Account books and ledgers, 1758-1791.

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Account books and ledgers, 1758-1791.

1) Account book, 1758-1780; 2) Invoice book, 1776-1779, detailing accounts of disbursements on the Ship, Sea Nymph, with Thomas Woodhouse serving as Captain; 3) Ledger, 1776-1780, of European purchases, primarily in accounts with Robert Morris, Carter Braxton and 4) Ledger 1774-1791, of American sales, continued by an unknown hand, after Ross' death.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6774720

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Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

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Robert Morris, Jr. (January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was an English-born merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States Senate, and he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. From 1781 to 1784, he served as the Superintendent of Finance of the United States, becoming known as the "Financier of the Revolution...

Braxton, Carter, 1736-1797

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Carter Braxton (September 10, 1736 – October 10, 1797) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, a merchant, planter, a Founding Father of the United States and a Virginia politician. A grandson of Robert "King" Carter, one of the wealthiest and most powerful landowners and slaveholders in the Old Dominion, Braxton was active in Virginia's legislature for more than 25 years, generally allied with Landon Carter, Benjamin Harrison V, Edmund Pendleton and other conservative pla...

Woodhouse, Thomas.

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Sea Nymph (Ship)

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Ross, John, 1729-1800.

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John Ross was Philadelphia merchant, shipper and financier. From the description of Account books and ledgers, 1758-1791. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122580269 ...