Jones family papers, 1681-1869.

Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803

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Joseph Galloway (1731—August 10, 1803) was an American Founding Father and politician who signed the 1774 Continental Association. He became a Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War, after serving as delegate to the First Continental Congress from Pennsylvania. For much of his career in Pennsylvania politics, he was a close ally of Benjamin Franklin, and he became a leading figure in the colony. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, Galloway was a moderate and proposed a Plan of Uni...

Jones, Jonathan, 1762-1821

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Jones, J. Aubrey.

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Jones family.

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The Jones Family of Pennsylvania emigrated from their native Wales in the seventeenth century, when Jonathan Jones was just a child. The Joneses settled in Merion, and Jonathan (b. 1680) went on to marry Gainor Owen (b. 1688), whose family came from Wales at about the same time. They had eleven children, including Owen Jones (1711-1793), the last provincial treasurer before the Revolutionary War. Owen Jones (d. 1793) married Susannah Evans, had ten children, and inherited his father Jonathan's l...

Wharton, Samuel, 1732-1800

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Samuel Wharton was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 3, 1732, the son of Joseph Wharton, a successful merchant. Wharton followed in his father's footsteps and became a prosperous merchant in his own right, and was one of the founding partners of Baynton and Wharton. In 1763, they added a partner, George Morgan, thus changing the name of the firm to Baynton, Wharton and Morgan. Amongst other financial ventures, the firm speculated in trade west of the Alleghenies, most notably with the I...

Foulke, Caleb

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Jones, Jonathan, b.1680.

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Wharton, Thomas, 1730-1782

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Jones, Owen, 1711-1793

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Potts, Mary Powel

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Foulke, Amos.

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Jones, Owen, 1819-1878

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Owen Jones and Company.

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Jones and Foulke.

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Jones, Owen, 1744 or 1745-1825

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Wharton, Isaac

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From the Sugar Act of 1764 through the Tea Act of 1773, the British Parliament imposed a variety of taxes upon their American colonies in an effort to raise revenue to offset the enormous debts incurred during the Seven Years' (French and Indian) War. Far more efficiently than raising revenue, these duties raised the indignation of the colonits, contributing more than their share to the alienation that fueled the independence movement. The Stamp Act became the first dire...

Wynne, Thomas, -1692

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