MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1844-1846
Abstract:
After emigrating from Germany to Philadelphia in 1796, Peter Adolph Grotjahn established himself within the city's mercantile community, trading opportunistically both inland and coastwise as far as the Caribbean. In 1812, he began publishing a commercial newspaper, Grotjan's Philadelphia Public Sale Reports and he became increasingly active in local Democratic Party politics.
The APS copy of Peter Grotjahn's memoir is a typescript copy of an original volume held at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Written for his grandchildren, the memoir begins with a relatively brief genealogical discussion, but concentrates on his personal and political life and commercial experiences prior to 1817. The last section of the autobiography was completed posthumously from notes, and includes extracts from Grotjahn's diary as late as 1844.
Call #:
Mss.B.G913
Extent:
1 volume(s)
Subjects:
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Autobiographies | Autobiography | Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 | Cholera -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Cuba -- Description and travel -- 19th century | Early National Politics | Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849 | Germans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Grotjahn, Peter Adolph | International Travel | Jamaica -- Description and travel -- 19th century | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westpahlia, 1784-1860 | Lemon Hill (Estate : Philadelphia, Pa.) | Merchants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Pennsylvania -- Description and travel -- 18th century | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century | Printing and Publishing | Privateers -- Jamaica | Reading (Pa.) -- Description and travel | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | War of 1812 | Washington (D.C.) -- Description and travel -- 19th century | West Indies -- Description and travel -- 19th century | Woodlands (Estate : Philadelphia, Pa.) | Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia