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    <title>William Bingham papers, 1776-1801</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Bingham, William</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1752-1804</namePart>
    <role>
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  <originInfo>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
    <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm>
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  <abstract>Primarily business correspondence of Bingham with Robert Morris and the firm of Willing &amp; 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 &amp; Frances.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Trader, privateer owner, banker, and U.S. senator from Pennsylvania.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Morris, Robert</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1734-1806</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Reid, James R</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Rush, Benjamin</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1746-1813</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Continental Congress.</namePart>
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    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Confederacy (Frigate)</namePart>
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    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Willing &amp; Frances</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Willing &amp; Morris (Philadelphia, Pa.)</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Commerce</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Economic policy</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Revolution, 1775-1783</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>West Indies</geographic>
    <topic>Commerce</topic>
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    <occupation>Bankers</occupation>
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  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Senators, U.S. Congress</occupation>
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  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Shipowners</occupation>
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  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Traders</occupation>
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  <accessCondition type="restrictionOnAccess">Open to research.</accessCondition>
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