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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

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John Leeds Bozman Family Papers

Identifier: MSS13524
Abstract

Historian and lawyer of Maryland. Correspondence and other material pertaining to John Leeds Bozman, John Leeds Kerr, John Bozman Kerr, J. S. Bozman, William Vans Murray, Daniel Carroll (1730-1796), and others.

Dates 1669-1883; Majority of material found within ( 1784-1841)
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Marian S. Carson collection of manuscripts

Identifier: MSS84367
Abstract

Collector. A collection of Americana including historical letters and documents, family and personal papers, broadsides, financial and legal papers, illustrated and printed ephemera, government and legislative documents, military records, journals, and printed matter relating primarily to the expansion and development of the United States from the colonial period through the 1876 centennial.

Dates 1656-1995; Majority of material found within 1700-1876
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Robert Morris Papers

Identifier: MSS33605
Abstract

Superintendent of finance for the Continental Congress during the Revolution, merchant, land speculator, and statesman. Correspondence, letterbooks, journals and proceedings of the Continental Congress, accounts, and other papers relating to the financing of the American government and its forces during the Revolution and to Morris’s private business affairs.

Dates 1734-1839; Majority of material found within ( 1775-1784)
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Edmund Physick Family Papers

Identifier: MSS36129
Abstract Public official of Pennsylvania. Correspondence, receipt and account books, log of the Erie (sloop of war), medical recipe book, order book of the Dolphin (ship), and other papers relating chiefly to matters of business and the estates of various members of the Physick family, including Edmund Physick (1726?-1804), Philip Syng Physick (1768-1837), Henry White Physick, Abigail (Syng) Physick, and Theodore Physick (1805-1834),...
Dates 1759-1899
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Rumsey Family Papers

Identifier: MSS38513
Abstract

Family of Bohemia Manor, Cecil County, Md. Correspondence among family members; wills; surveys, deeds, plats, and other documents relating to land ownership; personal and business financial accounts; contracts and other legal documents; sermons; and notes on family history.

Dates 1661-1907; Majority of material found within ( 1700-1799)
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Stephen Collins and Son (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records

Identifier: MSS16436
Abstract

Account books, business correspondence, ledgers, journals, daybooks, waste books, and other records of the mercantile firm of Stephen Collins and Son, Philadelphia, Pa. Includes business records of William Barrell, merchant of Portsmouth, N.H., and Philadelphia, and of Solomon Fussell, also merchant of Philadelphia.

Dates 1749-1857