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Letter book, 1753-1770, of William Allen, colonial Pennsylvania chief justice, concerns his business interests as partner of Allen and Turner, a merchant firm which was also active in iron manufacturing and copper mining. Much of the correspondence is with David Barclay & Son, London, to whom Al...
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| Collection: | Shippen Family Papers |
| Collection Number: | 0595C |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| 520 | |a Letter book, 1753-1770, of William Allen, colonial Pennsylvania chief justice, concerns his business interests as partner of Allen and Turner, a merchant firm which was also active in iron manufacturing and copper mining. Much of the correspondence is with David Barclay & Son, London, to whom Allen also includes reports on the French and Indian War and the Pennsylvania 1764 election. The volume continues as Edward Shippen letter book, 1782-1806, and relates to family lands and finances. Shippen writes to his daughter Margaret Arnold, his brother Joseph Shippen, brother-in-law James Tilghman, and nephew-in-law Jasper Yeates. A miscellany of Burd, Hubley, Shippen, and Yeates letters make up the loose correspondence. Although most of the letters refer to family activities, including the marriage of James Burd, Jr., to which his family objected, there are some references to public events including the arrival of the Indian delegation to the Mason-Dixon survey party in 1767. Some of the writers are Margaret Shippen Arnold, James Burd, and Sarah Shippen Burd. | ||
| 541 | 1 | |a Gift of Sara Burd Commmack.; 1964 acquired | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Commerce--18th century. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a French and Indian War |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Iron manufacturing--Pennsylvania--18th century |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Medicine--home remedies |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Merchants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--18th century. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Politics and Government--Pennsylvania--18th century |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Social Life and Customs--18th century. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Trade--West Indies--18th century |2 Local sources | |
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b Shippen Family Papers |c 0595C | ||