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Betts & Seal. Records, 1828-1867.

Title: Records, 1828-1867.

The records of Betts & Seal cover the operation of the foundry from 1828 to 1867. the result is a rare time-capsule look at the workings of a small but innovative foundry during the first phase of American industrialization.

ArchivalResource: 9.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122555158 View

Thomas Leiper and family business records, 1771-1947

Title: Thomas Leiper and family business records 1771-1947

Thomas Leiper (1745-1825) was introduced into the business of tobacco shortly after his arrival in Virginia in 1763. Within several years, he moved to Philadelphia where he opened a tobacco shop. During the Revolutionary War, Leiper became the principal tobacco provider in Philadelphia. In 1776, Leiper purchased land in Delaware County that included a mill at a waterfall on the Crum Creek. He established snuff mills and later purchased a stone quarry. The Thomas Leiper and family business records include correspondence, country estate records, and business and financial records of the family's paper, lumber and wood working businesses, quarry business, and tobacco business dating from 1771 to 1947.

ArchivalResource: 5.58 Linear feet; 47 volumes

http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/ead.html?id=PACSCL_LCP_LCPLeiper View

Smith, Persifor Frazer, 1808-1882. Letter : West Chester, Pa., to George G. Leiper, 1843 Sept. 8.

Title: Letter : West Chester, Pa., to George G. Leiper, 1843 Sept. 8.

ALS.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p. on 1 leaf) ; 25 x 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28895200 View

Robert M. (Robert Maskell) Patterson papers, 1775-1853, 1775-1853

Title: Robert M. (Robert Maskell) Patterson papers, 1775-1853 1775-1853

Robert Maskell Patterson (1787-1854, APS 1809) was a professor of chemistry and natural philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania (1812-1828) and professor of natural philosophy at the University of Virginia (1828-1835). He was director of the U.S. Mint from 1835 to 1851. His father, Robert Patterson, was a revolutionary soldier, professor of mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania (1779-1814), and director of the U.S. Mint (1805-1824).

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet; Ca. 450 items.

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.P274-ead.xml View

Kane Family Papers, 1745-1955

Title: Kane Family Papers 1745-1955

A collection of letters, legal papers and financial records of three generations of the prominent Philadelphia family. Spanning 1745-1955, detailed are the legal cases and political advocacy work of John Kintzing Kane (1795-1858), Robert Patterson Kane (1827-1906), and Francis Fisher Kane (1866-1955). Also includes correspondence, architectural drawings, and photograph albums of the Cope family. Robert Patterson Kane's daughter Eliza Middleton Kane (1863-1952) married the Philadelphia architect Walter Cope (1860-1902) in 1893. The APS papers of Elisha Kent Kane are in call no. B K132.

ArchivalResource: 56.0 lin. feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Ms.Coll.115-ead.xml View

Thomas, Mary. Letters concerning Dolley Madison [manuscript] 1809-12.

Title: Letters concerning Dolley Madison [manuscript] 1809-12.

1809 June 29, Mary Thomas to George Gray Leiper about Dolley Madison's levee, mentioning Eliza Snowden Thomas and John Chew Thomas;--1812 April 28, Anthony Morris to Rebecca Morris, his daughter, about visiting Mrs. Madison at "the palace," mentioning John Chew Thomas.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647949211 View

Leiper, George Gray, 1786-1868. Letters : from various correspondents, 1822-1867.

Title: Letters : from various correspondents, 1822-1867.

19 ALS and 4 DsS.

ArchivalResource: 23 items (together 33 p.) ; varying sizes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28885956 View

Leiper family. Papers of the Leiper and Patterson families [manuscript], 1809-1905.

Title: Papers of the Leiper and Patterson families [manuscript], 1809-1905.

The papers chiefly consist of correspondence by the following: George Gray Leiper, Thomas Leiper, Helen Leiper Patterson, Thomas Leiper Patterson, Eliza Snowden Thomas Leiper, and others. Topics include: the donation of Robert Maskell Patterson's portrait to the University of Virginia; a recommendation of a principal for the Allegany County, Md., Academy; and a visit to Monticello, Albemarle County, Va.

ArchivalResource: 32 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647841881 View