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Joseph Watson Letters

An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University

Finding aid created by: [Summit record]
Date: 2001-01-01

Revision history:
7 Apr 2009	converted to EAD (AM)

Biographical History

Joseph Watson (1784-1841) was a lumber merchant, alderman and mayor of Philadelphia. He later served as president of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Joseph Watson Letters consist of roughly fifty pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence. Writers and recipients include Henry Meyers, Jr., Lieutenant H. Henry, Joseph Tate (mayor of Richmond, Virginia), and others.

Arrangement of the Collection

The collection is arranged in the original numerical order.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

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Use Restrictions:

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

Subject Headings

Persons

Watson, Joseph, 1784-1841.

Subjects

Politicians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Politicians -- United States.

Places

Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History.

Genres and Forms

Letters (correspondence)

Occupations

Politicians.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Joseph Watson Letters,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Table of Contents

Correspondence

Inventory