Company.

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Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856

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Farmer, lawyer, and statesman. From the description of John M. Clayton papers, 1798-1868 (bulk 1819-1850). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980031 Clayton served as U.S. Secretary of State, 1849-1850. From the description of ALS, 1850 June 15 : Department of State, Washington, to John Charles Fremont. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15531096 Politician Clayton, who was born in Delaware, served in the U.S. ...

Lea, William, 1805-1876.

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Lea Milling Company.

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Tatnall & Lea.

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William Lea & Sons Company.

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Princeton University

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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...