Financial documents, 1811-1832.

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Financial documents, 1811-1832.

Consists of bills, receipts, orders, and bank drafts received by Hamilton & Hood or John Hamilton. Such items as soap, candles, bed cords, plow lines, sweeping brushes, nails, bottles, snuff, scales, and wood were purchased by Hamilton & Hood from other Philadelphia merchants. Most of the orders in the collection are from Samuel G. Osborn for coffee, tea, sugar, chocolate, etc. The merchandise was sent through the Smyrna packet, a regular method of shipment from Philadelphia to Maryland and Delaware. Two drafts from the Bank of New Castle and a Philadelphia bank are also included. In addition, there are bills made out to John Hamilton from craftsmen for such work as building a hearth, wallpapering, and laying "entry floor cloth."

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SNAC Resource ID: 7155481

Winterthur Library

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Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879

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Commander of the 4th Texas Regiment. From the description of Letter, 1862 Jan. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70973320 Army officer. From the description of Note of John Bell Hood, 1870. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450985 Confederate Army officer, stationed at Nashville (Davidson Co.), Tenn. From the description of Papers, 1862-1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19793299 John Bell Hood (b. June 1, 1831, Bat...

Osborn, Samuel

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Army officer and physician. From the description of Papers of Samuel Osborn, 1796-1802. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454899 ...

Hamilton, John D., 1935-

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Title: 1st Baron Belhaven British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001299.0x000130 Hull was an army officer and, later, territorial governor of Michigan. His surrender of Detroit on Aug. 16, 1812 shocked the American public, triggering a court-martial. Although found guilty, Hull was pardoned for his revolutionary services. Meigs was territorial judge (1798) and a legislator of Ohio (1799-1801), the first Chief Justice ...

Hamilton & Hood.

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Hamilton & Hood was a Philadelphia, Pa. firm of merchants. John Hamilton and John Hood were the proprietors. Their store was located on Swanson Street. From the description of Financial documents, 1811-1832. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 261228850 ...