Clement Biddle letter book no. 45

Containers:

Box 110, Shelf Closed Stacks

Creator:

Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814

Extent:

1 Volumes

Scope and content:

Contains copies of letters written in the course of Clement Biddle's business dealings in Philadelphia. Includes copies of letters to George Washington (28 in number), Henry Knox, James Wilkinson, and Timothy Pickering, and others. The Washington letters concern his efforts to procure household goods, furniture, agricultural implements and supplies for the Washington family, providing a record of the development of the Mount Vernon estate in the period between the Revolutionary War and Washington's presidency. The letters also reveal interesting insights into life in Philadelphia during the period of the Constitutional Convention.

Language:

English .

Physical facet:

fragile binding, foxing

Dimensions:

26 x 38 cm

Subjects:

Constitutional conventions -- United States
Financial records

Names:

Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814

Places:

Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)

Access and use