Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | John Nicholson family papers, 1786-1868 |
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Span Dates | 1786-1868 |
ID No. | MSS34710 |
Creator | Nicholson, John, 1757-1800 |
Extent | 800 items |
Extent | 2 containers |
Extent | .8 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms016016 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm80034710 |
Summary | Financier, land speculator, and public official of Pennsylvania. Correspondence, diary fragments, business and financial records, and printed matter. The papers relate primarily to the Pennsylvania Land Company, the Asylum Company, and to Nicholson's other land holdings in Pennsylvania, the western territories, and Washington, D.C. Records of Nicholson's heirs relate to attempts to regain properties that had been alienated. |