- unitid
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{"value"=>"1747", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 1747", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1818/1879", "value"=>"1818-1879"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1818
- date_inclusive_end
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1879
- keydate
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1818
- date_start
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1818
- date_end
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1879
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"William David Lewis papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.3 linear feet (6 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"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. Collection consists of Lewis's correspondence, diary, financial and legal papers, maps, and printed matter. Correspondence includes personal correspondence, 1818-1879; and correspondence concerning railroads, 1829-1864. Diary, 1840, is a journal of a trial trip of the boat Eureka. Financial papers, 1831-1862, and legal papers, 1841, also pertain to railroads during the period when Lewis was cashier at the Girard Bank. Other items include railroad charts and schedules, maps, and related printed materials."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>William David Lewis papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Lewis, William David, 1792-1881", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>William David Lewis (1792-1881) was a merchant and banker, born in Christiana, New Castle County Delaware. He went to Russia, 1818-1824, to be in the employ of his brother John D. and during his time there he became fluent in Russian. Lewis returned to the United States, 1824, and married Sarah Claypoole of Philadelphia. Residing in Philadelphia he became an importer and commission merchant. Lewis was Cashier of Girard Bank, 1832-1842, in Philadelphia and financed a number of Pennsylvania railroads. He died 1881 on his estate Florence, New Jersey.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of Personal Correspondence 1818-1879; n. d., mainly of invitations to various events and a Diary 1840 Journal of the trial trip of \"The Eureka\". Other correspondence, 1836-1844, re: Stonington Railroad and correspondence re: other railroad systems, 1829-1864; n. d. This period covers when Lewis was Cashier of the Girard Bank of Philadelphia. The rest of the collection consists of Financial Papers re railroads 8131-62; Legal Papers re railroads 1841; Charts of the New York, Providence & Boston railroads 1841; Weekly Return of Transportation over the New York. Providence'& Boston railroads 1840-1842; Printed Material. Graphics and Maps.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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2.3 linear feet (6 boxes)