Norris family. Papers, 1742-1860.
Title:
Papers, 1742-1860.
The papers of Isaac Norris (1671-1735), merchant, mayor of Philadelphia; Isaac Norris (1701-1766), merchant, alderman, speaker of the Assembly; Charles Norris (1712-1766), trustee of the General Loan Office of Pennsylvania. These papers include letterbooks of the two Isaac Norris', 1699-1766; account books, 1705-1761; the second Isaac Norris' account with the estate of Thomas Griffith, 1723-1766; Norris and Griffith papers, 1753; documents relating to real estate in Chester and Delaware counties, 1682-1762, in Philadelphia, Bucks, and Berks counties, 1685-1768, in Montgomery, Lancaster and Mifflin counties, 1728-1789; family accounts, 1740-1790, and 1748-1816; miscellaneous correspondence, 1740-1765; family letters and other papers, 1684-1814, including some of the papers of Thomas Lloyd, 1664-1698, among which are documents relating to the controversy between Lloyd and the Bishops of St. Asaph, 1681; a box of deeds and wedding certificates, 1687-1790; architect's plan for a house; and some correspondence dealing with the affairs of the Pennsylvania Fire Company, 1850-1860. Among the Norris miscellany are genealogical notes and extracts from the letterbooks of Isaac Norris on the Norris-Lloyd families; extracts from the letterbooks of Isaac Norris, 1699-1734; scrapbook containing letters from Thomas Lloyd, 1642-1779; extracts of letters from Thomas Penn to Richard Peters, 1752-1772; papers relating to the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1773-1812; approx. 50 pamphlets, 1746-1804; The Examiner, Student's Gazette, 1777-1778, Theatre Critic Universal, 1759; 3 almanacs: Bailey's, 1883, Poor Will's, 1834, Philadelphia, 1835; 12 school exercise books, 1774; some mathematics problems; a box of poetry, with notes, 1750-1835. Many of Charles Norris' papers preserved in this collection deal with the administration of the General Loan Office of Pennsylvania: list of subscribers to a loan, 1758; Edmund Wooley's account with the Province of Pennsylvania, 1750-1758; an undated alphabetical list of the mortgages in the General Loan Office; list of mortgages in Chester County, 1755; undated list of mortgages in Philadelphia; mortgage list for Bucks County, 1755-1756; list of payments due or discharged, 1753-1758; an account with the Province of Pennsylvania, 1742-1756; General Loan Office account books, 1750-1768; settlements of the General Loan Office, 1751-1765; General Loan Office accounts of quota and interest money, 1751-1766; General Loan Office entry books, 1753-1757; General Loan Office records of orders of commissioners, soldier's certificates, and account books, 1755-1760; warrants from the commissioners to Charles Norris to make payments to militia and the French who remained neutral, and to discharge bills of various sorts, 1755-1765; certificates, 1758-1760; Loan Office accounts of Indian charges, 1753-1764, and assemblymen's wages, 1750-1751; a box of pay vouchers issued by the commissioners of the General Loan Office, 1762. Also included are expense accounts of James Burd's road to the Ohio, and the road cutters' accounts, 1755; Charles Norris letterbook, 1733-1734; cashbook, 1748-1750; cashbooks and account books, 1733-1766, among which are the cashbooks of Joseph Sermon, 1751-1759, Hugh Robert, 1747-1755, and a cashbook for 1717; Norris' receipt book, 1758-1762; tax receipt book of C.S. Norris, 1744-1747; letterbook of William Griffith, 1748-1752; cashbook of Charles Norris, Jr., 1809-1812; bill of lading book, 1765; undated sheriff's subpoena book, notes of the House of Representatives, 1734-1735; minutes of the Pythonian Society, 1779; minutes of the Board of Education, 1845-1847.
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