Guide to the Estate of John White head Checks 1864-1871 MG 1614
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 52 Park Place Newark, New Jersey 07102 Contact: NJHS Library Phone: (973) 596-8500 x249 Email: library@jerseyhistory.org URL: https://www.jerseyhistory.org © 2004 All rights reserved. The New Jersey Historical Society, Publisher Inventory prepared by Daniel Fisher. Finding aid encoded by Julia Telonidis. December 2004. Production of the EAD 2002 version of this finding aid was made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Finding aid written in English. Biographical NoteJohn Whitehead, son of William Whitehead, cashier of Newark Banking and Insurance Company, entered the mercantile profession in New York. He later moved to Mobile, Alabama and was a resident of Key West from 1824-1832, when he moved to New Orleans. Returning to New York, John Whitehead held the vice-presidency of a leading insurance company. He died on August 29, 1864. His brother, William A. Whitehead, served as an executor of his will. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThis collection consists of checks dating from 1864-1871 drawn off the estate of John Whitehead held at the Phenix National Bank in New York City. During the course of the eight years in which checks were drawn, two men served as executors of the estate: H.P. Fessenden (1864-1867) and William A. Whitehead (1868-1871). Return to the Table of Contents ArrangementThis collection is arranged Return to the Table of Contents Return to the Table of Contents Related MaterialReturn to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationThis collection should be cited as: Manuscript Group 1614, Estate of John Whitehead, Checks, The New Jersey Historical Society. Acquisition InformationThe source of this collection is unknown. Return to the Table of Contents BibliographyJackson, Ronald Vern. New Jersey 1850 Census Index. Bountiful, UT: Accelerated Indexing Systems, Inc., 1976. Return to the Table of Contents Container List
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