Historical collection, 1737-1965.

Provident Trust Company of Philadelphia

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Allaire, James P. (James Peter), 1785-1858

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James Peter Allaire was born in 1785, and began his working career as a brass founder in New York City around 1813. In 1815, Allaire founded the Allaire Works, the first steam engine factory in New York, and in 1831 founded the Howell Works. He proved to be a successful engineer, and also owned several steamship lines. Among his other accomplishments are his production of the first marine compound engine and the design of New York City's first tenement building. Allaire had two wive...

Wood, Grahame, 1915-1982

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69p3tsw (person)

H. Nott & Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k427ws (corporateBody)

Philadelphia Gas Works

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nc9v99 (corporateBody)

Wood, Kremer & Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zd2xdz (corporateBody)

Wall, Garret D. (Garret Dorset), 1783-1850

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Garret Dorset Wall was born in Middletown Township, New Jersey, on March 10, 1783. At the age of 15, Garret Wall moved to Trenton, and became a student-at-law in the office of General Jonathan Rhea, who was the clerk of the New Jersey Supreme Court. Wall studied common law, focusing on the areas of real estate, inheritance, and titles. When he turned 21, Wall was licensed as an attorney and began practice in Trenton. Wall served during the War of 1812, commanding the Phoenix Infantry Corps, a vo...

Roberts, George Brooke, 1833-1897

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zc8v4g (person)

Wawa Dairy Farms

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c027ct (corporateBody)

Selma Mills, Inc.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65n2mdh (corporateBody)

Newkirk, Matthew, 1794-1868

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v7365v (person)

Smith & Wood

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f543xf (corporateBody)

Smith, Ed.

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Smith served as agent for the estate of Loyalist Daniel Chamier, Commissary General to the British Army in North America. From the description of AL draft, 1783 August 16 : to Charles Long. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14219208 From the description of AL draft, 1793 November 21 : to the Lords of His Majesty's Treasury. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14219292 Loyalist Daniel Chamier was Commissary General with the B...

Wake Manufacturing Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m96q2c (corporateBody)

Maryland Steel Company of Baltimore County

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6908j5h (corporateBody)

Mulford, Henry, 1789-1863

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t18r4j (person)

Lore, Jonathan, 1784-1853

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fj64gk (person)

Elmer, Lucius Q. C. (Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus), 1793-1883

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mp51tc (person)

Lawyer, judge, delegate to Continental Congress, and U.S. senator, of Bridgeton, N.J. From the description of Diary, 1810-1814. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28408644 ...

Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tb6mjm (corporateBody)

Wright, Samuel (British tile maker, 1783-1849)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wb3690 (person)

Wood, Richard D. (Richard Davis), 1938-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qr7w1s (person)

Philadelphia, Dover, and Norfolk Steam Boat and Transportation Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rc3jzr (corporateBody)

Wood, Julianna R. (Julianna Randolph), 1810-1885

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k94ggs (person)

Lake Lenape Land Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63c2dns (corporateBody)

Millville and Glassboro Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6576fsr (corporateBody)

Wood, David C. (David Cooper), 1781-1859

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tq893m (person)

Wood, Grahame, 1873-1954

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j96zwd (person)

Mulford, Lewis.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kt0dkz (person)

Wood, Stuart, 1853-1914

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sx6dxm (person)

Wood, Richard D. (Richard Davis), 1909-1995

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60k5wr6 (person)

Millville Rapid Transit Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cg64s9 (corporateBody)

R.D. Wood & Sons.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qp2nj1 (corporateBody)

Millville Poultry Farm Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p90s9p (corporateBody)

Comegys, Cornelius P. (Cornelius Parsons), 1780-1851

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z06x73 (person)

Wood, Richard, 1833-1910

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w38nxx (person)

Millville Furnace (Millville, N.J.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dg1v77 (corporateBody)

Wood, George, 1842-1926

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k659g2 (person)

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

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hx1d3g (person)

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. ...

Wawa, Inc.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cp357g (corporateBody)

Wawa, Inc., the Delaware Valley's largest chain of convenience stores, was formed in 1968 through the merger of two antecedent family businesses, the Millville Manufacturing Company and Wawa Dairy Farms. The firm adopted its current name in 1974. These businesses were founded by the half-brothers David C. and Richard D. Wood in Cumberland County, N.J. and Philadelphia at the beginning of the 19th century. David C. Wood built the Cumberland Furnace in 1803 and constructed...

Kremer & Strubing

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k9830g (corporateBody)

Maurice River Transit Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6229853 (corporateBody)

Mays Landing Water Power Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mm171b (corporateBody)

Millville Manufacturing Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66q6rr5 (corporateBody)

Incorporated in New Jersey in 1865; operated a cotton mill, bleachery and dye works in Millville, Cumberland County, and a cotton mill in Mays Landing, Atlantic County. From the description of Payroll book, 1901 Sept. 1-1907 July 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122338022 The Millville Manufacturing Company was a medium-sized cotton textile producer that operated in Millville, New Jersey. The Millville Manufacturing Company was incorporated under th...

Millville Traction Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65493bw (corporateBody)

Allen, Horatio, 1802-1889

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g16s3n (person)

Civil engineer, inventor. A.B. Columbia, 1823. Resident engineer, Delaware and Hudson Company. Consultant for Erie Railroad; president 1843. Consultant for construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. See sketch in Dictionary of American Biography. From the description of Diary, 1828. (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269581245 ...

Strubing, Philip H., 1842-1932

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62j74zt (person)

Union Lake Coaster Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q594bm (corporateBody)

Wilson, James Theodore Dudley, 1820-1902

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69w14js (person)

George Wood, Sons & Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q867f3 (corporateBody)

Sprague, William, 1830-1915

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6805d96 (person)

American army officer, and United States senator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Providence, to an unidentified recipient, 1862 Feb. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575332 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Providence?, to Judge G.W. Paschal, 1875 Jun. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575325 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Providence, to Judge G.W. Paschal, 1873 Jan. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270...

Wood, Walter, 1849-1934

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xs5w7x (person)

Howard-Arthur Manufacturing Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cs27xx (corporateBody)

Kremer, Herman P., 1848-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6df7j9b (person)

Wood, Richard D. (Richard Davis), 1799-1869

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rv1f2x (person)

Maurice River Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63c2f7t (corporateBody)