Balch Collection, 1699-1923.

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Balch Collection, 1699-1923.

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A portion of the collection is made up of materials collected by Thomas Balch while he was writing Les Français en Amérique..., 1777-1783: original manuscripts of "Episodes de la Guerre maritime de l'Indépendence Américaine," by Du Petit Thouars, and "Mémoire du Marquis de Vaudreuil au Marquis de Duquesne," 1755; copies of "Mémoires du Comte de Grasse sur le combat naval, le 12 avril 1782," "Relation du voyage du Prince de Broglie, 1782," "Depuis mon depart de France, 26 mars 1781 au 18 nov. de la même année quand l'armée aux ordres de M. le Comte de Rochambeau est entrée dans le quartier d'hiver" (probably written by Cromot du Bourg, one of Rochambeau's aides), "Correspondance de M. de Kalb avec le duc de Choiseul du 20 avril 1767 du 10 février 1796," etc. A list of names of French and English officers in the American Revolution, 1779-1783, appears in the volume with the Du Petit Thouars manuscript. The interest of Thomas Willing Balch in international law is represented by correspondence, 1892-1918, relating to the use of arbitration as an instrument of international policy; papers relative to the arbitration of the Alabama Claims, 1864-1872; material on Alaskan boundaries, Jan. 14, 1854 to May 20, 1854. With the exception of a few incidental items, the rest of the collection contains family papers and documents pertaining to the history of colonial Pennsylvania. These include: photostats of the will, inventories of the estate, and some of the correspondence of Thomas Willing, 1776-1820; miscellaneous correspondence, invitations, 1857-1923; a group of etchings of French and American officers of the Revolution; letters and documents, 1699-1805, pertaining to social, political, and religious affairs, to the French and Indian War, and grand jury charges. Material of an equally miscellaneous nature is contained in letters and documents, 1717-1923: "Journal of occurrences while in Europe," July 10, 1815-July 10, 1816, signed by H. B. Wilson; "A Theme of Verbs," by Edward Shippen, 1768; Balch family correspondence with members of the Shippen and Swift families, 1752-1830; and Swift and Willing family correspondence, 1743-1882.

6 linear ft.

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...

Du Bourg, Cromot

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Thouars, Du Petit.

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Balch, Thomas Willing, 1866-1927

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Thomas W. Balch, publicist, was born in Germany to American parents of Philadelphia origin. He was educated at Harvard and five years later received his LL.B. degree from the Univ. of Pennsylvania. He began his law practice in 1895, but devoted much of his energies to writing and activism. Balch wrote many books and articles on genealogy including, the Balch genealogical (1907). He also wrote on international arbitration. His Alasko-Canadian frontier (1902) explores the ...

Wilson, H. B. (Howard B.)

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Shippen family.

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De Kalb, M.

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Balch, Thomas, 1821-1877

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Thomas Balch (1821-1877) was born in Leesburg, Virginia. He was an American historian and author of The French in America during the War of Independence of the United States, 1777-1783. Balch died in Philadelphia. From the description of Thomas Balch letter, 1874. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478021 ...

Swift family.

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Shippen, Edward, approximately 1703-1781

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Edward Shippen was a merchant, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1768. From the description of Letters and papers, 1727-1781. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122540100 The Shippen family was one of the most industrious and illustrious of Philadelphia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. They were active in government, the military, and in their various businesses: land acquisition and speculation, house...