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Sources for Philadelphia History Project

 * Manuel Eyre mentioned with Thomas Cadwalader in the personal correspondences of James Monroe:


 * Benjamin Eyre paid 53,561 pounds to build the frigrate "General Greene" for the Continental Congress during the Revolution:


 * Eyre and Massey as one of the world's largest shipping companies, 1803-1845 (the time at which Manuel Eyre, Jr. died):


 * Eyre and Massey was importing sugar from the East Indies in 1826, and a dispute over duties led representatives of the firm to appear before Congress's House Commerce Committee, with the Secretary of the Treasury himself eventually becoming involved:


 * List of cities with which Eyre and Massey traded:


 * Grant by Eyre and Massey for $100.00 in 1843 to the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind:


 * Mentioned in the papers of Henry Clay:


 * Manuel Eyre mentioned in the papers of the Lewis and Clark expedition (I have no idea why):


 * In 1759, when he was only twenty-one years old, Jehu Eyre was commissioned by the King's army to build boats for the navigation of the Ohio River.


 * Information on George Eyre and his ancestors, including connections to the Chamberlains and Plantagenets, among others:


 * Manuel Eyre was a member of the Pennsylvania Committees of Correspondence: This also includes detailed accounts of the actions of Gervaise Eyre and the other Eyres during the colonial and Revolutionary eras. This confirms George's descent from Gervaise; George's parentage of Jehu, Sr.; Jehu, Sr.'s parentage of Jehu, Jr.; and Jehu Jr.'s parentage of Anne (alternately known as Anna Marie, Anne Marie, Ann, or some variant therein).


 * Anna Marie Eyre married Amos Heller:


 * Eyre family's contributions to Philadelphia during the Revolution and early Republic:


 * Details of Eyres' shipping exploits during the Revolution:


 * Detailed Revolutionary material:


 * Anne Eyre had a son named Franklin, who was approximately 16 years old in 1870, placing his date of birth somewhere near 1854:


 * Franklin Eyre was married to Gertrude:


 * Leroy was Franklin and Gertrude's son:


 * Gervase Eyre sold Hope Estate to raise money for Charles I:


 * Gervase Eyre was the great-grandfather to George Eyre:


 * Details of Manuel Eyre, Jr.'s influence in politics:


 * George Eyre married Mary Smith, daughter of the Hon. Samuel Smith of Burlington, New Jersey, in 1729; the Eyres also had indentured servants and/or slaves (unclear):


 * Joseph Wright, artist who painted Benjamin Franklin, under guardianship of Manuel Eyre, Sr.:


 * Manuel Eyre, Jr. was an ally of John Sergeant:


 * Vanderslice family in America (has reference to Leroy and his marriage to Ella Madsen:


 * Jehu Eyre provided loans to the Continental Congress:


 * Eyres' relationship with Wright family:


 * Extensive detail of Eyres' 19th-century Philadelphia activity, including real estate ventures: