Daniel W. Coxe collection, 1802-1838 (majority within 1802-1812, 1816-1838)

Summary

Creator:

Coxe, Daniel W. (Daniel William), 1769-1852

Abstract:

The Daniel W. Coxe collection contains incoming and outgoing correspondence, financial records, and documents related to the Philadelphia merchant's business affairs in the early 1800s. Many of the financial records concern Coxe's accounts with London firm Barclay & Salkeld, particularly regarding shipments of cotton and flour.

Extent:

13 items

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Meg Hixon, January 2012

Background

Scope and Content:

The Daniel W. Coxe collection (13 items) contains incoming and outgoing correspondence, financial records, and documents related to the Philadelphia merchant's business affairs in the early 1800s. Six sets of accounts and one additional financial document pertain to Coxe's relationship with the London firm Barclay & Salkeld and to shipments of cotton from New Orleans to English ports. Two indentures concern mortgages for land in Pennsylvania, made between Daniel Coxe and the State Bank at Trenton (December 26, 1816) and between Daniel Coxe and Warnet Myers of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (April 25, 1828). The remaining four items pertain to Philadelphia property prices (July 25, 1810), financial accounts between Daniel Coxe and James S. J. Massey (May 2, 1817), a violation made by the Bank of the United States in relation to the Philadelphia mayor's campaign against counterfeiters (April 20, 1835), and some of the financial affairs of the Rail Road and Banking Company (September 29, 1838).

Biographical / Historical:

Daniel William Coxe was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1769, the son of William and Mary Francis Coxe. As a merchant, he participated in the cotton and flour trades and frequently did business with merchants in Liverpool and London. Coxe married Margaret Burd (1781-1845) on January 9, 1800, and died on June 4, 1852.

Acquisition Information:

1980, 1991. M-1898, M-2662a4 .

Processing information:

Cataloging funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). This collection has been processed according to minimal processing procedures and may be revised, expanded, or updated in the future.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Related

Additional Descriptive Data:

Related Materials

Coxe, Daniel W. Report of the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, to Whom Was Referred, on the 8th Instant, the Petition of Sundry Merchants of the City of Philadelphia: 26th January, 1802. Considered, and Agreed to. [Washington, D. C.: 1802.]

Bibliography

Keith, Charles P. The Provincial Councillors of Pennsylvania Who Held Office Between 1733 and 1776.... Philadelphia: 1883.

Subjects

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Subjects:

Cotton trade--United States.
Counterfeit money.
Flour and feed trade--United States.
Merchants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Real property--Pennsylvania.
Shipping.

Formats:

Accounts.
Indentures.
Letters (correspondence)

Names:

Bank of the United States (1816-1836)
Barclay & Salkeld.
Massey, James S. J.

Places:

Great Britain--Commerce--United States.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Commerce.
United States--Commerce--Great Britain.