Caleb Peirce letterbook
Scope and Contents
Letter book of Philadelphia Quaker merchant Caleb Peirce (1763-1853). 270 complete business letters, 43 partial with alternating pages removed. Peirce operated a hardware store that offered all types of metalwork as well as related household and some fine goods. He corresponded with shippers, suppliers, fellow merchants, and customers, and the letters document the challenges of domestic and international commerce.
Dates
- Creation: 1805 - 1812
Creator
- Peirce, Caleb, 1763-1853 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.
Biographical / Historical
Caleb Peire (1763-1853) was the son of Caleb Peirce, Sr., and Ann Mendenhall Peirce of Concord Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania. Peirce owned a hardware business in Philadelphia.
Extent
1 volumes (large leather-bound volume.) : The first 74 pages are covered by mid-19th century miscellaneous newspaper clippings.
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Letter book of Philadelphia Quaker merchant Caleb Peirce (1763-1853). 270 complete business letters, 43 partial with alternating pages removed. Peirce operated a hardware store that offered all types of metalwork as well as related household and some fine goods. He corresponded with shippers, suppliers, fellow merchants, and customers, and the letters document the challenges of domestic and international commerce.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Acc. 2017.002.
Physical Description
Damaged. The first 74 pages of the volume are covered with newspapers clippings from the 1850s pasted by Rebecca P. Elfreth (1836-1907) who used it as a scrapbook. She also removed alternating pages after first visible 1805 entry.
Source
- Alford, Terry (Seller) (Person)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Caleb Peirce letterbook
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- May 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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