Manuscript Group 134 WILLING, MORRIS, and SWANWICK COMPANY RECORDS 1774-1800 .5 cu. ft
Willing, Morris and Swanwick, Philadelphia mercantile house, succeeded the early
Willing, Morris and Company, organized in 1754 by Thomas Willing and Robert Morris,
and carried on business generally throughout the period of the American Revolution.
Members of the firm were Thomas Willing (b.1731, d.1821), Robert Morris (b. 1734,
d. 1806), and John Swanwick (b.1759, d.1798). Papers are chiefly associated with
the business as a unit or with Robert Morris or John Swanwick individually, none
of the papers emanating from Thomas Willing exclusively. Among letters are those
written to Tench Tilghman and Company, Baltimore, pertaining to shipping, and
to the export and import of commodities such as tobacco, salt, rum, wheat, and
flour, 1783-86; letters of Robert Morris to Jonathan Hudson, Baltimore merchant,
1774-1781; letters concerning insurance on cargoes, 1784, 1785; letters of John
Swanwick to John Nicholson and others, 1781-1786; and letters of Morris to John
Ross and James Wilson, 1789, 1790. Included is a copy of an agreement among Morris,
John Nicholson, and James Greenleaf to buy certain securities of John Warden,
1794.
Business Papers, 1774-1800. (1 box) {#134m.1}
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