| Creator |
Oswald family |
| Contributor |
Oswald, Eleazer, 1755-1795. |
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Oswald, John H., 1777?-1810. |
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Oswald, William Hunter, b. 1787 |
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Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809, correspondent. |
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Appleton, Thomas, 1763-1840 correspondent., |
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Mifflin, Samuel, 1776-1829 correspondent., |
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Bouchotte, J. (Jean), 1754-1840. correspondent., |
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Dumouriez, Charles François Du Périer, 1739-1823, correspondent. |
|
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, former owner. |
| Title |
Oswald Family Papers. 1792-1816 (inclusive). |
| Physical Description |
1 box .21 linear feet. |
| Description |
The Oswald Family Papers relate to William Hunter Oswald, a merchant living and working in Malta and Italy in early nineteenth
century, his father Eleazer, and his brother John. Primarily William Hunter's incoming and outgoing correspondence, the papers
also include his diary covering eighteen months during 1809 and 1810, when he was traveling from Philadelphia to Malta, and
around Mediterranean area. Other materials in the collection are documents that Eleazer Oswald assembled to request payments
due him from the French government for his military service, records of a ship owned and sold by John Oswald, and passports
for the two brothers.
|
| Notes |
On deposit at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. For service, please contact
the Historical Society at 215-732-6200 or http://www.hsp.org.
|
| Biographical / historical note |
William Hunter Oswald (b. 1787) was the son of the printer Eleazer Oswald (1755-1795), a printer who served in the French
military in the 1790s. A merchant by trade, Willilam Oswald lived and worked in Malta and Italy during the first quarter of
the nineteenth century. John Holt Oswald (1777?-1810), his brother, was also a merchant involved in international trade.
|
| Subject |
Bonaparte, Lucien, prince de Canino, 1775-1840. |
|
Voyages and travels. |
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Transatlantic voyages. |
|
Merchants -- Correspondence. |
| Geographic subject |
Malta -- Description and travel. |
|
Italy -- Description and travel. |
| Genre |
Letters. |
|
Diaries. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, former owner. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| MSS MSS| McA MSS 009 |
| Accession number |
(McAllister) |
