Records, 1827-1947.

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Records, 1827-1947.

The records consist of five volumes and miscellaneous correspondence from William Sellers and the Sellers firm.

1 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6738392

Hagley Museum & Library

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Linton, John

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John Linton was active as an upholsterer in Charleston, South Carolina and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ca. 1775. From the description of Sofa, 1775-1785. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770379418 ...

William Sellers & Company, Inc.

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William Sellers, a member of the illustrious Sellers family of inventors and mechanicians and one of America's leading mechanical engineers, was born in Upper Darby, Pa., on September 19, 1824, and died on January 1, 1905. Sellers attended a private school run by his family, and between the ages of 14 and 21 served his apprenticeship in the Wilmington, Del., machine shop of his uncle J. Morton Poole. In 1845 he took charge of the shops of Bancroft, Nightingale & Co. ...

Sellers, John, 1826-1906

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Bancroft and Sellers (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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William Sellers & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Sellers, William, 1824-1905

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Bancroft, Edward, 1811-1855

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Sellers, Coleman, 1827-

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Coleman Sellers was an engineer and inventor. From the description of Letterbooks ; letters, 1863-1899. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122644639 ...

Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867

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Benjamin Ferris was a prominent member of the Hicksite branch of the Society of Friends in Wilmington, Delaware. He was born a Quaker in 1780, the son of Ziba and Edith (Sharpless) Ferris. Benjamin Ferris married Francis Canby in 1804. Among their ten children were Deborah, born in 1813, Anna M., born in 1815, and David, born in 1821. Fanny Ferris died in 1833 and Benjamin Ferris married his second wife, Hannah Gibbons, in 1835. He died in Wilmington in 1867. From the description of ...