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Philadelphia Custom House records
Dutilh family business records
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.
Henry Fisher letter to Robert Morris
Autograph letter from Henry Fisher, prominent Delaware figure in the American Revolution, to Robert Morris, a Founding Father often referred to as the financier of the American revolution, requesting payment to William Ware for the transport of naval cannons and other naval goods. Ware's signature acknowledges receipt of payment from Morris.
David Watts Hulings papers
The business records of nineteenth-century lawyer, land investor, and businessman David Watts Hulings of Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. In addition to legal documents - case judgments and settlements, depositions, power of attorneys, and summonses - the collection also includes deeds, leases, letters, and bank checks.
Philadelphia merchants' financial papers
This collection of promissory notes, receipts, bills of exchange, and insurance documents illustrates the activities of several Philadelphia merchants between 1767 and 1845.
World fairs and expositions collection
This artificial collection comprises a variety of types of material documenting world fairs and expositions, spanning the dates between 1851 and 1967, with the bulk of the collection dating from the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. Material consists of printed matter and ephemera, including newspapers, programs, invitations, maps, brochures, viewbooks, advertisements, stationery, contracts, bonds, trade cards, and a scrapbook; photographs and prints; and realia souvenirs.