Collection, 1787-1957, 1787-1908, 1957.

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Collection, 1787-1957, 1787-1908, 1957.

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Letters and miscellaneous items collected by historian Arthur C. Bining of Philadelphia. About one-third of the collection is made up of letters, 1804-1844, which originally formed part of the correspondence of the United States Customs House of Philadelphia, dealing with routine custom matters and addressed to the Collector of Philadelphia. Major Custom House correspondents are: Joseph Anderson, William H. Crawford, Alexander James Dallas, George Mifflin Dallas, Henry D. Gilpin, Charles J. Ingersoll, Jared Ingersoll, Joseph R. Ingersoll, William Morris Meredith, John Meredith Read, Jonathan Roberts, Richard Rush, and Henry Miller Watts. About one-fourth of the collection consists of the papers, 1787-1812, in French, of Joseph R. E. Bunel, Paymaster General of the French colony of Santo Domingo [Haiti], and Marie F. M. Bunel, a businesswoman in Santo Domingo. In 1804, following the successful Haitian revolution, the Bunels moved to Philadelphia. Included are their incoming personal and business correspondence and a few miscellaneous financial records. The remainer of the collection contains letters by James Barker, 1814-1815, army officer and agent for fortification, Philadelphia; William Shaler, 1807-1832, United States Consul-General to Algiers and Cuba, and commissioner in the negotiation of the United States-Algiers treaty of 1815; Henry Stanton, 1843-1848, army officer; Abbot H. Thayer, 1876-1897, painter and naturalist; Edward Thursby, 1803-1819, merchant of Philadelphia; and James Trimble, 1809-1835, Pennsylvania political figure. There are also a few miscellaneous papers, 1853-1896, of August F. W. Partz, a German immigrant and inventor; papers, 1877-1878, relating to efforts by producers and carriers of anthacite coal in Pennsylvania to limit production and control prices; and a miscellanea of letters, business papers, deeds, military discharge papers, etc. by various persons and firms.

850 items.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Ingersoll, Jared, 1749-1822

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Jared Ingersoll (October 24, 1749 – October 31, 1822) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, and statesman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a signer of the United States Constitution. He served as DeWitt Clinton's running mate in the 1812 election, but Clinton and Ingersoll were defeated by James Madison and Elbridge Gerry. Born in New Haven in the Colony of Connecticut, r Ingersoll completed Hopkins Grammar School in New Haven in 1762, grad...

Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921

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Painter; Dublin, New Hampshire. From the description of Abbott Handerson Thayer papers, 1861-1936 [microform]. 1962. (Defense Special Weapons Agency). WorldCat record id: 79732064 American painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dublin, N.H., to Mr. Clark, [no year] Jun. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270571900 Artist Abbott Handerson Thayer was born in Boston and raised in rural New Hampshire, where he became an avid outdoorsman a...

Meredith, William M. (William Morris), 1799-1873

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William Morris Meredith (1799-1873) was an American lawyer in Philadelphia, Pa. and politician, serving as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under Pres. Zachary Taylor, 1849-1850, and Pa. state attorney general, 1861-1867. From the description of Indenture between William Meredith and Joseph Adams for a town lot in Millheim, Haines Township, Centre County, Pa., 1836. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 441419436 ...

Gilpin, Henry D. (Henry Dilworth), 1801-1860

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Henry Dilworth Gilpin was born and raised in England, emigrated to the United States to attend the University of Pennsylvania, and proceeded to practice law, author numerous publications, and serve as editor for the Atlantic Souvenir. He went on to become director of the Bank of the United States, and ultimately Attorney General under President Martin van Buren. A patron of the arts, Gilpin later served as president of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, as well as similar posts. ...

Crawford, William Harris, 1772-1834

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William Harris Crawford (February 24, 1772 – September 15, 1834) was an American politician and judge during the early 19th century. He served as United States Secretary of War and United States Secretary of the Treasury before running for president in the 1824 election. Born in Virginia, Crawford moved to Georgia at a young age. After studying law, Crawford won election to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1803. He aligned with the Democratic-Republican Party and U.S. Senator James Jac...

Dallas, George Mifflin, 1792-1864

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George Mifflin Dallas (July 10, 1792 – December 31, 1864) was an American politician and diplomat who served as mayor of Philadelphia from 1828 to 1829 and as the 11th vice president of the United States from 1845 to 1849. The son of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander J. Dallas, George Dallas attended elite preparatory schools before embarking on a legal career. He served as the private secretary to Albert Gallatin and worked for the Treasury Department and the Second Bank of the United Stat...

Anderson, Joseph, 1757-1837

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First comptroller of the U.S. Treasury. From the description of Account balances : to Wm. H. Ellis, New Haven, Conn., 1830 Oct. 8 and Dec. 11. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28901017 Congregational minister of the First Church of Waterbury, Conn. From the guide to the Joseph Anderson letter to John Sevier, 1800, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Trimble, James, 1755-1837

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James Trimble was the first Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, serving from 1777 to 1836. From the description of Papers, 1791-1833. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 86138731 James Trimble was a scrivener and Deputy Secretary of Pennsylvania. From the description of Papers, 1787-1829. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122633075 ...

Roberts, Jonathan, MSc.

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Rush, Richard, 1780-1859

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The Wyoming Controversy was a conflict between the governments of Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Britain, the Continental Congress, and the Indians over land in the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania. From the guide to the Documents relating to the Wyoming Controversy, 1751-1814, 1823, 1751-1823, (American Philosophical Society) Richard Rush (1780-1859) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A graduate of Princeton University, he was a lawyer before beginning his political care...

Read, John Meredith, 1837-1896

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John Meredith Read, Jr. was born in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1837; graduated from Brown University and Albany Law School; served as Adjutant-General of the State of New York, 1860-1866; United States Consul-General for France and Algiers, 1869-1873; Acting Consul-General of The German Government in France, 1870-1872; United States Minister to Greece, 1873-1879; died in Paris, France, 1896. Read was one of the original members of Cornell University's Board of Trustees listed in the University's Chart...

Ingersoll, Charles Jared, 1782-1862

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U.S. representative from Pennsylvania and author. From the description of Papers of Charles Jared Ingersoll, 1826-1849. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451119 Epithet: American author; brother of Joseph Reed Ingersoll British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x00038e American lawyer, author, congressman. From the description of Letter to Dolley Madisonl [manuscript], 1836 Septemb...

Bining, Arthur Cecil, 1893-1957

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Barker, James Nelson, 1784-1858

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James Nelson Barker (1784-1858) was a playwright and a politician. From the description of Papers, 1793-1927. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191259145 ...

Dallas, Alexander James, 1759-1817

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Lawyer; U.S. district attorney for eastern Pennsylvania, 1801-1814; secretary of the Treasury, 1814-1816. From the description of AL (draft), [ca. 1811 Aug.], Philadelphia, to [Caesar Augustus Rodney?]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122524906 From the description of AL, [ca. 1809 Nov.], Philadelphia, to Albert Gallatin. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122585765 U.S. secretary of the treasury, lawyer, and author. ...

United States Custom House (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Stanton, Henry

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Bunel, Joseph R. E.

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Watts, Henry M. (Henry Miller), 1805-

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Shaler, William, 1778?-1833

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Ingersoll, Joseph R. (Joseph Reed), 1786-1868

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American statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : So. 4th Street, to Benjamin Etting, Esq., 1824 May 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269535798 Epithet: American lawyer; Minister to Great Britain 1852-1853 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x000392 U.S. representative from Pennsylvania and diplomat. From the description of Letter of Joseph R. Ingersoll...

Partz, August F. W.

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August F. W. Partz was born in Germany on January 7, 1821 or 1822, and immigrated to the United States in 1849. He worked as a mining engineer for the Mamakating Mine in New York in 1864. That year, he intended to travel to Santa Fe, New Mexico, to explore another mining opportunity, but he elected not to travel beyond Quincy, Illinois, because of guerilla fighting in Missouri and Kansas. In 1870, Partz lived in Oakland, California; he later lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He and his wife J...

Thursby, Edward

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Bunel, Marie F. M.

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