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The Samuel Breck collection contains an account book, bank checks, and a published book related to the financial affairs of Swift & Breck and to Samuel Breck's life.

The Samuel Breck papers contain a manuscript account book, bank checks, and a published book related to the firm Swift & Breck. The Cashbook pertains to the finances of the Swift, Breck & Swift Co. and the Swift & Breck Company in 1833 and from 1837-1839. Some of the records pertain to the Farmer's Bank in Wilmington, Delaware. The collection also contains 32 Bank of Delaware Checks (June 3, 1833-August 5, 1835), signed by Swift & Breck. The Book is a copy of Recollections of Samuel Breck, edited by H. E. Scudder and published in 1877.