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Samuel Breck collection, 1833-1877 (majority within 1835, 1837-1839)

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Summary

Creator:
Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902 and Swift & Breck
Abstract:
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.
Extent:
33 items
Language:
English
Authors:
Collection processed and finding aid created by Meg Hixon, January 2012

Background

Scope and Content:

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.

Biographical / Historical:

Samuel Breck, Jr., was born on July 17, 1771, the son of Samuel Breck and Hannah Andrews. He lived in Boston until December 1782, when he went to study in Toulouse, France. After his return to the United States in 1787, he worked in a Boston counting house. In 1791, he went into business for himself; he permanently relocated to Philadelphia in 1792, where he continued his mercantile career. Breck served in the Pennsylvania State Senate and the United States House of Representatives and was a member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Jane Ross, married in 1795. Samuel Breck died on August 31, 1862.

The firm Swift & Breck was located in Easton, Pennsylvania, in the early 19th century and operated a cotton mill on the Lehigh Canal. In 1844, the mill was sold to McKeen and Raphael.

Acquisition Information:
2001. M-4178 .
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 in the following series:
  • Series I: Cashbook
  • Series II: Checks
  • Series III: Book

The Checks series is arranged chronologically.

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

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Copyright status is unknown

PREFERRED CITATION:

Samuel Breck Collection, William L. Clements Library, The University of Michigan