https://remotereference.librarycompany.org/files/original/17a4f3ae03a6da656de968efa4fe30de.pdf f4bc71b2f15b12e3c5e5702f60b84b07 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Powel family papers [Vols. 26-43, Pocket almanacs, 1793-1822] Subject The topic of the resource 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 Description An account of the resource 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Powel family (Creator) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Historical Society of Pennsylvania <a href="https://discover.hsp.org/Record/ead-1582">https://discover.hsp.org/Record/ead-1582</a> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1582 Gruntner-Holly