Records, 1873-1954.

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Records, 1873-1954.

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Wills' Board of Trade files are arranged by subject and include correspondence, reports, blueprints, 1916-1954, a minutebook of Annual Meetings, 1873-1942, cashbook, 1894-1917; the remainder of the records include personal correspondence and notes, 1933-1953; scrapbooks, 1894-1919; an office diary for 1942 and some oversize maps prepared for the Committee on Decadence and for railroad consolidation projects. Tucker's section reflects his position as secretary of the Board of Harbor Commissioners (1887-1897), but also his post as secretary and assistant treasurer of the Board of Trade, member of the Board of Port Wardens (1873-1897), secretary of the National Board of Trade (1895-1911), secretary of the Philadelphia Bourse (1890-1896) and Masterwarden of the Port (1897-1907). His records consist of correspondence of the Harbor Commission, 1878-1927; correspondence, testimony, and other records of the Committee on Decandence, 1889-1893; Bourse related materials, 1892-1917; Board of Trade, 1911-1930 and personal files, 1889-1928.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Wills, Henry

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William Robinson Tucker and Henry W. Wills were secretaries of the Philadelphia Board of Trade from 1886-1930 and 1928-1942 respectively. Tucker was active in improving the harbor of Philadelphia during the 1880's and 90's both physically, through the Board of Port Wardens and Harbor Commission and commercially, through the Board of Trade's Committee on Alleged Decadence of the Port. Wills assisted Tucker in his last years at the Board of Trade and through friendship acquired possession of Tucke...

Philadelphia Board of Trade

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The Philadelphia Board of Trade formed in 1834 to serve businessmen not represented in the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. The latter organization was restricted to shipowners, importers and exporters, and maritime insurance brokers. From the description of Memorial, 1879. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 86166248 The Philadelphia Board of Trade was the precursor of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. A group of Philadelphia merchants organized the Boar...

Tucker, William Robinson, 1845-1930

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Tucker was manager for the counting house of John R. Penrose which operated a line of sailing vessels between Liverpool and Philadelphia and was primarily involved in the salt trade. At the same time, Tucker was secretary of the Philadelphia Board of Trade and served in various capacities with the Board of Port Wardens, Joint Executive Committee for the Improvement of the Harbor, the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, the National Board of Trade, and the Philadelphia Bourse. From the de...