Benjamin Chew letters, 1823-1842.

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Benjamin Chew letters, 1823-1842.

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Correspondence of Chew, Jasper Cope, and Thomas Crossan about the leasing and management of Chew Lands in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and about the financial condition of the Lehigh Comapny, an association concerned with coal, mining, canal, and railroad interests.

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Cornell University Library

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Cope, Jasper, 1775-1856

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Lehigh Company.

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Chew, Benjamin, 1758-1844

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Benjamin Chew's son Benjamin Jr. (1758-1844) had become increasingly involved in his father's affairs, practicing law with him, and managing the elder Benjamin's land holdings, ultimately taking responsibility for the family's plantations and the purchase and sale of slaves. In many ways, Benjamin Chew Jr. followed firmly in his father's footsteps, studying law at the Middle Temple in London from 1784 to 1786, where he cultivated a relationship with the Penn family, before returning to practice ...

Crossan, Thomas R.

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