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Philadelphia Custom House records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0781
Abstract The Philadelphia Custom House records consist of materials generated by and related to the United States Customs Service of the Port of Philadelphia from 1779 to 1932. These records illustrate commercial and shipping interests, as well as foreign trade relations, in the United States from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century. The materials also highlight the growth of the U.S. Customs Service as it took on new responsibilities and wielded greater authority over the course of...
Dates: 1779-1934; Majority of material found within 1790-1900

Philadelphia merchants' financial papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0811
Abstract

This collection of promissory notes, receipts, bills of exchange, and insurance documents illustrates the activities of several Philadelphia merchants between 1767 and 1845.

Dates: 1767-1845

World fairs and expositions collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0630
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1851-1967; Majority of material found in 1893

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Invoices 2
Negotiable instruments 2
Philadelphia (Pa.) 2
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Commerce 2
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century 2
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Receipts (financial records) 2
Accounts 1
Advertisements 1
Advertising fans 1
Albumen prints 1
Bills of exchange 1
Bills of lading 1
Bonds (negotiable instruments) 1
Buffalo (N.Y.)--History--20th century 1
Chicago (Ill.)--History--19th century 1
Coastwise shipping 1
Commercial documents 1
Consular documents 1
Contracts 1
Correspondence 1
Crew lists 1
Customs administration—Officials and employees 1
Customs records 1
Drawbacks 1
Exhibitions--England--London--History--19th century 1
Exhibitions--United States--History--19th century 1
Exhibitions--United States--History--20th century 1
Investors 1
Invitations 1
Letter books 1
London (England)--History--19th century 1
Maps (documents) 1
Marine insurance 1
Merchant mariners 1
Merchant ships 1
Merchants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia 1
Montréal (Québec)--History--20th century 1
New Orleans (La.)--History--19th century 1
New York (N.Y.)--History--20th century 1
Newspapers 1
Pennants 1
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--18th century 1
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--20th century 1
Photographs 1
Postcards 1
Programs (documents) 1
Promissory notes 1
Punch (London, England) 1
Saint Louis (Mo.)--History--20th century 1
San Francisco (Calif.)--History--20th century 1
Scarves (costume accessories) 1
Scrapbooks 1
Seamen 1
Ship's papers 1
Shipping 1
Shipping--Finance 1
Shipping--United States--History 1
Shipping--United States--History--19th century 1
Ships' manifests 1
Souvenirs 1
Stationery 1
Stereographs 1
Stereoscopes 1
Tariff 1
Trade cards (advertising) 1
Transatlantic voyages 1
Viewbooks 1
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Language
French 2
Dutch; Flemish 1
German 1
Portuguese 1
Spanish; Castilian 1
 
Names
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Cramond, William 1
Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau) (1967 : Montréal, Québec) 1
Eyre, Manuel 1
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) 1