Merchants collection
Scope and Contents
The manuscripts in this artificial collection are largely the records of Philadelphia merchants dealing with Baltimoreans in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The items are drafts, invoices, and letters from individuals in Baltimore to Philadelphia merchants especially Andrew Clow & Co. and Dutilh & Wachsmuth. The collection does not have the complete records of these two firms, and there are other firms represented such as William Crammond, Thomas Astley, and John Gill also of Philadelphia and John Hargnett of Ligonier. The earliest and largest number of records (100 items) are those of Andrew Clow & Co. (1785-1793, undated). Many of the manuscripts are from Archibald Campbell apparently Clow's agent in Baltimore. These drafts, invoices, and letters are supplemented by some manuscripts (1796-1800) of Arthur Jones who was the executor for the firm. Many of the records (1790-1799) of the firm of Dutilh & Wachsmuth are in French. There is one later letter (1828) written to Charles Dutilh concerning the collection of a debt. In addition to the merchants' records the collection includes several unrelated items. There is an eulogy on Mrs. Samuel Woolman a Quaker who died in 1773. There is a letter (undated) from William Dorsey to John Purviance concerning property around Windsor Mills. There are three letters from A. Murray Stewart in Annapolis writing to George Fenner about arrangements for Stewart's return. In 1864 Charlotte Davis wrote to her cousins about life in Englishtown. She mentions the recent election of Uncle Abe.
Dates
- 1773-1864
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is housed off-site and requires 48-hours' notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections for more information.
Collection is open for use.
Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions. It is not necessary to seek our permission as the owner of the physical work to publish or otherwise use public domain materials that we have made available for use, unless Johns Hopkins University holds the copyright.
Biographical / Historical
This is an artificially assembled collection, so no biographical or historical note is required.
Extent
0.167 Cubic Feet (200 items)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The manuscripts in this artificial collection are largely the records of Philadelphia merchants dealing with Baltimoreans in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These manuscripts appear to have been purchased. They might have been acquired with Ms. 205 the Cecil County (Md.) Poor School Fund Records from Philadelphia autograph dealer Frederick Welty. The collection had been shelved with Ms. 14 Collitz (Hermann) Papers as had Ms. 205. It was removed from Ms. 14 in May 1988.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Cynthia H. Requardt.
- Andrew Clow & Company
- Astley, Thomas, -1839
- Commerce
- Cramond, William
- Dorsey, William, active 1800
- Drafts
- Dutilh & Wachsmuth (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Gill, John, active 1827-1830
- Hargnett, John, active 1843-1845
- Invoices
- Letters
- Maryland--Baltimore
- Merchants
- Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
- Woolman, Samuel, Mrs., -1773
- invoices
- letters (correspondence)
- Title
- Merchants Collection 1773-1864Ms. 206
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
The Sheridan Libraries
Special Collections
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Baltimore MD 21218 USA
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