Papers of Thomas McNair, 1760-1849 (bulk 1830-1842).

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Papers of Thomas McNair, 1760-1849 (bulk 1830-1842).

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Papers of Thomas McNair, chiefly business records and correspondence. Correspondents includ Simon Cameron. Also included are scattered papers related to his father, and some family correspondence, particularly that of his sister Ann McNair (1797-1841), his half-sister Mary McNair Baird (1798-1864), and his wife Agnes Ferguson McNair.

Approx. 510 pieces.5 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889

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Simon Cameron was born in Maytown, Pennsylvania in 1799, to Charles Cameron (d. January 16, 1814) and his wife Martha McLaughlin (d. abt. November 10, 1830). Cameron was the third of five sons; and had three younger sisters. One story claimed that Cameron was orphaned at nine, and later apprenticed to a printer, Andrew Kennedy, editor of the Northumberland Gazette before entering the field of journalism. If Cameron were apprenticed to Kennedy at age nine (~1808) for a then-standard period of ...

McNair, Ann, 1787-1841.

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McNair, Thomas, 1737-1830.

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McNair, Thomas, 1790-1847.

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Thomas McNair (1790-1847), a Pennsylvania merchant and ironmaster, father of Thomas Speer McNair. He was son of Thomas McNair, an Irish immigrant who settled in Hanover Township, Pa. by 1760, and Ann Wallace (1748-1793). Having served in the War of 1812, Thomas McNair, Jr. was employed at New Market Forge, first as clerk and then as acting manager. From 1825 to 1837, he was engaged in the merchandize business, with Robert Rogers and then John Hicks. In 1837, he entered into a partnership with Si...

Baird, Mary McNair, 1798-1864.

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