W. Young, Mills & Son watermarked bank bonds
Content Description
This one sheet of eight W. Young, Mills & Son (W Y & Co.) watermarked bank bonds for duties payable at Bank of United States dates from circa 1803-1811. This was William Young (1755-1829) & Co. of Philadelphia who established a paper mill in Delaware about 1794 with his partner, Robert Gilmour. Young became the sole proprietor in 1803 and had a thriving business until a fire destroyed his paper mill in 1814. The charter for the First Bank of the United States was granted in 1791 for a term of 20 years which expired in 1811.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1803-1811
Creator
- Bank of the United States (1791-1811) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
1 item (1 page)
Abstract
This one sheet of eight W. Young, Mills & Son (W Y & Co.) watermarked bank bonds for duties payable at Bank of United States dates from circa 1803-1811. This was William Young (1755-1829) & Co. of Philadelphia who established a paper mill in Delaware about 1794 with his partner, Robert Gilmour. Young became the sole proprietor in 1803 and had a thriving business until a fire destroyed his paper mill in 1814. The charter for the First Bank of the United States was granted in 1791 for a term of 20 years which expired in 1811.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, August 2015.
Shelving Summary
Box 5, F0126: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0098 manuscript boxes
Processing Information
Processed by Anita Wellner, August 2015. Encoded by George Apodaca, August 2015.
Subject
- W. Young, Mills & Son (Organization)
- Young, William, 1755-1829 (Person)
- W. Young and J. Ormrod (Firm) (Organization)
- Gilmour, Robert (Papermaker) (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for W. Young, Mills & Son watermarked bank bonds
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- University of Delaware, Special Collections
- Date
- 2015 August 18
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Delaware Library Special Collections Repository