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1	Author:	Bayard, Samuel, 1767-1840	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Samuel Bayard Papers
	Dates:	1670-1929
	Abstract:	This collection contains materials which may be of interest to students of Early American History. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.SMs.Coll.6
	Extent:	0.5 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Law
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Diaries \| Legal Records
	Subjects:	Great Britain. High Court of Admiralty \| Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, with the United States of America (1794 November 19)

2	Author:	unknown	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Coates family. Account books, etc., 1678-1817
	Dates:	1678-1817
	Abstract:	The Coates Family Collection contains a variety of documents pertaining to this prominent Philadelphia family. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.C632.1
	Extent:	6 volume(s)
	Topics:	Business and Skilled Trades \| Law \| Philadelphia History \| Trade
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts

3	Author:	unknown	Requires cookie*
	Title:	William Tilghman papers, 1771-1838
	Dates:	1771-1838
	Abstract:	This collection consists of two different holdings. B.T45.2 is a small, bound volume that contains receipts from his checkbook. The second part of the collection is slightly richer and contains correspondence and receipts relating to the Tilghman family's various business interests. Land holdings and legal proceedings are discussed. Most of the correspondence dates to before 1800. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.T45
	Extent:	58 item(s)
	Topics:	Land and Speculation \| Law
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| General Correspondence \| Legal Records
	Subjects:	Courts. \| Law.

4	Author:	Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Peter Stephen Du Ponceau Collection
	Dates:	1781-1844
	Abstract:	The Peter Stephen Du Ponceau Collection has a wide array of material. This entry refers to his correspondence. Although Du Ponceau is most well-known today for his work in Native American linguistics, the Du Ponceau Collection includes a significant amount of correspondence from Du Ponceau's legal career in the nineteenth century (B D92p). As a practicing lawyer often working on trade issues, his correspondence also includes large collection of business news and legal affairs happening in Philadelphia. Most of these documents are from cases Du Ponceau worked on, and many of these cases involve international trade and merchant concerns. One of the more interesting case files includes a brief on whether or not the family of a mariner lost at sea can recover lost wages. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.D92p
	Extent:	0.5 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Business and Skilled Trades \| International Trade. \| Law
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| General Correspondence \| Legal Records
	Subjects:	Admiralty -- United States \| Indians of North America -- Languages \| Law -- United States -- History -- 19th century \| Maritime law -- United States \| Merchant mariners -- United States \| Silk

5	Author:	Fox family	Requires cookie*
	Title:	William Temple Franklin-Charles Pemberton Fox Legal Records
	Dates:	1692-1881
	Abstract:	This portion of the Fox Family Collection at the APS contains information on their land holdings in western and northern Pennsylvania during the 19th century, some of which relate to the interests of William Temple Franklin. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.F86L
	Extent:	2 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Land and Speculation \| Law \| Surveying and Maps
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Legal Records \| Maps and Surveys
	Subjects:	Real property -- Pennsylvania

6	Author:	Zehnder, J. A.,recorder.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Bankruptcy notices, 1842-1845
	Dates:	1842-1845
	Abstract:	This volume contains a list of bankruptcy filings in Philadelphia with their creditors listed. There is very little additional information aside from names, docket numbers, and court dates. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.332.75.Z3
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Business and Skilled Trades \| Law \| Philadelphia History
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Legal Records \| Miscellaneous \| Official Government Documents and Records
	Subjects:	Bankruptcy -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

7	Author:	Hicks, Isaac.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Isaac Hicks account books, 1772-1797, 1810-1824
	Dates:	1772-1824
	Abstract:	These two volumes record Isaac Hick's financial transactions in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where Hicks was a magistrate (justice of the peace). The volumes cover the American Revolution and early republic. The types of transactions recorded are generally payments for services, although other transactions are recorded, such as how much he paid for whiskey. The volumes contain a name index in the front. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.H521
	Extent:	2 volume(s)
	Topics:	Business and Skilled Trades \| Government Affairs \| Law \| Trade
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Legal Records \| Official Government Documents and Records
	Subjects:	Judges -- Pennsylvania.

8	Author:	Price, Eli K. (Eli Kirk), 1797-1884	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Eli K. (Eli Kirk) Price papers, 1820-1853
	Dates:	1820-1853
	Abstract:	Eli Price was a prominent Philadelphia lawyer who became a member of the APS in 1854. This small manuscript collection is primarily related to his legal career and financial dealings. Court records and other legal documents comprise much of the collection. There are other types of documents as well, including some correspondence about international trade, business, and politics. The most notable letters include one to Daniel Webster regarding patent applications, a series of letters on lobbying efforts to reduce the tariffs on teas coming from Asia, and an essay by Price on the "impolicy" of slavery that he delivered to the "association formed for the education of men of colour." View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.P926
	Extent:	0.25 Linear Feet
	Topics:	African American \| Early National Politics \| Education \| International Trade. \| Law
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| General Correspondence \| Legal Records \| Manuscript Essays
	Subjects:	Commercial law -- United States. \| Personal property. \| Real property.

9	Author:	Yeates, Jasper	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Jasper Yeates Papers
	Dates:	1738-1910
	Abstract:	The Jasper Yeates Collection contains a range of documents from this prominent Pennsylvania lawyer and judge, most of which are from the early republic. Because the collection is new to the APS, the MOLE entry contains an item level catalogue of the collection's content. Yeates was active during the American Revolution as a leader of opposition to Great Britain in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. After the Revolution, he became an Associate Justice on the State Supreme Court. He was also related through marriage to the Shippen and Burd families. This collection contains personal letters written between Jasper and his wife Sally. There are also legal records and court proceedings. Within these documents, there is an account of a slave insurrection in Lancaster County during the American Revoltuion. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.151
	Extent:	3 Linear Feet
	Topics:	African American \| Law \| Marriage and Family Life \| Pennsylvania History \| Seven Years' War \| Social Life and Custom
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Family Correspondence \| General Correspondence \| Legal Records \| Political Correspondence
	Subjects:	Lancaster County (Pa.) -- History \| Pennsylvania -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 \| Pennsylvania Supreme Court \| Slavery -- Pennsylvania. \| United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763

10	Author:	Hare-Willing family.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Hare-Willing Family Papers
	Dates:	1724-1965
	Abstract:	This is a large and wide ranging collection on materials. The collection contains over 1300 individual items along with 53 bound volumes, which range from letter books to records of the First Colored Wesley Methodist Church. Letters to and from the various members of the extended Hare-Willing family compose the bulk of the loose correspondence. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.104
	Extent:	52 Linear Feet
	Topics:	African American \| Americans Abroad \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Early National Politics \| Education \| International Travel \| Law \| Natural history \| Philadelphia History \| Religion \| Science and technology \| Travel \| Women's History
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Educational Material \| Family Correspondence \| General Correspondence \| Institutional Records \| Legal Records \| Miscellaneous \| Notebooks \| Travel Narratives and Journals
	Subjects:	African American churches -- United States \| Banks and banking -- United States -- History -- 19th century. \| Religion, religious organizations \| Science -- United States -- 19th century. \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Steam-engines. \| Titantic (Steamship) \| World War I \| World War II