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Robert Morris business records

These papers relate chiefly to Robert Morris' large-scale speculation in western lands. They include: bill book, 1795-1798; journals, 1791-1801; ledger, 1794-1801; wastebook, 1792-1797, 1794-1801; correspondence, agreements, and notes, 1769-1803; abstract, "In the Case of Robert Morris a...

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Main Author: Morris, Robert 1734-1806. (Creator)
Collection:Robert Morris Business Records
Collection Number:0437
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects and Genres:
Iron Manufacturing > 19th century
Land speculation > Pennsylvania > Federal period.
Merchants > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > 19th century.
West Indies > Commerce.
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Physical Description: 5.7 Linear feet 6 boxes, 6 volumes, 1 flat file
Summary: These papers relate chiefly to Robert Morris' large-scale speculation in western lands. They include: bill book, 1795-1798; journals, 1791-1801; ledger, 1794-1801; wastebook, 1792-1797, 1794-1801; correspondence, agreements, and notes, 1769-1803; abstract, "In the Case of Robert Morris a bankrupt, extract from the examination before the commission, 1790-1798;" abstract of a deed to land in Northumberland County, executed between Robert Morris and Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, 1796; and miscellaneous correspondence, accounts, bonds, of John Nixon and others, 1791-1836.

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