Letterbooks, 1788-1853 [microform].

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company

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The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) was founded in 1827, and operated from the Great Lakes, Ohio, through the mid-Atlantic. The B&O's successor, CSX Corporation, was created in 1987 from interim holding companies. From the description of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company personnel records, circa 1940-1979. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 760082029 ...

Meredith, William M. (William Morris), 1799-1873

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William Morris Meredith (1799-1873) was an American lawyer in Philadelphia, Pa. and politician, serving as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under Pres. Zachary Taylor, 1849-1850, and Pa. state attorney general, 1861-1867. From the description of Indenture between William Meredith and Joseph Adams for a town lot in Millheim, Haines Township, Centre County, Pa., 1836. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 441419436 ...

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

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John Quincy Adams (b. July 11, 1767, Braintree, Massachusetts-d. February 23, 1848, Washington, D.C.) was an American statesman who served as a diplomat, United States Senator, member of the House of Representatives, and the sixth President of the United States. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later the Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. He was the son of President John Adams and Abigail Adams. As a diplomat, Adams played an important role in neg...

Gilpin, Henry D. (Henry Dilworth), 1801-1860

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Henry Dilworth Gilpin was born and raised in England, emigrated to the United States to attend the University of Pennsylvania, and proceeded to practice law, author numerous publications, and serve as editor for the Atlantic Souvenir. He went on to become director of the Bank of the United States, and ultimately Attorney General under President Martin van Buren. A patron of the arts, Gilpin later served as president of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, as well as similar posts. ...

Clinton, DeWitt, 1769-1828

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DeWitt Clinton (March 2, 1769 – February 11, 1828) was an American politician and naturalist who served as a United States Senator, Mayor of New York City and sixth Governor of New York. In this last capacity, he was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal. Clinton was a major candidate for the American presidency in the election of 1812, challenging incumbent James Madison. A nephew of long-time New York Governor George Clinton, DeWitt Clinton served as his uncle's secreta...

Dallas, George Mifflin, 1792-1864

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George Mifflin Dallas (July 10, 1792 – December 31, 1864) was an American politician and diplomat who served as mayor of Philadelphia from 1828 to 1829 and as the 11th vice president of the United States from 1845 to 1849. The son of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander J. Dallas, George Dallas attended elite preparatory schools before embarking on a legal career. He served as the private secretary to Albert Gallatin and worked for the Treasury Department and the Second Bank of the United Stat...

Macalester, Charles, 1798-1873

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Haldeman, Jacob M., 1781-1857.

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James Clarke & Company.

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Waln, Jacob S., 1776-1850

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Pennsylvania merchant and legislator. From the description of ALS : Philadelphia, to William Fisher, 1834 Feb. 21. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122525037 ...

Gummere, John, 1784-1845

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Ingersoll, Joseph R. (Joseph Reed), 1786-1868

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American statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : So. 4th Street, to Benjamin Etting, Esq., 1824 May 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269535798 Epithet: American lawyer; Minister to Great Britain 1852-1853 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x000392 U.S. representative from Pennsylvania and diplomat. From the description of Letter of Joseph R. Ingersoll...

Boorman, James, 1783-1866

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Thomas, Philip E. (Philip Evan), 1776-1861

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Biddle, Thomas, 1776-1857

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Thomas Biddle married Christine Williams, the daughter of Jonathan and Marianne Alexander Williams. Christine Williams Biddle's brother, Henry Jonathan Williams married Julia Rush, the daughter of Benjamin and Julia Stockton Rush. From the description of Family papers, 1769-1954. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 78972526 ...

Sergeant, John, 1779-1852

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Pennsylvania congressman. From the description of Testimonial : Philadelphia, 1835 Oct. 9. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122316936 From the description of ALS : tp S. W. Wager, 1808 Oct. 21. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122586017 From the description of ALS : Philadelphia, to John D. Steele, 1840 Oct. 31. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122475392 From the description of ALS (copy): Phila...

Cramond, Wm.

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William Cramond was a Philadelphia merchant. From the description of Receipt book, 1814-1815. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122524496 ...

Cope, Israel, 1770-1855

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Ellicott, Thomas, 1777-1859

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Harvey, Jacob.

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Jacob Harvey was a merchant, arriving in New York City ca. 1816. He was the son of Joseph Massey Harvey, who was a member of the Society of Friends in Limerick, Ireland, and was the brother of William Henry Harvey, who was a member of the American Philosophical Society. He married Mary Hosack, the daughter of New York physician David Hosack. From the description of Papers, 1808-1847. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122540044 ...

Shunk, Francis Rawn, 1788-1848

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Governor of Pennsylvania. From the description of Francis Rawn Shunk correspondence, 1844 January 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980460 From the description of Letter signed : Harrisburg, to William Buehler, 1835 Dec. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664871 Francis Rawn Shunk (1788-1848) was a lawyer and governor of Pennsylvania. From the guide to the Francis Rawn Shunk Papers, 1826-1901, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. S...

Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849

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Diplomat and U.S. secretary of the treasury. From the description of Albert Gallatin papers, 1783-1847. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82919649 Albert Gallatin was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives (1790-1792), a U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania (1795-1801), Secretary of the Treasury (1801-1814), and Minister Plenipotentiary to France (1815-1823) and Great Britain (1826-1827). From the description of Albert Gallatin letter, 1803 Oct....

Powel, John Hare, 1786-1856

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John H. Powel was a Philadelphia, Pa. soldier, statesman, agriculturalist and author. From the description of Accounts, 1830-1835. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122541240 Legislator and agriculturist; member of Pennsylvania Senate, 1827-30. From the description of Power of attorney : London, 1831 May 28. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28996426 ...

William Barber & Company.

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Boorman, Johnston & Co.

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Ross, John, 1770-1834

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Lawyer, judge, and U.S. representative, of Bucks County, Pa. From the description of Judge's casebook, 1820-1821. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70954348 ...

Alex. Brown & Sons

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Firm founded in 1800 in Baltimore, Md., that evolved from a mercantile business into an international banking house. From the description of Alex. Brown & Sons records, 1796-1908 (bulk 1796-1884). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981806 Organizational History 1800 Firm established in Baltimore, Md., by Alexander Brown (1764-1834) ...

Toland, Henry, 1785-

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Henry Toland was a Philadelphia merchant who did business with Andrew Jackson. They remained friends despite Toland issuing a report in 1832 that was favorable to the Bank of the United States as a safe place of deposit for government funds. From the description of Henry Toland letter, 1833 Nov. 19. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 761309241 ...

Bond, Phineas, 1749-1815

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Girard College

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Drinker, Henry W. (Henry Waln), 1787-1866

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Drinker, William, 1795-

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Schuylkill Bank (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Cope, Thomas P. (Thomas Pim), 1768-1854

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Founder of packet ship line in 1821 that sailed from Philadelphia to Liverpool; Cope travelled from Philadelphia to Niagara Falls, Montreal, and Quebec with his son Alfred on July 12, 1820, visiting Nantucket from Sept. 9-15, 1820. From the description of Thomas Pym Cope diary/J. Morris Evans collection, 1820 Sept. 9-15. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 70953345 William Carvill was Haverford College's first landscape architect. Jonathan Richards was principa...

Brown, William, Sir, 1784-1864

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Smith, Daniel B., 1792-1883

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Daniel B. Smith and Benjamin R. Smith were Philadelphia, Pa. druggists and chemists. Daniel Smith was particularly active in the Philadelphia School of Pharmacy. From the description of Records, 1826-1851 (inclusive), 1826-1829 (bulk). (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122625312 ...

Wilson & Drew.

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Randolph, John, 1773-1833

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Randolph served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1799-1813, 1815-1817, 1819-1825, 1827-1829), the U.S. Senate (1825-1827), the Virginia Constitutional Convention (1829-1830), and as Minister to Russia (1830-1831). From the description of Letter of introduction, 10 July 1813. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235133950 U. S. Congressman from Virginia. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Liverpool, England, to Jacob Harvey, Cork Irela...

Reed, William B. (William Bradford), 1806-1876

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American writer, editor and publisher. From the description of Letter : to [James Thomas] Fields, 1870 Dec. 10. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122625073 Lawyer and diplomat. From the description of Papers [microform], 1857-1860. (Oberlin College Library). WorldCat record id: 35721445 From the description of Papers of William B. Reed, 1857-1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452370 ...

Nicholson, John, 1757-1800

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Land speculator. From the description of John Nicholson papers, 1795 16 Feb.-10 Mar. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70953089 Financier and land speculator. From the description of John Nicholson family papers, 1786-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981679 Pennsylvania state official and land promoter. From the description of ALS : to Thomas Mifflin, 1791 Nov. 8. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat reco...

Bank of the United States (1816-1836)

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In 1816, the Bank of the United States was rechartered, the first charter having expired in 1811, in an attempt to stabilize the national currency. Within the first three years, the bank was nearly ruined due to mismanagement. Langdon Cheves was elected president of its board of directors in 1819 and restored the bank's credit. In 1822, he resigned the post and was succeeded by Nicholas Biddle. The national charter for the bank expired in 1836, but Biddle kept the bank in operation until 1841, u...

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company

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Formed in 1802 to dig a canal across the Delmarva Peninsula to join the Delaware Bay and the Chesapeake Bay. Engineering surveys were done by Benjamin Henry Latrobe and work actually began but the company ran out of money and abandoned the project in late 1805. In 1822 the company was revived and a canal was completed which opened in 1829. In 1919 the canal, which ran from Delaware City, Del., to Chesapeake City, Md., was purchased by the federal government. From the description of C...

Gratz, Jacob, 1790-1856

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Snowden, James Ross, 1809-1878

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Raguet, Condy, 1784-1842

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American economist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to William C. Preston, 1835 Feb. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616099 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to W.C. Little in Albany, 1841 Mar. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616094 Epithet: of Philadelphia British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000799.0x00010a Phil...

Ingham, Samuel D. (Samuel Delucenna), 1779-1860

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Ingham served as Secretary of the Treasury, 1829-1831, under Pres. Andrew Jackson; staunch supporter of the Second Bank of the United States; helped develop inland canal navigation, railroad transportation, anthracite coal mining in Pennsylvania; died, 1860, in Trenton, N.J. From the description of Substance of a conversation with Samuel D. Ingham, 1831 Mar. 22. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 30713434 Samuel D. Ingham was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvan...

Wright, Benjamin, 1770-1842

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Benjamin Wright (1770-1842) was a prominent land surveyor and engineer. During his career, he surveyed much of the lands along the upper Mohawk and Black River Valleys, which are now situated in Herkimer, Oneida, Lewis, and Jefferson Counties in New York State. Wright was also noted for his advocacy and development of canals and transportation infrastructure in New York State. He was chief engineer in the design and construction of the Erie Canal. From the description of Collection, ...

Mercer, Charles Fenton, 1778-1858

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U.S. representative from Virginia; president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. From the description of Papers of Charles Fenton Mercer [manuscript], 1810-1856. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647891379 State legislator and U.S. representative from Virginia. From the description of Papers, 1816-1854. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70954784 Charles Fenton Mercer (1778-1858), was the son of James Mercer, j...

Fraley, F. (Frederick), 1804-1901

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Ingersoll, Charles Jared, 1782-1862

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U.S. representative from Pennsylvania and author. From the description of Papers of Charles Jared Ingersoll, 1826-1849. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451119 Epithet: American author; brother of Joseph Reed Ingersoll British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x00038e American lawyer, author, congressman. From the description of Letter to Dolley Madisonl [manuscript], 1836 Septemb...

Colt, Roswell L. (Roswell Lyman), 1779-1856

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Bagge, Charles Ernest, baron de, 1722-1791

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Ewing, Thomas, 1777-1859.

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Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

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Epithet: US President British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000128 James Buchanan, Jr. (1791-1868) was the 15th President of the United States, serving from 1857–1861. Prior to his presidency, Buchanan represented Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives and later the Senate, and served as Secretary of State under President James K. Polk (1845-1849). Source : About the White Hous...

Oliver, Robert, 1757?-1834

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Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887

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Dix was a humanitarian crusader for the mentally ill. She investigated the conditions of the hospitalized insane in many U.S. states and some European countries, and petitioned state and national legislatures for reforms. She was also superintendent of army nurses during the Civil War. Eliot was a Unitarian minister, an educator, and assisted in the founding of Reed College in Oregon. From the description of Letters to Thomas Lamb Eliot, 1869-1885. (Harvard University). WorldCat reco...

Cope, William D. (William Drinker), 1798-1873

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Mendenhall & Cope.

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Schuylkill Navigation Company

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The Schuylkill Navigation Company constructed a canal along the Schuylkill River from Philadelphia to the anthracite coal field near Pottsville in 1815-1825. From the description of Subscription list for loans, 1824-1824. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86123565 The Schuylkill Navigation Company was incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania on March 8, 1815, for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Schuylkill River above tide. The ...

Cadwalader, Thomas, 1779-1841

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Thomas Cadwalader was a Lieutenant Colonel of a Cavalry regiment during the War of 1812. Later he was Major General of the 1st District of the Pennsylvania Militia. From the description of Orderly book, 1814. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122625371 ...

Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862

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Pennsylvania State Senator; U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania. From the description of Letter and photograph of Samuel Breck, 1834, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51298011 Samuel Breck was a Philadelphia merchant and was a member of the American Philosophical Society (elected 1838). From the description of Historical sketch of the Continental bills of credit, from the year 1775 to 1781, with specimens thereof, 1840. (American Philosophical So...

McCrae, Colin.

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Cope, Jasper, 1775-1856

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Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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The Pennsylvania Hospital was established in 1751. The original section of its building was designed by Samuel Rhoads; construction began in 1755. From the description of Photographs, [ca. 1910]. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122548463 The Pennsylvania Hospital was founded in 1751 by Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin. Chartered by the Colonial Government, the Pennsylvania Hospital has the distinction of being the first hospital in America to care for the sick...

Beach, Nathan, 1763-1847

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Cist, Jacob, 1782-1825

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Jacob Cist was born on March 13, 1783 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He obtained his education at the Nazareth Boys’ School of the Moravian Church from 1794 to 1797. He lived in Philadelphia until 1808 when he was appointed United States Postmaster, serving that position until his death in 1925. Cist’s interests and skills were diverse and he worked as a merchant in Wilkes-Barre, as the treasurer of Luzerne County in 1816, as a business partner with his father-in-law Judge Matthias ...

Hobson, Josiah.

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Miner, Charles, 1780-1865

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Coates, Samuel, 1748-1830

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Samuel Coates (1748-1830) was a prominent Quaker merchant, who was Treasurer of the Library Company of Philadelphia (1784-1793), Secretary and later President of the Board of Managers of the Pennsylvania Hospital (1786-1825), a member of the Overseers of the Public Schools of Philadelphia. (1812-1823) and a director of the original Bank of the United States (1800-1812). Coates was born in Philadelphia on August 24,1748, the son of Samuel Coates and Mary Langdale. His grandfather Thomas Coates ha...

Drinker, Henry Sandwith, 1770-1824

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Duane, William J. (William John), 1780-1865

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Duane, son of William Duane (1760-1835), worked at the Aurora general advertiser in Philadelphia, practiced law (from 1815) and later served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1833). He was removed from office for refusing to withdraw government deposits from United States Bank before a meeting of Congress. From the description of Letter to Thomas Elder esq., 7 September 1831. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234342893 ...

Bank of Kentucky

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The Bank of Kentucky was chartered in 1806 by the state legislature as part of a compromise that ended the controversy over private banking. It was modeled on the Bank of the United States and was governed by a president and a twelve-member board of directors. Robert Alexander of Versailles was elected president in 1807 and served for fourteen years during which the bank was sound, profitable, and conservatively administered. The bank's charter was repealed in 1822 by a hard-money legislature af...

Toland, George W. (George Washington), 1796-1869

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Conyngham, Redmond, 1781-1846

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The Wyoming Controversy was a conflict between the governments of Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Britain, the Continental Congress, and the Indians over land in the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania. From the guide to the Documents relating to the Wyoming Controversy, 1751-1814, 1823, 1751-1823, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Kane, John K. (John Kintzing), 1795-1858

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John Kintzing Kane was a Philadelphia lawyer and Pennsylvania politician. He was appointed Attorney General of Pennsylvania in 1845, a position he resigned in 1846 to serve until his death as a U. S. District Court Judge for eastern Pennsylvania. From the description of Legal papers, 1824-1919. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122589123 From the description of Papers, 1826-1860. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat recor...

White, Canvass, 1790-1834

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Engineer. From the description of Diary, 1823. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 122641026 Canal engineer and cement manufacturer of Whitestown, Oneida County, N.Y. Canvass White served in the War of 1812, made surveys on the Erie Canal, visited England to study canals, introduced hydraulic cement into the United States, manufactured cement, was president of the Cohoes Company, chief engineer of the Delaware Breakwater, the Delaware and R...

Cope, Caleb, 1736-1824

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Cadwalader, John, 1805-1879

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John Cadwalader was a noted Philadelphia jurist and congressman and a member of a prominent Philadelphia family. From the description of Account book, 1826-1840. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122465311 ...

Haverford college

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Haverford College was founded in 1833 as a Quaker school for boys. Today it is a coeducational, non-sectarian college applying the Quaker values of consensus and honor code. From the description of Archival records, 1831-[ongoing]. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 60246925 ...

Philadelphia Board of Trade

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The Philadelphia Board of Trade formed in 1834 to serve businessmen not represented in the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. The latter organization was restricted to shipowners, importers and exporters, and maritime insurance brokers. From the description of Memorial, 1879. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 86166248 The Philadelphia Board of Trade was the precursor of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. A group of Philadelphia merchants organized the Boar...

Dickerson, Mahlon, 1770-1853

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Mahlon Dickerson (April 17, 1770 - October 5, 1853) was an American judge and politician. He was elected Governor of New Jersey as well as United States Senator from that state. He was twice appointed Secretary of the Navy - under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin van Buren. From the description of Document, May 26, 1837. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 18168849 Richard Dale was a naval officer. From the guide to the Richard Dale papers, 1780-1845, 17...

Cropper, James, 1773-1840

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James Cropper (1773-1840), philanthropist, was born at Winstanley, Lancashire. Following an apprenticeship with the merchants Rathbone Brothers, Liverpool, he founded his own mercantile house, Cropper, Benson & Co. He became director of the new Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830, and maintained an interest in the company's affairs until his death. Cropper was involved in philanthropic work, supporting the anti-slavery movement and pressing for the relief of the Irish poor. He also esta...

Jacobs, Solomon.

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Lykens Valley Rail-Road and Coal Company.

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Poultney, Evan

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Girard, Stephen, 1750-1831

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Charles Nicoll Bancker was a merchant and financier. From the guide to the Charles Nicoll Bancker family papers, 1733-1894, 1733-1894, (American Philosophical Society) Stephen Girard was a merchant, banker, and philanthropist. From the description of Papers, 1769-1831. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 17270776 Philadelphia banker and philanthropist. From the description of LS : Philadelphia, to John Curwen, 1802 S...

Bayard, James A. (James Asheton), 1799-1880

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American lawyer and statesman. From the description of Letter : Washington, to Riggs & Co., 1858 Dec. 23. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122494207 Lawyer, of WIlmington, Del.; U.S. senator, 1851-1863, 1867-1869; resigned from the senate in 1864 and returned in 1867. From the description of James A. Bayard family letters, 1848-1864. (Historical Society of Delaware). WorldCat record id: 749860...

Roosevelt, Nicholas J., 1767-1854

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Baker, Hilary, d. 1798.

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Penrose, Charles Bingham, 1798-1857

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Pennsylvania government official. From the description of ALS : to M. S. Murphy, 1841 July 17. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86138983 Charles Penrose was a Carlisle, Pa. lawyer active in politics. From the description of Legal case book, 1844-1857. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 86165633 ...

Liverpool and Manchester Railway

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Burden, Jesse Roe

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Gurney, Joseph-John, 1788-1847

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Quaker philanthropist, writer, and minister. From the description of Letter : Charleston, to Samuel Bettle, 1840 May 3. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28886177 An English Quaker reformer and writer, Gurney traveled widely in the U.S., Canada and West Indies. From the description of ALS, 1841 February 1 : Earlham, [Eng.] to Cecilia Baring / J.J. Gurney. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 44996509 ...

Philadelphia General Hospital

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The Committee on the Celebration at the Philadelphia General Hospital of the 200th Anniversary of the Building of the Philadelphia Almshouse was established in September 1929. The committee, consisting of five members of the Medical Board of the Philadelphia General Hospital, was appointed by the President of the Medical Board, Herman B. Allyn. Joseph McFarland, E. B. Krumbhaar, David Riesman, and Robert G. Torrey were appointed to serve on the committee, with Robert J. Hunter actin...

Gilpin, Joshua, 1765-1840.

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Philadelphia businessman and canal promoter. From the description of ALS : London, to Thomas Fisher, 1796 Feb. 22. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122442873 From the description of ALS : New Bedford, to Thomas Fisher, 1805 Sept. 22. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122442882 From the description of ALS : Wilmington, Del., to Thomas Fisher, 1793 Oct. 21. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122541875 ...

Briggs, Isaac, 1763-1825

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Civil engineer and surveyor; member of the American Philosophical Society; Class of 1783, University of Pennsylvania. From the description of Letters and essay, 1802, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862571 Surveyor, engineer, mathematician, and astronomer. From the description of Isaac Briggs papers, 1691-1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71062910 ...

Bringhurst, Joseph, 1807-1880.

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Trego, Charles B... 1794-1874

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Wood, Samuel R., active 1834-1839

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Patterson, Robert M. (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854

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Robert Maskell Patterson was a professor of natural philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the U.S. Mint. His father, Robert Patterson, was a revolutionary soldier and mathematician. He taught mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania, 1779-1814, and was the director of the U.S. Mint, 1805-1824. From the description of Papers, 1775-1853. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122616093 Robert Maskell Patterson was a professor ...