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Russell family papers
A collection of papers of the William Russell and Thomas Russell families, engaged in finance, shipping, and in land enterprises in the United States. There are letters, documents, account books, maps, and plans of lands. The letters of George Russell to William Russell, 1794, give an account of p...
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| Collection: | Russell Family Papers |
| Collection Number: | 0571 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to finding aid |
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2.33 Linear feet 2.33 linear feet, 6 boxes, 1 volume |
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A collection of papers of the William Russell and Thomas Russell families, engaged in finance, shipping, and in land enterprises in the United States. There are letters, documents, account books, maps, and plans of lands.
The letters of George Russell to William Russell, 1794, give an account of political affairs in France and Spain, hazards to American shipping and commerce, seizure and capture of ships and goods by French war vessels, and imprisonment of crews and passengers; William Russell's letters, 1797-1798, describe his journeys and business affairs in Virginia, Maryland, Philadelphia, and New York; miscellaneous letters and statements of account, 1760-1857, to William Russell and Thomas Russell from their agents, John Philip de Gruchy, Thomas Gibbs Morgan, J.R. Priestly, Hugh Roberts, and others, relate to land enterprises conducted by them in Maryland, Connecticut, Louisiana, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and other places; legal papers of a controversy between Fulwar Skipwith, United States consul general in France, and the Russells, 1794-1830; Thomas Russell waste book, 1799-1802; journal, 1799-1802; ledger, 1799-1801; account with the Bank of the United States, 1800-1801; certificates of stock with the Bank of the United States, 1829, 1836; journal, 1823-1839; William Russell, accounts of travel, household, mercantile enterprises, 1795-1802; waste book, 1795-1802; ledger, 1794-1815; estate account, 1818-1839; record of trade in Baton Rouge, La., 1816; list of books sold at auction by order of William Russell, 1801.
Also includes sketches of towns drawn by Thomas Russell, 1792-1802; drafts of land on Loyalsoc Creek, Westmoreland, York, Lycoming, Luzerne counties, "Onions Fishery," and of lands on Lackawanna Creek, 1800-1825; family papers. |