Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1775-1803, n.d.

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Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1775-1803, n.d.

Collection of documents pertaining to commercial societies and partnerships in Philadelphia, particularly the United Company of Philadelphia for Promoting American Manufactures and the Pennsylvania Society for the Encouragement of Manufactures and the Useful Arts.

12 items (16 leaves).

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Coxe, Tench, 1755-1824

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Tench Coxe (May 22, 1755 – July 17, 1824) was an American political economist and a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress in 1788–1789. He wrote under the pseudonym "A Pennsylvanian," and was known to his political enemies as "Mr. Facing Bothways." Born in Philadelphia, Tench received his education in the Philadelphia schools and intended to study law, but his father determined to make him a merchant, and he was placed in the counting-house of Coxe & Furman, becoming a partner...

Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of American Manufactures

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Hallowell, Israel.

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Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898

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J. Thomas Scharf was an author of numerous books on Maryland history and a noted collector of manuscripts. From the description of Scharf collection of Confederate naval papers. (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 123550923 Author. From the description of Essay on John Hanson, 1892. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980679 Historian J. Thomas Scharf was born and raised in Baltimore. He joined the Confederacy as an infantryman, was hospitalized...

Stiles, Joseph D.

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Wetherill, Samuel, 1736-1816

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Samuel Wetherill, a Philadelphia manufacturer of cloth, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals, was a birthright Quaker. During the American Revolution, he actively supported the military effort and was disowned from Philadelphia Monthly Meeting in 1779. In 1781, he was a founder of an independent meeting known as the Society of Free Quakers. He corresponded with a New England group of similarly disowned Quakers, associates of Timothy Davis (1730-1798), a respected minister who published a pamphlet in 1...

United Company of Philadelphia for Promoting American Manufactures

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Sellers, Nathan, 1751-1830

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Nathan Sellers was a surveyor, scrivener, and manufacturer. From the description of Records, 1771-1844. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122488778 From the guide to the Nathan Sellers records, 1771-1844, 1771-1844, (American Philosophical Society) Sellers was a wireworker in Philadelphia and Darby, PA who made molds for papermakers. From the description of Account books, 1775-1824. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 12...

Nicholson, John, 1757-1800

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Land speculator. From the description of John Nicholson papers, 1795 16 Feb.-10 Mar. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70953089 Financier and land speculator. From the description of John Nicholson family papers, 1786-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981679 Pennsylvania state official and land promoter. From the description of ALS : to Thomas Mifflin, 1791 Nov. 8. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat reco...

Harvey, Jacob.

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Jacob Harvey was a merchant, arriving in New York City ca. 1816. He was the son of Joseph Massey Harvey, who was a member of the Society of Friends in Limerick, Ireland, and was the brother of William Henry Harvey, who was a member of the American Philosophical Society. He married Mary Hosack, the daughter of New York physician David Hosack. From the description of Papers, 1808-1847. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122540044 ...

Westcott, Thompson

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Beatty, William.

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Pollard, William C.

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Member of the Ann Arbor Airport Advisory Committee. From the description of William Pollard papers, 1961-1995 (bulk 1972-1983). (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 84447964 Epithet: Wesleyan minister British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000408.0x0003c4 ...

Wood, Thomas.

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Heysham, Robert.

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Eves, Joseph Bennett.

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Society of Artists and Manufacturers of Philadelphia

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