Papers, 1676-1879.

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Papers, 1676-1879.

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This is a miscellaneous collection of papers of two contemporary Ball families of Philadelphia, sometimes confused because of common names and occupations. The William Ball Family Papers. William Ball, Sr., and William Ball, Jr., were merchants who owned Hope Farm, in Northern Liberties Township (Shakamaxon): correspondence, accounts, surveys, and other papers relate to the Nova Scotia Land Company, a colonizing venture in Nova Scotia, 1760-1771; Richmond Meadows Company account book, 1760-1762, continued with election returns book, 1763, 1766; Elizabeth Byles, wife of William Ball, Sr., letterbook, 1759-1783, and diary, 1757-1763; William Ball, Jr., rent and bond account book, 1782-1808; and miscellaneous other business, land and estate papers. The Joseph Ball Family Papers. Joseph Ball was a Philadelphia merchant, industrialist, insurance executive, and bank director: business accounts and agreements for building, outfitting of several vessels including privateers, and related litigation; insurance policies; estate papers and genealogical depositions from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Virginia, 1855-1860, gathered in the settlement of his vast estate. John Ball, brother of Joseph Ball, was a resident merchant at St. Eustatius, St. Thomas and St. Croix for several years, and partner of William Waddrop and Daniel Jennings (Ball, Waddrop and Jennings) business papers and correspondence, including letters to William Bingham, 1779-1782. Henry Banks was a merchant of Richmond, Va. His business papers and correspondence relate to commercial activities, land purchases, and privateering, including correspondence with his Kentucky partner in trade and land speculation, John Fowler. Bank's financial problems are revealed in legal papers pertaining to various suits and correspondence with Philadelphia lawyer, Daniel Brodhead, in Bank's bankruptcy trial and imprisonment with Robert Morris in 1798. Joseph Ball was a trustee of his bankrupt estate. The collection also includes, from related Richards and Dupuy families, Lewis M. Walker and John Richards, receipt book, 1817-1821, extracts of Burlington, N.J., land surveys, 1741-1833, deeds and other items. Of uncertain origin is an unidentified Philadelphia merchant's journal, 1733-1739. Also Thomas Wotherspoon, Philadelphia merchant, receipt book, 1796-1804.

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Bingham, William, 1752-1804

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William Bingham (March 8, 1752 – February 7, 1804) was an American statesman from Philadelphia. He was a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress from 1786 to 1788 and served in the United States Senate from 1795 to 1801. Bingham was one of the wealthiest men in the United States during his lifetime, and was considered to be the richest person in the United States in 1780. Born in Philadelphia, Bingham graduated from the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania...

Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

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Robert Morris, Jr. (January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was an English-born merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States Senate, and he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. From 1781 to 1784, he served as the Superintendent of Finance of the United States, becoming known as the "Financier of the Revolution...

Ball families.

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Broadhead, Daniel, 1736-1809.

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Wotherspoon, Thomas

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Walker, Lewis Midgley

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Richards, John Edward, 1952-

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Kept by two wealthy men, an uncle and his nephew, John Richards who lived near Forty Hill and Enfield, Middlesex Co., [now London] Eng. The uncle died in 1729. From the description of Account book, 1717-1729. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 19931817 John Richards was a lecturer in mechanical engineering at Stanford University, 1895-96. From the description of Works administration: lectures before the student of the Leland Stanford Junior U...

Waddrop, William

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Jennings, Daniel F.

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Hope Farm (Northern Liberties, Pa.)

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Banks, Henry H.

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Nova Scotia Land Company.

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Ball, John

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Lawyer, Troy, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1825-1836. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122364429 ...

Fowler, John.

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Ball, William Rowe, 1841-1899

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English actor. From the description of Item, 1833-1842. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936514 Epithet: of Add MS 41267 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000677.0x0003d9 William Ball was Chaplain and Inspector of the gaol at Armagh, Ireland at the time of Major Alexander Campbell's execution in 1908. Major Campbell was sentenced to death for his part in a duel with Captain...

Ball, Waddrop and Jennings.

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Ball, Joseph, 1752-1821.

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