Pile family papers
Collection 1366
1793-1836(0.33 Linear feet ; 1 box (129 items))
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Creator
- Pile family
- Title
- Pile family papers
- ID
- 1366
- Date [inclusive]
- 1793-1836
- Extent
- 0.33 Linear feet ; 1 box (129 items)
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by James R. DeWalt, Cary Hutto, and Kaitlyn Pettengill
- Language
- English
- Language note
- Some material in the collection is in Portuguese.
- Text (00005310) [Box]
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Preferred citation
Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], Pile family papers (Collection 1366), The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Abstract
Captain Samuel Pile was a prominent Philadelphia merchant and trader, the grandson of Nicholas Pyle (b. 1666) who emigrated from England to Chester County, Pennsylvania. Captain Pile was born on April 26, 1771 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, to Samuel and Elizabeth Pile. He married Rebecca Morgan in 1795; and they had one child. Samuel Pile died on September 25, 1811, and is buried in Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church cemetery, Philadelphia. Pile was also a member of the Grand Lodge (Masons).
The Pile family papers contain correspondence related to shipping and commerce, as well as letters to other members of the Pile family. They include personal news and considerable information on Philadelphia, New York, and New Orleans. Some letters are in Portuguese.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania ; 2016.
1300 Locust StreetPhiladelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200
Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Provenance
Gift of Annie Pile, 1944.
Related Materials
Related materials
At the Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Annie Pile collection on Samuel Pile (Collection D0087)
Controlled Access Headings
Subject(s)
- International trade--18th century.
- International trade--19th century.
- Social life and customs--19th Century.
Collection Inventory
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Samuel F. Pile 10 letters |
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From New Orleans – to mother Rebecca Pile, Philadelphia 10 June 1810 |
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From New Orleans – to father Capt. Samuel Pile, Philadelphia 11 August 1810 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Pile, 164 Swanson St., Philadelphia 30 Apr 1817 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Pile, no address 23 August 1817 |
4 | |||
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From Madisonville, West Florida – to Rebecca Pile, Philadelphia 8 October 1817 |
5 | |||
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Pile, 164 Swanson St., Philadelphia 13 December 1817 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Pile, Philadelphia 25 January 1818 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Pile, Philadelphia 5 February 1818 |
8 | |||
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From Philadelphia – to brother Joseph M. Pile, New Orleans 15 March 1821 |
9 | |||
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To Rebecca Pile, no address Undated |
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Chandler Price 1 letter |
1 | 2 | ||
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From Philadelphia – to Capt. Samuel Pile, New York 6 September 1805 |
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Henry Rihl 1 document |
1 | 3 | ||
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Port of Philadelphia document 10 July 1820 |
1 | |||
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Able Satterthwaite 1 letter |
1 | 4 | ||
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From Philadelphia – to Capt. Samuel Pile, the Perseverance, with postscript from “Emma” to “Morgan” 1 Nov 1810 |
1 | |||
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Captain Isaac Silliman 1 letter |
1 | 5 | ||
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From Lisbon – to Capt. Samuel Pile, the Perseverance 5 March 1811 |
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Samuel Pile (letters) 24 letters |
1 | 6 | ||
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From Philadelphia – to future wife Rebecca Morgan, New York 6 May 1794 |
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From Philadelphia – to Rebecca Morgan, 6 Dover St., New York 10 May 1794 |
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No address – to Rebecca Morgan, 6 Dover St., New York Undated |
3 | |||
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From Hamburg – to wife Rebecca Pile, Philadelphia 30 December 1794 |
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From Isle of Wight – to Rebecca Pile, Philadelphia 3 March 1795 |
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From Hamburg – to Rebecca Pile, no address 7 March 1795 |
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From Altenno (?) – to Rebecca Pile, no address 23 April 1795 |
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From Hamburg – to Rebecca Pile, Philadelphia 20 June 1795 |
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From Hamburg – to Rebecca Pile, Philadelphia 21 July 1795 |
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From Hamburg – to Rebecca Pile, Philadelphia 29 June 1796 |
10 | |||
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From Lamlash, Scotland – to Rebecca Pile, S. Water St., Philadelphia 19 July 1797 |
11 | |||
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From Liverpool – to Rebecca Pile, S. Water St., Philadelphia 18 Aug ust1797 |
12 | |||
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From New York – to Rebecca Pile, S. Water St., Philadelphia 27 December 1797 |
13 | |||
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From Saint-Domingue, Isle of Hispaniola – to Rebecca Pile, S. Water St., Philadelphia 12 April 1798 |
14 | |||
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From Saint-Domingue – to Rebecca Pile, S. Water St., Philadelphia 14 May 1798 |
15 | |||
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From Cape Français – to Rebecca Pile, S. Water St., Philadelphia 10 July 1798 |
16 | |||
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From Saint-Domingue – to Rebecca Pile, S. Water St., Philadelphia 15 September 1798 |
17 | |||
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From Hamburg – to Rebecca Pile, 162 Swanson St., Philadelphia 25 October 1799 |
18 | |||
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From Hamburg – to Rebecca Pile, c/o John Claypoole, Philadelphia 15 November 1799 |
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From Sandy Hook, NJ – to Rebecca Pile, 162 Swanson St., Philadelphia 5 January 1801 |
20 | |||
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From Havana – to Rebecca Pile, 162 Swanson St., Philadelphia 31 May 1801 |
21 | |||
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From Havana – to son Joseph M. Pile, Philadelphia 6 February 1804 |
22 | |||
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From Dunyston (?) – to Rebecca Pile, Philadelphia 26 April 1805 |
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From Liverpool – to Rebecca Pile, Philadelphia 24 October 1807 |
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Samuel Pile (documents) 13 documents |
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Manifest of cargo on board the Brig Hunter / Clearance at Martinique undated |
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Freight list of the Perseverance, New Orleans to Liverpool, 20 May 1807 |
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Account of port charges of the Perseverance, Madeira undated |
3 | |||
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Charter between Edward Barry and Capt. Samuel Pile of the Perseverance undated |
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Estate of Samuel Pile, executrix Rebecca Pile undated |
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Account of port charges of the Perseverance, Madeira 24 December 1810 |
6 | |||
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Clearance papers of the Cato, Jamaica 1804-1806 |
7 | |||
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Invitation to meeting of the “Society for the Relief of poor and distressed Masters of Ships, their Widows and Children," signed Captain Samuel Pile 1 July 1811 |
8 | |||
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Account of expenditures for the Perseverance 1807 |
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Receipt for duties on the cargo, Isle de la Martinique undated |
10 | |||
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Ship manifest for the Diana, bound for Hamburg and then Philadelphia July 1799 |
11 | |||
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Account of disbursements for the Diana 1796 |
12 | |||
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Various customs and port documents for the Cato, Cuba 1805 |
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Samuel Pile, Sr. 1 letter |
1 | 8 | ||
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No address – to Capt. Samuel Pile, New Orleans 23 Oct (1803?) |
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Rebecca Pile 1 document |
1 | 9 | ||
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Receipt for tuition payment for daughter Elizabeth Pile 29 April 1817 |
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M. G. Pile 1 document |
1 | 10 | ||
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Receipt for Gray Reserves annual contribution 12 September 1861 |
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Joseph M. Pile 2 letters |
1 | 11 | ||
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Philadelphia – to brother Samuel F. Pile, no address 8 July 1811 |
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From Calcutta – to mother Rebecca Pile, 162 Swanson St., Philadelphia 29 September 1818 |
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Pierre Pedeslaux 1 document |
1 | 12 | ||
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Document in French 3 March 1807 |
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Jacinto de Ornellas 1 document |
1 | 13 | ||
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Document in Portuguese 22 December 1810 |
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George W. Morgan 18 letters |
1 | 20 | ||
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From New Orleans – to “Sister” (Rebecca Pile?), no address 17 August 1799 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Pile, 162 S. Water St., Philadelphia 18 April 1800 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Pile, Philadelphia 28 June 1800 |
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From New Orleans – to Capt. Samuel Pile, Philadelphia 19 June 1802 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Pile, Philadelphia 5 August 1803 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Pile, Southwark, Philadelphia 17 February 1804 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Pile, Philadelphia 15 August 1804 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Pile, Southwark, Philadelphia 26 August 1805 |
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No address – to Captain Samuel Pile, Ship Perseverance, “in the Mississippi, 8 leagues below Orleans” 29 January 1807 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Pile, Philadelphia 29 January 1807 |
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From New Orleans – to “Brother” 1 May 1809 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Pile, Philadelphia 15 February 1812 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Pile, Philadelphia 8 November 1813 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Pile, Philadelphia 1 June 1816 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Pile, Southwark, Philadelphia 12 July 1823 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Pile, Philadelphia 19 May 1825 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Pile, 119 Pine St., Philadelphia 7 November 1829 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Pile, Philadelphia 8 August 1836 |
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S. F. Morgan 1 letter |
1 | 14 | ||
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No address – to sister Rebecca Pile, Philadelphia 6 June 1818 |
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William Porter 1 letter |
1 | 15 | ||
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To Captain Thomas Morgan, “on board the Brig” 17 February 1796 |
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Thomas Morgan, Jr. 9 letters |
1 | 19 | ||
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On the Mississippi River – to father Thomas Morgan, McCoulloughs Court, Philadelphia 3 May 1793 |
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From New York – to sister Rebecca Morgan, care of John Claypoole, 72 S. Front St., Philadelphia June 1794 |
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From New Orleans – to sister Rebecca Pile, c/o John Claypoole, Philadelphia 14 March 1795 |
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From Belize – to brother George Morgan, New Orleans 11 April 1795 |
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On th ship Asia, Calcutta – to George Morgan, New Orleans 9 January 1797 |
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From Nassau, New Providence – to George Morgan, New Orleans 13 August 1797 |
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From Nassau, New Providence – to Rebecca Pile, “Water Street near the Swedes Church”, Philadelphia 14 September 1797 |
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From Nassau, New Providence – to George Morgan, New Orleans 15 September 1797 |
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From Philadelphia – to Captain Samuel Pile, “of the Ship Diana” 5 February 1798 |
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Thomas Morgan, Sr. 1 letter |
1 | 17 | ||
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From Philadelphia – to son George Morgan, New Orleans 9 December 1795 |
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Jonathan Morgan 1 letter |
1 | 18 | ||
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From Towamencin – to “Brother” 5 June 1795 |
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George W. Morgan 12 letters |
1 | 19 | ||
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From New Orleans – to sister Rebecca Morgan, Philadelphia 4 March 1794 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Morgan, Philadelphia March 1794 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Morgan, Philadelphia 29 September 1794 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Morgan, no address 20 October 1794 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Morgan, 72 S. Front St., Philadelphia 25 November 1794 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Pile, Philadelphia 31 March 1795 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Pile, care of John Claypoole, 72 S. Front St., Philadelphia 17 May 1795, |
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From New Orleans – to brother Captain Thomas Morgan, Philadelphia 18 May 1795 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Pile, no address 20 May 1796 |
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From New Orleans – to Thomas Morgan, Jr. 23 May 1796 |
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From New Orleans – to Thomas Morgan, Jr., care of Rebecca Pile “near Swedes Church”, Philadelphia 25 May 1796 |
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From New Orleans – to Rebecca Pile “near the Swedes Church”, Philadelphia 14 January 1798 |
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Miscellaneous 4 items |
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Dr. Gerardus Huyck 1 item |
1 | 22 | ||
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Invitation to funeral 27 December 1824 |
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Samuel Hart 1 letter |
1 | 23 | ||
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From Halifax, Nova Scotia – to Captain Samuel Pile, no address 14 February 1807 |
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Green & Wainwright 1 letter |
1 | 24 | ||
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From Liverpool – to Captain Samuel Pile, Philadelphia 21 September 1811 |
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Nathaniel Franklin 3 letters |
1 | 25 | ||
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From Charleston – to Rebecca Pile, Philadelphia 29 March 1805 |
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From New York – to “Cousin”, Swanson Street, Philadelphia 14 October 1807 |
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From River Mississippi – to Captain Samuel Pile, Swanson Street, Philadelphia 24 Decemeber 1808 |
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Caleb Earl 5 letters |
1 | 26 | ||
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From Frankford – to Captain Samuel Pile, New Orleans 30 March 1807 |
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From Frankford – to Captain Samuel Pile, Ship Perseverance, New Orleans 25 February 1808 |
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From Philadelphia – to Captain Samuel Pile, Ship Perseverance, Havana 31 March 1811 |
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From Philadelphia – to Capt. Samuel Pile, New Orleans 8 October 1811 |
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From Cape Henlopen – to Rebecca Pile, Swanson below Queen St., Philadelphia 28 July 1817 |
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Bitha Earl 2 items |
1 | 27 | 27 | |
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Receipt from Samuel Pile 6 January 1801 |
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Letter to Samuel Pile, Havana undated |
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Ann Earl 2 letters |
1 | 28 | ||
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From Philadelphia – to Captain Samuel Pile, Ship Perseverance, Havana 3 March 1811 |
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From Philadelphia – to Dr. Samuel F. Earl 21 October 1815 |
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Eliza Caldwell 4 letters |
1 | 29 | ||
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From New York – to Rebecca Morgan, care of John Claypoole, Philadelphia 19 August 1794 |
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From New York – to Rebecca Morgan, no address 7 September 1794 |
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To Rebecca Morgan, Philadelphia undated |
3 | |||
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From New York – to Rebecca Pile, Philadelphia 31 March 1796 |
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Thomas Bryan 1 letter |
1 | 30 | ||
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From Philadelphia – to George Morgan, New Orleans 20 June 1795 |
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Abel J. Bolton 1 letter |
1 | 31 | ||
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From Philadelphia – to George Morgan, New Orleans 27 April 1797 |
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Smith & Ridgeway 1 item |
1 | 32 | ||
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Ship orders 29 June 1799 |
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