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615 138088/139B 8 pieces. Partly Printed Documents - Literary Philadelphia in the 18th & 19th Century: Library Company of Philadelphia, return receipt, Nov, 1784. * LCP, yearly dues, May 2, 1809. * Carey, Mathew. Invoices with ptd letterheads, ca 1805 & Nov 4, 1825; the first signed on verso, “M Carey.” * Philadelphia periodical subscriptions: The Tickler, 1809; The Aurora, 1811; National Gazette, 1827; Country Democratic Press, 1828. All documents filled in in ms, window mtd. Lot also includes small format Sartain mezzotint portrait of Mathew Carey. $200-300 616 138088/139D Lot. Philadelphia Financial Documents - Late 18th & Early 19th Century - Includes Bank of the United States Checks & Shares, Stephen Girard & Schuylkill Bank Documents: Signatures include William Strickland, endorsement on verso of Bank of the United States check; Stephen Girard, on Bill of Exchange, June 25, 1798. Many window mtd. 11 pieces. $300-500 617 121088/66 Lot. Manuscript Material - Business Letters & Documents Relating to the Early Coal Industry in Pennsylvania. 14 folio sheets. Philadelphia & Pottsville, 1830 & 1831. $100-150 618 132286/1 2 pieces. Philadelphia 18th-Century Documents: Manuscript Document. Articles of agreement between James Wood & Godfrey Hamlet. Philadelphia, Dec 8, 1779. 3pp, docketed. Creasing along old folds, 1 close tear. Blacksmith business partnership. * Partly Printed Document. Filled in in ms, appointing Barbara Wood administrator of [blacksmith] James Wood estate. Philadelphia, Feb 12, 1794. 1p, folio, docketed. With paper seal & signature of George Campbell, register for the probate of wills. Creases along old folds. $100-150 619 121051/4 1 vol. (Manuscript Manufacturing Business Account Book.) Leigh Zinc Works. Bethlehem, PA, ca Feb 5, 1881 - Nov 8, 1891. 4to, orig sheep; rubbed, front hinge mostly broken. Approx 230pp + 20pp index. Includes 2 ms fold-out sections, illus in text, mtd ms, typed & newsprint pieces. Includes ms business accounts, intermittent business diary, reports, copies of business letters, other related entires recording the operations of the Leigh Zinc Works of South Bethlehem, PA & its related manufacturing & agricultural concerns in Pennsylvania & New Jersey.
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Compiled & signed by the company’s manager & part-owner, John Price Wetheriel (1843-1906), serving before the 1881 purchase of the above Zinc Works as chief mining engineer of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal & Iron Company. $250-400 620 BRISK2013/27 Lot. Philadelphia Manuscript & Partly Printed Documents - Ca 17801801 - Including Ship Manifests. Approx 15 pieces. Sold as is. $100-150 621 137000/4 1 piece. (China Trade.) Document Signed. Cox, James S. Philadelphia, Apr 12, 1807. Folio, indenture on paper, partly printed & filled in in ms. 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 in; 520 x 420mm. Light to moderate creasing along old folds. Clean & attractive. Floated in frame. Policy issued by The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania to David Lenox for cargo of tea (&c) on a ship called Allegany from Calcutta to New York. $500-800