Box 1

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Accounts of stock with the United States government and with the estate of Hugh Patton, dated 1791-1793.

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Correspondence with assorted American and British merchants, dated 1791-1794, including Kingsmill Davan of Liverpool, and Leighton & Wood of Richmond, Virginia.

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Accounts of stock owned and transferred by William Wilson & Co. to Andrew Clow & Co., dated 1792-1796.

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Letters primarily from William Wilson & Co. to Andrew Clow & Co. regarding stock transfers and settlement of accounts, and shipments of flour, dated 1790-1792. There are also copied extracts of correspondence between the two firms related to a dispute over a stock sale carried out by Andrew Clow & Co. on William Wilson & Co.'s behalf.

Scope and Contents: Letters from William Wilson & Co. regarding shipment of wheat to Philadelphia, trade of wine and salt, and stock transfers, dated 1793-1796. There are also copies of letters from Andrew Clow & Co. regarding a delay by William Wilson & Co. in selling flour it has recently shipped to Alexandria, in which the firm writes, "we expected our flour would have been sold & converted into bills, but we perceive it is a matter of indifference to you whether we have a remittance this...

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Contains statements of William Wilson & Co., defendants, and Andrew Clow & Co., plaintiffs, in a lawsuit over non-payment of debt related to a stock sale, in addition to a copy of a plaintiffs' brief and correspondence, dated 1793-1799.

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Undated map that appears to depict acreage of land owned in Bennington, Vermont.