Port of Philadelphia maritime records, 1766-1937.

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Port of Philadelphia maritime records, 1766-1937.

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Information about the transmission of diseases through the port is contained within the port warden's minutes of 1766-1880. Other segments of the collection include naturalization records and an index, 1794-1880; lists of the arrival and clearance of vessels, 1783-1880; list of crews, 1789-1880; alphabetical and chronological lists and an index of masters and crews, 1798-1880; slave manifests, 1800-1841; letters of marque, 1804-1815; and records of wrecks in the Philadelphia district, 1874-1937.

17 cubic feet + 76 microfilm reels.

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7237006

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Philadelphia (Pa.). Dept. of Wharves, Docks and Ferries

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Pennsylvania. Board of Wardens for the Port of Philadelphia

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The Board of Wardens for the Port of Philadelphia were responsible for issuing pilots licenses and making rules and regulations governing their service. The Navigation Commission for the Delaware River and its Navigable Tributaries was formed in 1937. It is a later form of the Board of Wardens. From the description of Records of the Navigation Commission for the Delaware River and its Navigable Tributaries, port of Philadelphia [microform]. 1787-1826. (The Mariners' Museum Library). ...

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...