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Benjamin Fuller records [Account Book 1776-1795]
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These papers include letter books, 1762-1791; account book, 1776-1799; and receipt book, 1795-1799.
Pemberton family papers [Deposition dated Aug 2 1782, Volume 37 p. 5]
This collection consists of letters, memoranda, and notes of members of the Society of Friends, chiefly from the Pemberton and Parrish families of Philadelphia. Letters are of personal and religious matters. Among correspondents are John and Ann…
French West Indies collection [Box 1 Folder 7 & 8]
Following in the footsteps of the Dutch and British, French settlers arrived in the Caribbean in the 1630s and established trading ports on the islands of Saint-Domingue (later Hispaniola), Martinique, and Guadeloupe. The settlers, with the aid of…
William Cummings and Son account books [Volume 1 – Ledger, 1850-1886]
This Philadelphia-based shipping merchant firm specialized in trade with Africa, especially the east coast, but also conducted trade with the West Indies, California, and China. These ledgers list hundreds of local and overseas merchants, types of…
James McCurrach and Company accounts [V.2 Ledger]
James McCurrach and Company were shipping agents. Letterbook, 1794-1800, has an index at the end of the volume. The ledger, 1790--1796, begins with entries titled as in account with Palyart & Co. of Philadelphia. In 1793, the titles read as in…
James McCurrach and Company accounts [V. 1 pp. 401-585]
James McCurrach and Company were shipping agents. Letterbook, 1794-1800, has an index at the end of the volume. The ledger, 1790--1796, begins with entries titled as in account with Palyart & Co. of Philadelphia. In 1793, the titles read as in…
"Tell the truth," or, The story of a working woman’s wrongs / illustrated by special artists, containing the history of the recent abduction of Maria Halpin from her home in New Rochelle, as it appeared in the New Rochelle Pioneer and other papers, together with the Buffalo Evening telegraph’s "Terrible tale," and comments from leading journals and the religious press.
After Grover Cleveland became the Democratic nominee, it came to light that he had fathered an illegitimate child (Oscar Folson Cleveland) with Maria Halpin [i.e., Marie Hovenden Halpin].
James McCurrach and Company accounts [V. 1 pp. 201-400]
James McCurrach and Company were shipping agents. Letterbook, 1794-1800, has an index at the end of the volume. The ledger, 1790--1796, begins with entries titled as in account with Palyart & Co. of Philadelphia. In 1793, the titles read as in…
James McCurrach and Company accounts [V. 1 pp. 001-200]
James McCurrach and Company were shipping agents. Letterbook, 1794-1800, has an index at the end of the volume. The ledger, 1790--1796, begins with entries titled as in account with Palyart & Co. of Philadelphia. In 1793, the titles read as in…