Diary, 1780-1792 (inclusive), 1780-1781, 1790-1792 (bulk).

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Diary, 1780-1792 (inclusive), 1780-1781, 1790-1792 (bulk).

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Diary of George Nelson, Philadelphia merchant. Entries for 1780-1781 contain data on the Revolution, accounts of battles, mutiny and dissatisfaction in the Pennsylvania Line of Continental troops acts of Assembly and of Continental Congress, city affairs, trading conditions, and church activities; entries for 1790-1802 describe Nelson's commercial enterprises, church interests.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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United States. Continental Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment.

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Nelson, George Michael

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George Nelson was a Seattle contractor who was hired by the city for public works projects, including the second phase of the Denny Hill regrade beginning in 1928. Nelson's contracting business is first listed in city directories beginning in 1925: from 1925 to 1928 as Nelson and Pederson; in 1929 as George Nelson & Co.; in 1930 under Nelson's name as "General Contractor"; and from 1935 through the early 1940s as "Cities Contracting Co." Nelson's wife Agnes is listed as George Nelson's widow...