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Collection Reference Number GLC01221.07
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1754-1764 
Title Thomas Willing to Thomas Greenough discussing business and debts to be collected
Date 14 June 1759
Author Willing, Thomas (1731-1821)  
Recipient Greenough, Thomas  
Document Type Correspondence; Business and financial document
Content Description Discusses collecting debts from Mr. Elwers, and remarks that Elwers broke up his business 18 months ago so he fears they will not be able to get him to pay. Encloses Willing's account balance (not present) and explains it.
Subjects Finance  
People Willing, Thomas (1731-1821)  Greenough, Thomas (fl. 1759)  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme Banking & Economics; Industry
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Willing was Robert Morris's business partner in Willing, Morris & Company, one of the leading mercantile firms in Philadelphia. He was also a member of the Continental Congress 1775-1776, where he voted against the Declaration of Independence.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859