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Archives of Georgetown, Delaware, businesses

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0480
Abstract

The Archives of Georgetown, Delaware, businesses is the gift of Milt Chaski, Jr., who acquired the material in one "odd lot" at an auction sale. The collection consists primarily of materials related to three prominent businesses that were active in Georgetown, Delaware, at the turn of and into the mid-twentieth century: J.W. Blizzard, Layton & Layton, and the Georgetown Gas Company.

Dates: 1893-1991; Majority of material found within 1919-1927

John C. Brinck autobiographical sketch

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0097
Abstract

This volume contains an autobiographical sketch of John C. Brinck’s childhood in upstate New York, mercantile career in New York City, and travels to the Midwest, covering the period between 1811 and the early 1890s.

Dates: approximately 1893

Dutilh family business records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0573
Abstract

The late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century business records of Philadelphia merchant Etienne Dutilh and his descendants. The records include ships’ payrolls, bills of lading, bills of exchange, shipping records, and cargo insurance policies.

Dates: 1770-1861; Majority of material found within 1780-1810

Jesse Green receipt book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0011
Abstract

This receipt book highlights the mercantile activities of Jesse Green of Sussex County, Delaware, between 1803 and 1830. It also includes Green’s financial accounts with his children Mary, Emmeline, William, and Jesse, Jr.

Dates: 1803 January 1-November 20

Hamilton and Hood papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0519
Abstract

The Hamilton and Hood papers include information about the business ventures of John Hamilton and John M. Hood, grocers and wine merchants in Philadelphia in the early nineteenth century. Correspondence with merchants regarding prices and shipment as well as orders placed by individuals are present.

Dates: 1796, 1809-1831

Shipley--Bringhurst--Hargraves family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0684
Abstract Shipley, Bringhurst, and Hargraves are the family names associated with Rockwood, a Victorian Rural Gothic Revival mansion and estate that was built in North Wilmington, Delaware, between 1851 and 1854. The Hargraves were the last family to privately own Rockwood before its donation to New Castle County in the mid-1970s as a historic house museum and public park. The Shipley-Bringhurst-Hargraves family papers document the personal and professional lives of several generations of Delawareans...
Dates: 1660-1987; Majority of material found within 1735 - 1975

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Names
Bayley, Solomon 1
Brinck, John C., 1811-1900 1
Bringhurst, Anna James Webb, 1843-1923 1
Bringhurst, Deborah, 1773-1844 1
Bringhurst, Edith Ferris, 1874-1947 1
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Bringhurst, Edward, 1809-1884 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1835-1912 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1884-1939 1
Bringhurst, James, -1810 1
Bringhurst, Joseph 1
Bringhurst, Mary Dickinson, 1806-1886 1
Bringhurst, Mary Thomas, 1865-1965 1
Bringhurst, Sarah Shipley, 1812-1896 1
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 1
Dutilh & Wachsmuth (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Dutilh family 1
Dutilh, Charles 1
Dutilh, Etienne, 1748-1810 1
E. Dutilh & Company 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
Georgetown Gas Company 1
Girard, Stephen, 1750-1831 1
Green, Jesse, 1766-1834 1
Hamilton, John, active 1809-1831 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Hood, John M., 1778-1848 1
Humphreys, James, 1748-1810 1
J.W. Blizzard 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
John Rose and Company 1
Layton & Layton 1
New York (State). Militia. Regiment, 7th 1
Pole, Thomas, 1753-1829 1
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 1
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 1
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton, 1751-1834 1
Sellers, Alexander, 1875-1957 1
Sellers, William F., 1824-1905 1
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 1
Soullier, John M., approximately 1759-1824 1
Wachsmuth, John Godfried, 1748-1828 1
Welsh, John, 1770-1854 1
Wilkins, Williams Woods, 1773-1795 1
Wylie, David 1
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