The Vanuxem family was a prominent Pennsylvania family of French origin. James Vanuxem (or Jacques Van Uxem, 1746-1824) immigrated from France in 1760 and became a wealthy merchant in Philadelphia and Bristol. His son Lardner Vanuxem (1792-1848) was an eminent geologist. In 1779, Vanuxem married Rebecca Clark and they were the parents of fifteen children, only eight of whom survived childhood. Vanuxem died in 1824 at the age of 79. Of James and Rebecca Clark's children, only three appear with regularity within the collection: Lewis Clark Vanuxem, Lardner Vanuxem, and James Vanuxem, Jr. Lewis Clark Vanuxem (1788-1831) and his wife Esther Shoemaker Clark moved to Cuba in circa 1822 where they owned a plantation. During a business trip in 1831, Lewis Clark Vanuxem was presumably lost at sea. His wife remained in Cuba until her death, but four of her six children returned to the United States.; Seventh of nine boxes in the Vanuxem collection. This box comprises account books, ledgers, and letterbooks.; Finding aid for the collection: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/ead/upenn_rbml_PUSpMsColl57
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