Research Catalog

Title

William David Lewis papers, 1818-1879.

Author

Lewis, William David, 1792-1881.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Details

Description

2.3 linear feet (6 boxes).

Summary

Collection consists of Lewis's correspondence, diary, financial and legal papers, maps, and printed matter.

Subjects

• Bankers
• Maps
• Diaries
• United States > Commerce
• Shipping > United States
• Railroads > United States
• Banks and banking > United States
• Eureka (Boat)
• Lewis, William David, 1792-1881

Genre/Form

• Diaries.
• Maps.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• William David Lewis (1792-1881) was an American merchant and banker.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

MssCol 1747

OCLC

NYPW94-A4

Author

Lewis, William David, 1792-1881.

Title

William David Lewis papers, 1818-1879.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

William David Lewis (1792-1881) was an American merchant and banker. He worked in Russia for his brother from 1818 to 1824 and then became an importer and commission merchant in Philadelphia. He was cashier of the Girard Bank in Philadelphia from 1832 to 1842 and financed a number of Pennsylvania railroads.

Finding Aids

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

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Finding Aid

Occupation

Bankers.

LCCN

ms 71001257

Research Call Number

MssCol 1747