Call Number:

SC.194

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 folder.))

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Cite as: [indicate the cited item or series here] George Newbold Correspondence, SC/194, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Date:

1804-1850 (inclusive)

Creator:

Newbold, George, d. 1858

Abstract:

Contains business and family correspondence received by George Newbold.

George Newbold (1780-1858) was a successful merchant in New York City. The son of Clayton and Mary Foster of Upper Springfield Monthly Meeting, New Jersey, he moved to New York City in 1797 as an apprentice to Thomas Franklin. He served as president of the Bank of North America and as a governor and president of the New York Hospital Society. A member of New York Monthly Meeting, he was disowned from the Orthodox branch in 1830 for marrying his second wife contrary to discipline.

Arranged chronologically.