William Bingham papers, 1776-1801.
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 27 items; 1 containerSubject(s): - Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 -- Correspondence
- Reid, James R. -- Correspondence
- Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 -- Correspondence
- United States. Continental Congress
- Confederacy (Frigate)
- Willing & Frances -- Correspondence
- Willing & Morris (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Correspondence
- United States -- Commerce
- United States -- Economic policy
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
- West Indies -- Commerce
- Bankers
- Senators, U.S. Congress -- Pennsylvania
- Shipowners
- Traders
Open to research.
Primarily business correspondence of Bingham with Robert Morris and the firm of Willing & Morris, shipping merchants of Philadelphia, relating to Bingham's activities as Continental agent for the colonies in the West Indies (1776-1779) and to the commercial markets of both Europe and the United States during the Revolutionary period. Also includes a report to the Continental Congress (1799); a memorial to the frigate Confederacy (1780); a statement by Bingham on the U.S. financial system (1791); and miscellaneous undated documents. Correspondents include Benjamin Rush, James R. Reid, and Willing & Frances.
Trader, privateer owner, banker, and U.S. senator from Pennsylvania.
Collection material in English.
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