Merchants collection, 1773-1864.

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Merchants collection, 1773-1864.

The manuscripts in this collection are largely the records of Philadelphia merchants dealing with Baltimoreans in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It is an artificial collection drawn together by the Maryland associations. The manuscripts are drafts, invoices, and letters from individuals in Baltimore to Philadelphia merchants especially the firms of Andrew Clow & Co. (1785-93) and Dutilh & Wachsmuth (1790-99).

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Astley, Thomas, fl. 1805-1824.

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Crammond, William, fl. 1800-1811.

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Dorsey, William, fl. 1800.

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Clow, Andrew and Company.

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Hargnett, John, fl. 1843-1845.

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Dutilh & Wachsmuth (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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The mercantile firm of Dutilh & Wachsmuth was established in Philadelphia in 1790 and was dissolved ca. 1798-1799. Etienne Dutilh was born in France in 1748 and came to Philadelphia in 1783, after a career as a merchant in Rotterdam and London. Numerous members of the family were established as merchants in Holland, England, Smyrna, and the West Indies. E. Dutilh & Co. was established by 1784, trading primarily with the West Indies but also with Europe. John Godf...

Woolman, Mrs. Samuel, d. 1773.

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Gill, John, fl. 1827-1830.

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