Papers, 1664-1891 (inclusive), 1664, 1812-1891 (bulk).

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Papers, 1664-1891 (inclusive), 1664, 1812-1891 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122625080

This collection relates chiefly to legal cases, estates, and Philadelphia properties in which Wharton was professionally interested: Franklin Fire Insurance Company, 1834-1851; Van Dyke vs. Philadelphia (Kensington), 1857; Jay Cooke bankruptcy, 1875; Library Company of Philadelphia, 1871-1878; papers relating to Wiccacoe Tract, containing abstracts of title, briefs, warrants, surveys, plans, 1664-1870; Pennsylvania Steam Ship Company, 1851; papers relating to the Civil Code, 1830-1836, of which Wharton was one of the commissioners; Griffith family estate papers, 1817-1847; Worth family estate papers, 1812-1891; surveys of the Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Company, 1839.

15 linear ft.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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SNAC Resource ID: 6794503

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Library company of Philadelphia

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This collection includes unmarked ballots found in books that are part of the Library Company's collections. The books in which they were found are not identified. Since the mid 1980s, the Library Company no longer separates such materials without tracking the connection through accession numbers. This collection gathers items from several sources, and is open to new additions. From the description of Things left in books collection. Ballots, 1851-1864. (Library Company of Philadelph...

Griffith family.

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Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Company

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Cooke, Jay, 1821-1905

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Banker, financier, and fiscal agent for the U.S. Treasury Dept. during the Civil War. From the description of Jay Cooke correspondence, 1884. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983928 During the Civil War, Jay Cooke & Co. of Philadelphia developed the idea of selling government bonds, which capitalized on feelings of patriotism at the time and which were a major source of financing the war. Jay Cooke later was heavily involved in finanacing (unsuccessfully) the Northern Pa...

Worth family.

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Pennsylvania Steam Ship Company.

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Franklin Fire Insurance Company.

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Wharton, Thomas I. (Thomas Isaac), 1791-1856

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Lawyer and author, of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Papers, 1820-1823. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28410519 ...