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Smith, James, 1719-1806. LS, 1775 Oct. 4, York, Pa., to Benjamin Franklin, Owen Biddle, and the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety, Philadelphia.

Title: LS, 1775 Oct. 4, York, Pa., to Benjamin Franklin, Owen Biddle, and the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety, Philadelphia.

Concerns an order for ammunition and a list of officers to be commissioned.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 23 cm.

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James Chambers letter to Owen Biddle, 1777

Title: James Chambers letter to Owen Biddle 1777

James Chambers of the 1st Pennsylvanian Regiment. Printed in Pennsylvania Archives, Volume 5, page 364.

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

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Haines & Twells, account book, 1767-1770, 1767-1770

Title: Haines & Twells, account book, 1767-1770 1767-1770

In addition to the College of Philadelphia, the city prison, and uncounted widows, the firm's customers included many prominent Philadelphians. Contains account B. Franklin [p. 122], et al.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Volume(s), 1 volume, 410 p.

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Clark family. Papers, 1776-1931 (bulk 1785-1895).

Title: Papers, 1776-1931 (bulk 1785-1895).

Papers of various Clark family members.

ArchivalResource: 118 items (7 folders).

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Ewer, John, fl. 1772-1776. Papers, 1772-1776.

Title: Papers, 1772-1776.

Consists of letters, invoices and accounts of John Ewer, London, addressed to Owen Biddle, a Quaker merchant of Philadelphia. Ewer was supplying Biddle with various kinds of textiles. Earlier letters and accompanying invoices deal exclusively with business matters and include information on printed fabric patterns and colors. Later letters (1774-1776) comment on the deteriorating relationship between the Colonies and Great Britain and the resulting adverse effect on trade. Includes duplicate copies of letters sent by Ewer by way of different ships.

ArchivalResource: 27 items (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26282751 View

Jacobs papers, 1681-1838.

Title: Jacobs papers, 1681-1838.

The papers of John Jacobs, member of Assembly for Chester County; Joseph Jacobs, saddler; Israel Jacobs, weaver, member of Congress, 1791; Isaac Jacobs, mayor of Philadelphia, 1767-1768; Benjamin Jacobs, surveyor, appointed by the Continental Congress to sign and number bills of credit, 1776. Among the papers are patents of land granted to early pioneers, one issued to Clement Dungan, Bucks County, 1684, signed by William Penn; another to Joseph Tanner, 1681, signed by William Parr; and a map of land on Delaware Bay, N.J., laid out and surveyed by John Woolidge and John Budd, 1691, containing a list of names of settlers. There are also records of the names of the first purchasers of land within the extended boundaries of Bedford, Sussex, Cumberland, Northumberland, Westmoreland, Philadelphia, and Bucks counties, on the Allegheny and Susquehanna rivers, on the Perkiomen, Yellow and Briar creeks, and other localities, 1729-1770, and an agreement pertaining to purchase of land in Nova Scotia, 1766. There are letters and documents of William Maclay, David Rittenhouse, Michael Hillegas, Edward Shippen, H. Vanderslice, John Robinson, Robert H. Morris, James Hamilton, Thomas Lawrence, Owen Biddle, Jacob Duché, Robert Bass, Nicholas Scull, John Lukens, Joseph Hilbon, treasurer of Pennsylvania Hospital, and many others, 1744-1769. Commerce and prices of commodities are shown in Joseph Jacobs ledger, 1760-1765; Joseph Jacobs and Samuel Wallis ledger, 1762-1766; Israel Jacobs ledger, 1776-1810; John Jacobs ledger, 1784-1818; Benjamin Jacobs ledger, 1765-1775; Juanita Iron Company stock books, 1766; bills of exchange, bills of lading, bonds, receipts, accounts. A large portion of the papers pertain to incidents during the period of the Revolution: Sargent Chambers, London merchant, letter, 1766, gives an account of Benjamin Franklin's efforts before Parliament for repeal of the Stamp Act; other letters are from John Galloway, R. Strettel Jones, Francis Johnston, commissioner to negotiate with the Indians, Benjamin Lightfoot, mobbed as a Tory, Jacob Richardson, who conducted the British army into Philadelphia, and others.

ArchivalResource: 500 items in 3 v. ; 44 cm.

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Owen Biddle letters, 1779-1780

Title: Owen Biddle letters 1779-1780

Owen Biddle was a clockmaker, merchant, delegate to Provincial Congress, and a Quaker. Three letters from Biddle documenting his dealings with the Continental Army, as well as with the Philadelphia Committee of Accounts and Commission of Purchases.

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

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Biddle, Owen. Municipal liability for torts committed in public parks and playgrounds in Pennsylvania.

Title: Municipal liability for torts committed in public parks and playgrounds in Pennsylvania. [S.d.]

ArchivalResource: 9 p. ; 29 cm.

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Ewer, John, fl. 1775. Letters. 18th Oct[obe]r 1775 and Nov[embe]r 22, 1775, London [Eng.], to Owen Biddle.

Title: Letters. 18th Oct[obe]r 1775 and Nov[embe]r 22, 1775, London [Eng.], to Owen Biddle.

Concerns Biddle's shipping and exporting business; Ewer relays distress at the deteriorating relations between Great Britain and the colonies.

ArchivalResource: 2 items ; 32 x 20 cm.

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Biddle, Owen, 1737-1799. Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1765.

Title: Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1765.

Walnut tall case clock. The hood has a cove and ogee molded broken-scroll pediment, a central wooden urn-and-flame finial flanked by two identical finials on fluted block plinths, a molded arch above the door, turned colonettes at the four corners, and a glazed door with an astragal top. Waist with cove and ogee molding at the top, fluted quarter columns at the front corners, and a case door with an astragal top. Base with ogee molding at the top, fluted quarter columns at the front corners, and an applied scalloped base panel, supported on straight bracket feet. Brass dial with applied chapter ring, roman hour numerals and arabic minute numerals, applied cast ornament in the spandrels and lunette, and arch inscribed "The man is yet unborn who duly weighs every hour" above applied name boss engraved "Owen Biddle Philadelphia" in the lunette. Inside the chapter ring there is an applied seconds dial. Eight day movement.

ArchivalResource: H: 100.5"

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Biddle, Owen, 1737-1799. Biddle Family Papers, 1793-1951.

Title: Biddle Family Papers, 1793-1951.

Owen Biddle, scientist and merchant, served as Deputy Forage Master General during the Revolution. He became a member of the Free Quakers, but in 1783 was reinstated in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting and helped in the establishment of Westtown School (1799). Clement Biddle (1778-1856) was a sugar refiner in Philadelphia who was active in Quaker philanthropic work. Clement M. Biddle (1838-1902), grandson of Clement Biddle, worked in the family hardware firm until 1873 when he became involved with the Centennial Exposition of 1876. He had a special interest in Quaker education, serving on the Swarthmore College Board of Managers from 1874-1894 and participating in the Committee on Education of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite). Clement Miller Biddle (1876-1959) was active in civic and philanthropic affairs in New York; Biddle was president of Biddle Manufacturing Company and served on the Board of Managers of Swarthmore College from 1927-1950. Lucy Biddle Lewis (1861-1941) was the oldest child of Clement M. Biddle (1838-1902). She was active in Quaker postwar relief work and the peace movement, serving on the American Friends Service Committee, as National Chairman of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and from 1908-1941, on the Board of Managers of Swarthmore College.

ArchivalResource: 8 boxes ; 4 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50420103 View

Haines & Twells. Account book, 1767-1770.

Title: Account book, 1767-1770.

In addition to the College of Philadelphia, the city prison, and uncounted widows, the firm's customers included many prominent Philadelphians.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (410 p.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122584216 View

Provincial delegates letters, 1754-1829.

Title: Provincial delegates letters, 1754-1829.

Letters of men who served as provincial delegates: Benjamin Franklin, written in London, 1762-1776; John Dickinson, 1754-1774; Anthony Wayne, 1776-1796; Thomas Fitzsimmons, 1776-1783; James Irvine, 1760; John Cadwalader; Thomas McKean; Jacob Morgan; Robert Morris; Jacob Rush; Charles Thompson; Thomas Wharton; David Rittenhouse; Owen Biddle; P. Muhlenberg; Thomas Willing; Samuel Hunter; and others.

ArchivalResource: ca. 600 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122616571 View

Biddle, Owen. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1959.

Title: Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1959.

Letters concern family memorabilia and materials relating to Fenollosa.

ArchivalResource: 3 items (6 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/175234502 View