Penington family papers, 1769-1882.

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Penington family papers, 1769-1882.

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The Peningtons' papers are comprised of materials pertaining to the sugar business of Edward Penington and the Philadelphia bookshop of Edward's eldest son, John Penington. The fifteen volumes of records from the Penington sugar house include a daybook, a journal, a waste book, and a number of account books from the period 1769 to 1841. In addition, two volumes record Peningtons' domestic expenses. The seventeen boxes of material pertaining to John Penington's shop include incoming correspondence and orders, bills, and receipts relating to the traffic in books as well as basic business expenses from 1833 to 1870. There is also one folder of incoming correspondence received by Henry C. Baird.

9 linear ft.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Penington, Edward, 1726-1796

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Carey, Henry Charles, 1793-1879

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Penington, Edward, 1766-1834

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Penington, John, 1799-1867

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John Penington (1799-1867), the son of Edward and Helena Lawrence (Holmes) Penington, was a bookseller in Philadelphia, Pa., and a member of the American Philosophical Society, having a "national reputation as a scholar, antiquary, and bibliophile." Born on 1 August 1799 in Mulberry Hill, N.J., Penington was a descendant of Isaac Penington, the well-known seventeenth century Quaker leader, eldest son of the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Isaac Penington, a commissioner on the trial of Charles I and c...

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Penington, Henry, 1807-1858

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