Merchants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Jenkins family papers
Collection — Othertype SC-190
Identifier: SFHL-SC-190
Abstract
Papers of the Jabez Jenkins family of Pennsylvania, 1829-1849. Includes "On board the Packet Ship George Washington Capt. Holdrege Liverpool to New York 1833: Some Recollections of England &c." 1833, manuscript Recollections of travel in England and Scotland in 1833 by Jabez Jenkins. Jenkins stopped for a relatively short time in England, on his way home to Philadelphia from Canton. Observations were largely of architecture and industry in London, Birmingham, Staffordshire, Manchester,...
Dates:
1829-1854
Jenkins Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-211
Abstract
The Jenkins family papers include journals, a letterbook, other miscellaneous correspondence and a variety of other material. Of particular note are the journals and copybook kept by Jabez Jenkins, a Quaker merchant. The documents from Canton were apparently assembled for his children after the death of their mother and contain parental advice on a variety of subjects. Another letter, written in 1741 from Sophia Hume to Madam Shettele, provides information about her attitude towards...
Dates:
1741-1877
Luke W. Morris and Samuel B. Morris papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1358
Abstract
This is a collection of the papers of Luke W. Morris (1768-1830) and Samuel B. Morris (1791-1859), members of a Philadelphia Quaker merchant family, dating from 1798 to 1842. Most of the papers pertain to the Morrises' business and personal finances, although they include a small amount of personal correspondence.
Dates:
1798-1842
