Powel family papers [Vols. 12-25, Pocket almanacs, 1793-1822]

Powel family papers [Vols. 12-25, Pocket almanacs, 1793-1822]

Family life > Upper class > Philadelphia > 18th and 19th Centuries

Powel Genealogy

Real Estate > Philadelphia > 18th-19th Centuries

Slaves and Slave Trade > Jamaica > 18th and 19th Centuries

Sugar Plantations > Jamaica > 18th and 19th Centuries

The papers of several related families, long prominent in Philadelphia, Newport, R.I., and Jamaica, B.W.I., are represented in this collection. The first part contains business letters and records, 1700-1748, of Samuel Powel, the original settler, and of his son Samuel. They were general merchants trading with Europe and the West Indies. The next Samuel Powel was mayor of Philadelphia in 1775 and again in 1789. He married Elizabeth Willing who became well known as a social leader. Present are Samuel Powel's exercises at the University of Pennsylvania, 1759; his business papers, 1767-1771; and a list of his property, 1779.

The papers of Elizabeth Powel comprise a group of pocket almanacs, 1793-1822, with diary entries; receipt books, 1793-1801; personal account books, 1794-1800; and correspondence, 1772-1823, including copies of her own letters. Among the correspondents are George Washington, Bishop William White, William Bingham, Rev. Jacob Duché, and others of equal prominence.

Powel family (Creator)

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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