Evans & Iglehart receipt book, 1815-1823.

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Evans & Iglehart receipt book, 1815-1823.

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Collection consists of one bound receipt book (1815-1823) and seven unattached receipts of a Maryland firm, Evans & Iglehart.

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Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7593050

Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library

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Evans & Iglehart.

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Historical Note: The firm of Evans & Iglehart was actively involved in business, 1815-1823, in the cities of Baltimore and Annapolis (Md.). Apparently, the firm was charged with collecting debts owed to some of the leading merchants in Baltimore and Annapolis during the early nineteenth century. Both cities were centers of mercantile opportunity and were well served by a rising class of merchants and business people. Most likely, Evans & Iglehart acted as agents ...

Hopkins, Gerard, 1769-

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Hopkins, Johns, 1795-1873

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Johns Hopkins was a Baltimore merchant and philanthropist. He was born in Anne Arundel County, MD, May 19, 1795, the son of Samuel and Hannah Janney Hopkins. In 1812, Hopkins moved to Baltimore where he was employed in his uncle Gerard's wholesale grocery business. He later formed a wholesale provision house, "Hopkins Brothers," with his brothers Philip, Gerard, and Mahlon. Through further investments and lending, Hopkins amassed a private fortune, part of which was left...