The Winterthur Library

The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE 19735

302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Nicholson, John, 1757-1800.

Title: Papers

Dates: [1778?]-1800.

Call No.: Mic. 2710-2714

Acc. No.: [none]

Quantity: 5 microfilm reels

Location: microfilm cabinet

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

John Nicholson was a financier, businessman, comptroller general of Pennsylvania (1782-194), anti-Federalist pamphleteer, land speculator, and publisher. He was impeached for mismanaging state funds for his own gain in 1793 but was found not guilty.

Nicholson was born in Wales, emigrated to Philadelphia prior to the American Revolution, and engaged in a variety of business enterprises, including button, iron, and glass manufacturing and real estate developments. In 1778 he became clerk to the Board of Treasury of the Continental Congress. Congress accepted his resignation on March 12, 1781, when he entered the service of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as one of the auditors for settling the accounts of the Pennsylvania Line. A year later, on April 13, 1782, the legislature appointed him to the newly-created Office of Comptroller General, which had broad powers to manage the financial affairs of the state. These powers were further increased as other duties and offices were conferred upon him; in 1785 he was authorized to collect and receive taxes, and in 1787 he was also made escheator general, to liquidate the estates of those attainted of treason.

Under the Federal Loan of 1792, Nicholson exchanged some $60,000 in "New Loan" certificates for federal securities. Not only had the comptroller general picked up these certificates for next to nothing, but they were not regarded as state debt to be redeemed. It was this state of affairs that caused the State House of Representatives to resolve on April 5, 1793, to impeach John Nicholson, to institute a suit against him for the recovery of funds which he had allegedly diverted, and to appoint a committee to examine his accounts and make a report. The committee, which was made up of Benjamin R. Morgan, Albert Gallatin, and Cadwallader Evans, reported him a public defaulter to a large amount. The trial in the State Senate was protracted and confusing. The House prosecutors were unable to muster a two-thirds vote against him on any of seven counts. In fact, a majority voted in his favor on all but two charges. Nicholson was acquitted but in 1794 resigned all his public offices.

He then became the partner of Robert Morris in land speculation and development. With Morris he promoted the development of Washington, D.C., and formed the Asylum Company involving hundreds of thousands of acres on the Susquehanna as a haven for French refugees. With James Greenleaf and Morris, he created in 1795 the North American Land Company, which claimed to have as its capital six million acres of land in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina , South Carolina, Georgia, and Kentucky. Nicholson was also involved in the formation of the Pennsylvania Population Land Company, the Pennsylvania Land Company, the Territorial Land Company, the North Carolina Land Company, the South Carolina Land Company, the "Kentucky" Land Company, and the Georgia Land Company.

Early in the winter of 1799-1800, Nicholson was imprisoned for debt. He died on December 5, 1800, leaving a wife, eight children, and more than four million dollars in debts. The attempt to settle his estate resulted in the creation of a series of special state commissions, the sequestering of his private and business papers, and the creation in 1843 of a special Nicholson Court of Pleas.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

These papers include both business and personal papers. Types of documents include account books, cash books, payroll records, bank records, land records, vouchers, receipts, statements and correspondence. Records pertaining to the Delaware and Schuylkill Navigation Canal Company, Frankford Creek Ditchers, T.B. Freeman & Company, and the Glass Works are included. Individual accounts are found for Henry Elouis, Thomas Flood, William Eichbaum, Mathias Hollenback, William Moulder, Jr., and Samuel Nicholson.

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

The materials are in English.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.

PROVENANCE

Originals held by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Division of Archives and Manuscripts, Manuscript Group 96, Sequestered John Nicholson Papers. The Downs collection does not have the entire set of MG-96.

ACCESS POINTS

Topics:

Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Company.

T.B. Freeman & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Real property - Pennsylvania.

Finance, Personal.

Retail trade - Pennsylvania.

Glass manufacture.

Pennsylvania - Politics and government.

Correspondence.

Maps.

Journals (notebooks).

Accounts.

Capitalists and financiers.

Politicians.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Location:

Mic. 2710 Delaware and Schuylkill Navigation Canal Company records:

Accounts and receipts, 1792-1795 (part);

Waste book of Arthur Donaldson, 1793-1794;

Waste book of William Duncan, 1794-1796;

Workmen’s time book, 1793-1794

Elouis, Henry, account book, 1794;

Flood, Thomas, account book, 1795;

Frankford Creek Ditchers account book, 1795;

T.B. Freeman & Company records: [continues on next reel]:

Agreement, November 2, 1795;

Index of accounts, n.d.

Bill book, 1797;

Cashbook no. 1, June 2, 1796-October 17, 1796;

Cashbook no. 2, October 19, 1796-May 29, 1797;

Cashbook (pocket) no. 3, 1797;

Memorandum book no. 1, May 16, 1796-January 13, 1797;

Memorandum book no. 2, February 24, 1797-July 27, 1797;

Memorandum book no. 3, June 25, 1796-May 26, 1797;

Petty ledger (workmen’s book), 1797;

Sales of commissions, 1797;

Stock book, 1797

[this is roll 3 of original set; Downs Collection does not have entire set]

Mic. 2711 T.B. Freeman & Company records: [continued from previous reel]:

Vouchers, receipts, statements, 1795-1800;

Glass Works accounts, 1794-1797:

Accounts of workmen, book A, 1794-1796 (payroll accounts);

Accounts of workmen, book B, 1795-1797 (payroll accounts);

Record of glass made, 1797;

Records of wages due glassmakers, 1797;

Records of William Eichbaum:

Estimates of cash received and laid out, February 20, [1797?];

Glass work ordered and received, 1796-1797;

Petty expense book, 1797;

Receipts, 1797;

Hetty marketing accounts, 1797-1798:

Account book A, February 21-April 1, 1797;

Account book C, June 19, 1797-March 5, 1798;

Account book D, July 10-December 9, 1797;

Hollenback, Mathias, account book, 1788-1789;

Moulder, William, Jr., accounts, 1793-97:

Cash book (Savage B), 1793;

Cash book no. 1, May 4-August 6, 1797;

Cash book no. 2, August 8-October 29, 1796;

vouchers and receipts, 1797;

Nicholson, John, personal accounts, 1787-92:

account book, 1789;

house construction account book, 1790-1792;

persons to expect resources from book, 1795-1796, 1800;

real estate improvement account book, 1787-91;

team to Wyoming account book, 1790;

Nicholson, Samuel, accounts:

Book of Accounts B, 1789;

Smock, Robert:

estate account book, n. d.;

[this is roll 4 of original set; Downs Collection does not have entire set]

Mic. 2712: General correspondence, from Evens to General Assembly:

[note: this is roll 8 of the original set of correspondence; number in parentheses is the number of the first frame on which that person’s correspondence begins]

Evens, John B., & Co., Philadelphia, 1794-1797, 1800 (2)

Everstson, Barnet, 1797 (addressed to: President and Managers of the Penny L Co.) (83)

Ewing, John, Dr.?, Philadelphia, 1794-1796 (85)

Ewing, William, Philadelphia, 1792-1795 (97)

Eyerly, Jacob, Jr., Philadelphia, 1793 (106)

Falconer, Nathaniel, Philadelphia, 1793, 1795 (108)

Fardner, Basil, Kensington, 1797 (111)

Farris, Ed., Philadelphia, 1793 (discount clerk of Pennsylvania Bank) (113)

Fartner, Mathias, Philadelphia, 1795 (114)

Febiger, Christian, Philadelphia, 1790-1795 (116)

Fee, John, Philadelphia, 1794 (152)

Felker, George, Letitia Court, Philadelphia, 1787 (162)

Fell, Jesse, Wilkes Barre, 1792 (addressed to Wm. Duncan; endorsed by Nicholson) (164)

Feltknapp, Benjamin, Capt., Bermuda, Philadelphia, 1794-1795 (166)

Ferrall, Patrick, Philadelphia, 1794-1795 (178)

Fertner, Lewis, [Philadelphia?], 1797 (182)

Few, J. [Joseph?], Indian Queen, 1795 (184)

Field, John, & Son, Philadelphia, 1789, 1792, 1794-1800, n.d. (187)

Finley, John, Pittsburgh, 1790 (308)

Fisher, Elias, [Philadelphia?], 1797 (312)

Fisher, James C., [Philadelphia?], 1794-1796 (315)

Fisher, Joseph C., [Philadelphia?], 1795-1796 (326)

Fisher, Miers, [Philadelphia?], 1793, 1796 (330)

Fisher, Samuel R. [Rowland], Seventh St., “thy own house,” 1795 (335)

Fisher, Samuel W., Philadelphia, 1795 (337)

Fisher, Thomas, [Philadelphia?], 1792 (338)

Fitch, John, Philadelphia, 1793 (340)

Fitz Simmons, Thomas, [Philadelphia?], 1795-1797 (343)

Fleming, John, Brandywine, Chester County, 1786 (356)

Flood, Thomas, [Philadelphia?], 1795 (359)

Flower, Martha, Mrs., [Philadelphia?], 1788, 1790-1793, n.d. (366)

Fogel, Misse, Philadelphia, 1795 (393)

Footman & Co., Philadelphia, 1795 (395)

Ford, Theops., Philadelphia, 1796 (396)

Forde, Standish, [Philadelphia?], 1796 (399)

Forman, Ezekiel, Auburn, 1787 (455)

Forrest, Andrew, [Philadelphia?], 1794 (457)

Forrest, Thomas, Philadelphia, 1788 (462)

Forrest, William, Philadelphia, 1796 (464)

Forsyth, John, York Borough, 1795 [copy] (467)

Forsyth, William, Philadelphia, 1798 (469)

Foster, A. W. [Alexander W.], West Chester, 1795 (484)

Fowler, Alexander, Pittsburgh, Fowler’s Grove, 1781-1782, 1787-1789, 1795-1796 (499)

Fowler, Anthony, Philadelphia, 1796 (540)

Fox, Edward, [Philadelphia?], 1790, 1794-1798 (543)

Fox, Samuel M., [Philadelphia?], 1793-1794 (569)

Fradrik, Jacob, Putnam, 1789 (573)

Francis, Tench, Philadelphia, 1788, 1790, 1792-1794 (576)

Francis, Thomas Willing, Philadelphia, 1795, 1799 (592)

Franklin, Walter, [Philadelphia?], 1797 (598)

Franks, Isaac, Bethlehem, 1793 (600)

Fraunces, A. G., New York, 1794 (604)

Frazier, Nalbro, [Philadelphia?], 1794 (606)

Frederick, Jacob, & Co., Tunck Hannock Creek, 1789 (608)

Freeman, S., Mrs. [Philadelphia?], 1797 (611)

Freeman, T. B., Philadelphia, 1795-1800 (615)

French, George, George Town, 1796-1798 (993)

Fries, John, Philadelphia, 1795-1797 (1009)

Fromberger, John, Philadelphia, 1795 (1014)

Fry, John, Jr., Philadelphia, 1793-1794 (1015)

Fullerton, Margaret, Mrs., [Philadelphia?], 1798 (1022)

Fullerton, Richard, [Philadelphia?], 1788 (1023)

Galbraith, Robert, Pittsburgh, 1788 (1025)

Gallagher, James, [Philadelphia?], 1800 (1027)

Gallaudet, P. W., Kentucky, 1796 (1031)

Gallatin, Albert, 1793 [copy] (1034)

Gallup, William, Jr., Kingston, Wilkes Barre, 1794-1795 (1036)

Gantt, John M., George Town, 1797 (1045)

Gardner, Johns S., and Samuel Folwell, Philadelphia, 1796 (1055)

Garlick, Joseph, Schuylkill 2d St., 1798-1799 (1058)

Gebler, G. [Godfrey?], no place, 1796 (1062)

Geller, Conrad Wilhm. – see Henry Christian Ulrici, 1795

General Assembly, 1781, 1789, 1793, n.d. (1063)

Mic. 2713: General correspondence, from Marbury to Newport:

[note: this is roll 13 of the original set of correspondence; number in parentheses is the number of the first frame on which that person’s correspondence begins]

Marbury, William, Annapolis, 1797 (2)

Marks, Solomon, Jr., Philadelphia, 1794, 1796 (7)

Markey, Richard, shoe maker, North 6 St., 1795, 1797 (13)

Marshall, H., Philadelphia, 1797 (17)

Marshall, James, [Philadelphia?], 1795-1796, 1798 (23)

Marshall, Sarah, [Philadelphia?], 1788 (31)

Marshall, William, Philadelphia, 1794-1795 (33)

Marshel, James, Washington, Penn., 1788, 1793 (39)

Marston(?), James, Litellfalls [sic], near Paterson, 1795 (47)

Martens, Frederick Rudolph, Tergelen, near Wahren, 1795 (50)

Martin, Mr., Philadelphia, 1795 (56)

Martin, James, sergeant-at-arms, H.R. [House of Representatives], Penn., 1799 (52)

Martin, Luther, Annapolis, 1797 (53)

Martin, Robert, Northumberland Town, Lycoming Union Mills, 1790, 1793, 1795 (60)

Mason, John, Philadelphia, 1793-1794, 1796 (64)

Mason, Richard, Philadelphia, 1793 (82)

Massey, Ebenezer, Philadelphia, 1790-1791, n.d. (84)

Mather, Ralph, Philadelphia, 1793-1798, 1800 (100)

Matlack, Josiah, no place, 1795 (197)

Maxwell, Robert, [Philadelphia?], 1800 (199)

May, George, Petersburg, 1794, 1796-1797 (201)

Mayo, John, Philadelphia, 1795-1796 (209)

Mazurie(?), James, no place, 1797 (224)

Meade, George, Philadelphia, 1791-1799 (225)

Mecklin, Samuel, Philadelphia, 1800 (353)

Meeker, Cochran & Co., Philadelphia, 1795, 1797 (355)

Melcher, Capt., Philadelphia, 1794 (374)

Mendenhall, Thomas, Philadelphia, 1798 (375)

Mentges, J. P., Col., [Philadelphia?], 1796 (380)

Merry, Jonathan, Boston, 1794, 1795 (382)

Mersereau(?), Joshua, Choconut, Union, Tioga County, 1783, 1796, 1799 (384)

Mesmith, J., Potomack Furnace, 1794 (390)

Messenger, Simon, 3(?) Stores, Kensington, 1790(?), 1795-1797 (392)

Mickle, John, Baltimore, 1790 (459)

Mickle, Robert, Baltimore, 1794-1797, 1799-1800 (462)

(see also T. B. Freeman, Mic. 2712, frames 735-737)

Mifflin, Benjamin, Philadelphia, 1795 (522)

Mifflin, Jonathan, Philadelphia, (1793-1795) (524)

Mifflin, Thomas, Gov., 1790-1794 (556)

Millar, John Craig, Stoney brook, near Princetown, 1796 (566)

Miller and Grant, Philadelphia, 1796 (572)

Miller, Adam, Hoppbottom, 1795 (574)

Miller, Addom, and Robert Pattison, Hobbottom, 1790 (577)

Miller, Connord, Hoppbotton, 1789 (580)

Miller, Eleanor, Tuneshanock Creek, 1789-1790 (583)

Miller, John, Philadelphia, 1790, 1794, 1796 (588)

Miller, John, Jr., Philadelphia, 1800 and n.d. (595)

Miller, Joseph, Alexandria, 1797, 1798 (602)

Miller, Joseph J., Philadelphia, 1790 (607)

Miller, Peter, Washington, 1797-1798 (614)

Miller, Robert, [Washington?], 1796 (627)

Millesent, James, [Philadelphia?], 1797 (629)

Milligan, James, comptroller, 1782 (632)

Milligan, Robert, [Philadelphia?], 1797-1799 (634)

Milne, Edmond, Philadelphia, 1793, 1798-1800 (644)

Milnor, James, [Philadelphia?], 1796, 1799 (663)

Milnor, Joseph H., Philadelphia, 1796, 1798-1799 (667)

Minchin, John, Philadelphia, 1796-1798 (676)

(see also T. B. Freeman, Mic. 2712, frame 711)

Mitchell, John, Philadelphia, 1792 (709)

Mix, John and Jonathan, [Philadelphia?], no year (716)

Mix, Jonathan, Philadelphia, 1795-1796, 1798 (718)

Mix, Nathaniel Farrand, Philadelphia, 1795-1796, n.d. (739)

Moliere(?) and Lucas, [Philadelphia?], 1795 (804)

Moltz(?), Jacob, no place, 1795 (806)

Monkhouse, Thomas, Baltimore, 1795-1797 (808)

Monroe, Daniel, Philadelphia, 1795 (818)

Montgomery, Robert, [Philadelphia?], 1795 (821)

Montgomery, William, Philadelphia, 1794-1795, 1798 (824)

Montullé(?), J., Asylum, 1795-1796 (837)

Monument to American Revolution, Articles of Subscription, Feb. 14, 1795 (printed letter) (852)

Moore, Andrew, Philadelphia, 1794, 1796-1797 (855)

Moore, Eliza or Mrs. Joshua John Moore, Pikeland, 1797 (875)

Moore, Hugh, [Philadelphia?], 1794 (877)

Moore, James, [Philadelphia?], 1795 (879)

Moore, John, [Philadelphia?], 1793-1797 (881)

Moore, Joshua John, Philadelphia, 1794-1799 (908)

Moore, William, Pres., S.E.C., Philadelphia, 1781 (960)

More, Benjamin, [Philadelphia?], 1796 (962)

Moreau de St. Mery & Co., Philadelphia, 1794 (964)

Morey, Samuel, no place, 1794 (966)

Morgan and Price, [Philadelphia?], 1793 (968)

Morgan, Benjamin R., Philadelphia, 1793, 1795 (970)

Morgan, George, Prospect, Philadelphia, 1795-1796 (975)

Morgan, Jacob, Jr., Col., Reading, 1779, 1792 (1011)

Morhouse, Abraham, [Philadelphia?], 1794-1798 (1015)

Morris, Benjamin, Esq., Reading, 1793 (1045)

Morris, Cadwallader, [Philadelphia?], 1793, 1794 (1048)

Morris, Robert, Philadelphia, 1782, 1794-1795, 1798, n.d. (1052)

Morris, William W., Philadelphia, 1797-1798 (1073)

Morrison, Anthony, Shearmans Valley, 1791 (1091)

Morrison, John, Shearmans Valley, 1792 (1093)

Morsell, James S., George Town, 1796, 1797 (1095)

Mosley, Richard, Capt., Philadelphia, 1789 (1098)

Mott, Edward, Philadelphia, 1800 (1100)

Moulder, William, Jr., Philadelphia, 1793-1799, n.d. (1102)

(see also T. B. Freeman, Mic. 2712, frames 746-747)

Moultrie, Alexander, Philadelphia, 1796-1797 (1183)

Moylan, Jasper, Philadelphia, 1795-1797 (1209)

Moylan, John, [Philadelphia?], 1794 (1235)

Mulhallon and Ralston, Easton, 1789, 1794-1797 (1237)

Mulliken, Samuel, [Philadelphia?], 1793-1795 (1257)

Mumford, William, Philadelphia, 1790-1792 (1266)

Munroe, Thomas, Washington, 1796-1797 (1279)

Murphy, John, Allentown, 1794 (1289)

Murray, Alexander, Philadelphia, 1796 (1291)

Murray, Francis, Newtown, 1788 (1293)

Musgrave, Aaron, Philadelphia, 1794 (1296)

Musser, John, Huntington, 1793 (1298)

Myer, John, Hamburg, King of Prussia, Race St., 1790, 1793-1794, 1796, 1798, 1800 (1300)

Nagle, Jacob, and Amos Evans, Commissioners Office, Bedford County, 1797 (1313)

Nancarrow, John, Philadelphia, 1792-1794 (1316)

Napier, Thomas, Canal, 1794 (1331)

Naylor, George, [Philadelphia?], 1794-1795 (1333)

Neale, Leonard, [Philadelphia?], 1798 (1350)

Neill, Isabella, Philadelphia, 1799 (1351)

Neill, Robert C., Philadelphia, 1797-1799 (1357)

Nelson, Abraham, Philadelphia, 1795 (1371)

Nesbitt, J. M. [John Maxwell], [Philadelphia?], 1789, 1794-1795 (1373)

Newbold, Charles, no place, 1794 (1379)

Newbold, William and John, Philadelphia, 1795, 1797 (1381)

Newport, J., [Philadelphia?], 1795 (1393)

Mic. 2714: General correspondence, from Young to Zeigler (end of Nicholson correspondence); correspondence of T.B. Freeman & Co.; correspondence of William Moulder, Jr.:

[note: this is roll 21 of the original set of correspondence; number in parentheses is the number of the first frame on which that person’s correspondence begins]

Nicholson correspondence:

Young and Jenner, [Philadelphia?], 1797 (2)

Young, Abraham, no place, 1796 (3)

Young, Charles, Philadelphia, 1791-1792, 1796-1797 (5)

Young, Henry Y., Bristol township, 1787 [in German] (18)

Young, James, Philadelphia, 1791, 1794-1796 (20)

Young, John, Philadelphia, 1788-1798 (32)

Young, Notly, [Philadelphia?], 1796 (167)

Young, Robert, Alexandria, 1794-1797 (169)

Young, Samuel, Jr., [Philadelphia?], 1794-1795, 1797 (221)

Young, William, Philadelphia, Richmond, 1796, 1798, 1800 (234)

Youngberg, John, Nazareth, 1788 (282)

Zantzinger, Paul, Lancaster, 1789 (284)

Zeigler, David, Philadelphia, Fort Harmar, 1788, 1789 (285)

Unidentified, 1782-1797, n.d. (290)

correspondence of T.B. Freeman & Co.:

Annesley & C., no. 102 N. 2^nd St., letters received, etc., 1794-1795, 1797:

Allison, Burgess, Bordentown, 1794 (340)

Dorsey, John, [Philadelphia?], 1797 (copy of obligation) (342)

Freeman, Annesley & Co., Philadelphia, 1795 {copartnership agreement) (346)

Freeman, T. B., Philadelphia, 1795 (351)

Potts, John, Alexandria, 1795 (353)

Smith, Robert, [Philadelphia?], 1795 (355)

Allison, Burgess, Bordentown, 795 (359)

Annesley, William(?), Bordentown, 1795, n.d. (361)

Bache, Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia, 1797 (367)

Bamfield, J. T., New York, 1795, n.d. (374)

Benson, Peter, [Philadelphia?], 1797 (382)

Bridgen, Charles, New York, 1796 (383)

Budden, William S.(?), Baltimore, 1796 (393)

Cabell, T., no. 100 N. 3^rd St., 1797 (419)

Clark, Thomas, New York, 1796 (421)

Clarkson, Matthew, [Philadelphia?], 1796 (425)

Cowen, William, [Philadelphia?], 1797 (426)

Crawford, William, Philadelphia, 1796 (427)

Cresson, Thomas, [Philadelphia?], 1797 (430)

Davis, Thomas C., New York, Elizabeth Town, 1795-1796, n.d. (432)

Dewhurst, J.(?), [Philadelphia?], 1798 (461)

Dorsey, John, [Philadelphia?], 1796 (462)

Dunbar, David, [Philadelphia?], n.d. (464)

Duncan, Joseph, Easton, 1796 (465)

Finlay, Mr., [Philadelphia?], n.d. (467)

Forman, T. M., Rose Hill, 1796 (469)

Galland, John, [Philadelphia?], 1796-1797 (472)

Gardner, W., New Castle, 1795 (478)

Gary(?), Gilbert, Philadelphia, 1796 (481)

Gobert, Charles, Philadelphia, 1797 (483)

Graham, George E., New York, 1795-1797, 1799, n.d. (484)

Grier, James, Philadelphia, 1797 (514)

Harrison, James, New York, 1796 (520)

Hartung, William, [Philadelphia?], 1797 (523)

Hillegas, Michael, [Philadelphia?], 1797 (526)

Hilyard, A., Philadelphia, 1796 (528)

Jackson, Eliza, Mrs., [Philadelphia?], 1797 (530)

Johnson, William, [Philadelphia?], 1796 (532)

Keppele, M. [Michael?], Philadelphia, 1796 (534)

Lewis, R., Baltimore, 1795 (536)

Lynch, James, [Philadelphia?], 1796 (538)

Magoffin, Joseph, Philadelphia, n.d. (544)

Mark, P., and Sterlitz, New York, 1796 (546)

Mather, Ralph, [Philadelphia?], 1796, 1797 (551)

McElwee, John, [Philadelphia?], n.d. (540)

McKean, J.(?) B., [Philadelphia?], 1796 (541)

McKean, Robert, Mulberry St. Wharf, 1796 (543)

Mickle, Robert, Baltimore, 1796 (559)

Minshull, John, New York, 1796 (570)

Mix, N. Farrand, Hartford, New Haven, Philadelphia, 1796-1797 (574)

Morris, Richard, New York, 1796-1797 (589)

Moulder, William, Jr., [Philadelphia?], 1796 (599)

Nicholson, John, Philadelphia, 1796 (601)

Norris, John, [Philadelphia?], 1797 (606)

Parkyns(?), George J., New York, Philadelphia, 1796, n.d. (609)

Parrish, Charles, Charleston, S.C., 1796 (628)

Parry, John J., [Philadelphia?], 1797 (638)

Pasfield & Co., [Philadelphia?], n.d. (640)

Phillips, Richard, New York, 1796 (643)

Pole, Edward, Philadelphia, 1796 (653)

Poyntell, William, Philadelphia, 1797 (654)

Prentiss, William, [Philadelphia?], 1796, n.d. (657)

Reed, Joseph, Philadelphia, 1797 (661)

Richards, John, [Philadelphia?], n.d. (663)

Shallus, J., [Philadelphia?], 1796 (664)

Shannon, William, Philadelphia, 1796-1797, n.d. (665)

Smith, James & Co., Baltimore, 1795-1796 (685)

Waterman, Thomas, Philadelphia, 1797 (699)

Wayne, Mrs., [Philadelphia?], n.d. (700)

Wells, William Hill, Dagsborough, 1795 (701)

Wilcocks, James, [Philadelphia?], 1796(?) (704)

Zane and Chapman, Philadelphia, 1796 (707)

Correspondence of William Moulder, Jr., 1794-1800 (attorney for John Nicholson):

Ball, Joseph, Philadelphia, 1796 (715)

Barnett, Mr., [Philadelphia?], 1797 (719)

Bedwell, Thomas, no place, 1796 (721)

Biddle, Clement, Philadelphia, 1797 (723)

Biddle, William Mark, [Philadelphia?], 1794 (724)

Billington, Thomas, [Philadelphia?], 1800 (725)

Brown, Andrew, [Philadelphia?], 1794 (727)

Craig, William, Philadelphia, 1794 (728)

Cramond, James, Philadelphia, 1796 (731)

Dubois, A. [Abraham], no place, 1797 (733)

Duncan, W. [William], Philadelphia, 1796-1797 (735)

Eichbaum, William, Falls of Schuylkill, 1796-1797 (739)

Elouis, Victoria, no place, 1796 (746)

Forest(?), Thomas, Germantown, 1797 (749)

Jarvis, James, [Philadelphia?], 1796 (751)

Joubert, Thomas, [Philadelphia?], 1797 (753)

Milnor, Joseph H., [Philadelphia?], 1797 (754)

Mix, N. Farrand, Philadelphia, 1796 (756)

Moore, John, Chester Furnace(?), 1796 (762)

Moultrie, Alexander(?),Philadelphia, 1796 (765)

Oliphant, Mr. [Philadelphia?], 1797 (767)

Rawle, William, [Philadelphia?], 1797 (769)

Reid and Bayne, [Philadelphia?], 1796 (771)

Robinson, E. [Edward], Philadelphia, 1797 (774)

Shallus, Francis, [Philadelphia?], 1797 (776)

Taylor, Charles, [Philadelphia?], 1796-1797 (778)

Thomas, Joseph, [Philadelphia?], 1796 (798)

Thompson, Thomas, [Philadelphia?], 1796 (802)

Webb, Bernard, [Philadelphia?], 1796 (804)

Woodward, William W., [Philadelphia?], 1796 (805)