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William Young family papers
William Young was a Philadelphia bookseller and publisher who later established a paper mill at Rockland, New Castle, Del. The papers include Young's receipt book, 1819-1822, as treasurer of Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of National Industry. There are also miscellaneous deeds and ot...
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| Collection: | William Young Family Papers |
| Collection Number: | 0742 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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0.6 Linear feet 0.6 linear feet, 1 box, 3 volumes |
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William Young was a Philadelphia bookseller and publisher who later established a paper mill at Rockland, New Castle, Del. The papers include Young's receipt book, 1819-1822, as treasurer of Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of National Industry. There are also miscellaneous deeds and other legal papers, 1745-1850, about his property, "Whitehall," on Spring Garden Street, and the Rockland estate. Other family papers are: receipt book, 1839-1846, of his son, William Wallace Young; newspaper extracts about his granddaughter Agnes Young McAllister and the 1819 Atlantic Ocean crossing of the steamship Savannah; memorabilia of a trip to Europe, 1841; family memoir, undated. |