Richard Vaux letterbook, Northumberland County land warrants, and Germantown Monthly meeting letter
Comprising this donation is the following: Richard Vaux letterbook, 1782-1783, containing copies of letters from Richard Vaux (1751-1790), a Philadelphia merchant who dealt with trans-Atlantic trade, while overseas in places such as London, Ostend, and Saint Thomas, to various business partners; two...
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Collection: | Richard Vaux Letterbook, Northumberland County Land Warrants, and Germantown Monthly Meeting Letter |
Collection Number: | 4281 |
Format: | Manuscript |
Language: | English |
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Comprising this donation is the following: Richard Vaux letterbook, 1782-1783, containing copies of letters from Richard Vaux (1751-1790), a Philadelphia merchant who dealt with trans-Atlantic trade, while overseas in places such as London, Ostend, and Saint Thomas, to various business partners; two 1774 land warrants issued to Benjamin Chew and Joseph Shippen Jr., respectively, for the survey of unimproved lands in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; and a contemporary copy of a 1701 handwritten letter from the Germantown Meeting to the London Meeting stating that Letitia Penn, William Penn's daughter, is a person of good standing so that she can join their meeting when the Penn family arrives in England. |