Merchants--United States--History--18th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083783
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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
Nathaniel Richards ledger
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0151
Abstract
This ledger was likely kept by Nathaniel Richards, a metalworker and retailer in Wilmington, Delaware, to record the sale of hardware between 1779 and 1790.
Dates:
1779-1790; Majority of material found within 1779-1781
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
William Wilson receipt book
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0149
Abstract
This receipt book records payments William Wilson of New Castle County, Delaware, made to his creditors between 1785 and 1798.
Dates:
1785 May 29-1798 August 29