Records, 1698-1855.

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Records, 1698-1855.

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Records of the merchant firm of Thomas Willing, Thomas Mayne Willing, and Thomas Willing Francis of Philadelphia. A majority of the papers pertain to the China trade, 1805-1822, and to William Read, a merchant of Philadelphia, who represented the firms of Willing and Francis and Willing and Cuwen, some outgoing correspondence of Willings and Francis, invoices of goods shipped, and other financial records, documenting trade in opium and tea, including probably the first recorded arrival of an American opium ship in China in 1805, the Bingham, owned by Willings and Francis, and a dispute involving the efforts of the Chinese merchant, Conseequa, to recover a debt owed by Willings and Francis. There are also a few letters and other records regarding the ship Mount Vernon and a claim against Willing and Francis by William Mayne Ducanson, 1796-1800, a few land papers of Thomas Willing, 1794-1811, and Willing family land deeds.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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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...

Bingham (ship).

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Conseequa.

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Willing and Cumen.

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Willing, William S., b. 1779.

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Read, William Alexander, 1869-1962

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Violinist. From the description of Partially printed documents (2), dated : [London], 29 September 1896 and 27 September 1899, 1896 Sept. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270675898 Sailor in the Union Navy; from Boston, Mass. From the description of Papers, 1864-1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20115460 ...

Mount Vernon (Ship : 1799)

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Willings and Francis.

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Francis, Thomas W., 1767-1815

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Duncanson, William

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Willing, Thomas Mayne, 1767-1822

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Willing family.

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