Notes on American and agricultural history, 1919-1930.

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Notes on American and agricultural history, 1919-1930.

Notes, extracts and transcripts (typed and handwritten) related to Kelsey's research in American colonial history and Pennsylvania agricultural history. Includes two file card boxes of notes on Pennsylvania agricultural history of the colonial and early Federal periods, taken from primary and secondary sources; these include notes on soils, tools, crops, livestock, industries, trade, labor, ethnic groups, etc.; notes, extracts and transcripts of letters and documents (petitions, proclamations, etc.) related to British colonial sugar and tea trade, also the Stamp Act (1765); transcripts of letters (1797-1799) of Théophile Cazenove related to Holland Land Company transactions.

3 boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7264179

Haverford College Library

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Kelsey, Rayner Wickersham, 1879-1934

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History professor and Quaker minister. Rayner W. Kelsey (1879-1934) was professor of history at Haverford College from 1909-1934. He served as president of Friends' Historical Association from 1913-1915 and edited the Bulletin of the association from 1922-1932. Kelsey was the author of "Friends and the Indians" (1917) and editor of the journal of Théophile Cazenove (1740-1811). From the description of Notes on American and agricultural history, 1919-1930. (Haverford College Library)...

Cazenove, Théophile, 1740-1811

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Financier and agent of the Holland Land Company. From the description of Statement regarding gift of wampum, and correspondence with Israel Chapin, 1797, 1799. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 56843708 Victor Marie Du Pont was the eldest son of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, emigrated to the United States in 1800, set up the trading company, Victor du Pont de Nemours & Co., owned property in Angelica, N.Y. From the description of Letter : to P...