Letters to Eli Kirk Price, 1816-1856

Letter writers include H.W. Austin, Thomas Barrett (2), Whitaker Bartoll, Clement C. Biddle, William Cadwallader, Caleb Cope, Herman Cope, Ann Crawford, W.H. Dillingham (6), Thomas Elliott, Robert Fleming, William A. Hanford, E. Hoelffeustein, Jacob T. Hopper, Edgar Huidekoper, Henry J. Hutchins, S.T. Jones, Burnet Landreth, Henry H. Leeds, Morris Longstreth, Sarah Maher, John McHamilton, Samuel Meredith, Edward Morris, Joshua H. Morris, G.H. Murton (2), H. Penn--, Samuel H. Perkins, F.P. Price, Liba Pyle (2), W.P.S., Thomas Savery, Daniel Tarrington, Joshua Taylor, P.E. Thomas, Oswald Thompson, William Tilligman, James Townsend, Charnley Wheeler, illegible (2). The letter from H.W. Austin requests the minting of more "medals" of an undetermined nature, as well as for Price to send a copy of Preston's Apollorium from the Price's Arch Street library. The letter from Clement C. Biddle (1854) congratulates Price on the passage of a "Consolidation Act," and requests his assistance in passing another bill into law, this one to incorporate a Saving Fund Society in Philadelphia. Herman Cope's letter relates to a legal dispute involving the Bank of the United States. Other letters include explanations of legal disputes and their resolutions and letters regarding money transfers.