18th-century documents concerning Pennsylvania, 1749-1796.

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18th-century documents concerning Pennsylvania, 1749-1796.

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Legal, government and business documents in manuscript or printed documents with manuscript additions. Includes accounts, an administration bond, bank checks, a bill of lading, bills, certificates, financial receipts, letters, a redemptioner certificate, and summonses. Most documents are from Philadelphia, Reading, Lancaster County, or Sunbury, Pennsylvania. One group of documents concern Etienne Dutilh, a French merchant, who emigrated to Philadelphia in 1783 and established several commercial firms including E. Dutilh & Company, 1783-1789; Dutilh & Wachsmuth, with John Godfried Wachsmuth, 1790-1797; and Dutilh, Soullier & Company, with John Soullier, 1793-circa 1797. These firms were largely engaged in the West Indies and northern European trade.

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Dutilh, Etienne, 1748-1810

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Étienne Dutilh was born to Pierre and Marie Dutilh in Marsac (also known as Clairac), France in 1732. During the 1770s, Dutilh established himself as a merchant in London and Rotterdam before immigrating to Philadelphia in 1783. Several Dutilh family members remained in Europe to continue their mercantile business in places like Amsterdam and England. As a result, Étienne Dutilh had strong trading ties to Europe for the next decades. When he came to Philadelphia, Dutilh established the mercant...

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...