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Wurts family. Papers, 1796-1884 (inclusive), 1824-1884 (bulk).

Title: Papers, 1796-1884 (inclusive), 1824-1884 (bulk).

More than half of these papers of the Wurts and related Philadelphia families consist of the business papers, 1824-1859, of four Wurts brothers: Charles Stewart, John, Maurice, and William. These papers consist of incoming correspondence, correspondence between the brothers, and a few receipts and other loose accounts relating to their involvement in the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, the dry goods firm of Wurts, Musgrove, & Wurts, and land speculation and related activities, especially speculation in anthracites coal lands in northern Pennsylvania. Other Wurts family papers include: correspondence and loose accounts, 1838-1884, relating to family lands in Missouri; Dr. Charles Stewart Wurts [II] receipted personal and houshold bills, 1869-1900; miscellaneous deeds; genealogical notes; and miscellanea. Related family papers include: Charles J. Wister poems, personal and business correspondence, 1796-1837; John Wister III, President and Treasurer of Duncannon Iron Company, outgoing family letters, 1846-1900; miscellaneous Wister family papers, including recipe books; and Ravenel family of Virginia correspondence, 1851-1857.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft.

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Jervis, John B. (John Bloomfield), 1795-1885. Papers, 1820-1884 [microform].

Title: Papers, 1820-1884 [microform].

The papers include family and business correspondence, maps, plans, engineering diagrams, reports on labor and construction costs and other materials bearing on Jervis' engineering commissions. The papers are an excellent source for the early evolution of railroad, canal and hydraulic technology in the United States and for the formative years of the American civil engineering profession.

ArchivalResource: 13 reels.

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Archbald, James, 1793-1870. James Archbald papers.

Title: James Archbald papers.

The James Archbald papers contain predominantly letters received by Archbald relating to his employment with the Delaware and Hudson Co. from 1826 through the early 1850s, the Pennsylvania Coal Company from the late 1840s to the early 1850s, the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad from 1852 through 1855, and in smaller quantity from the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad from 1822 through 1855, and personal financial documents and correspondence to and from family members.

ArchivalResource: 6 linear feet.

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Wurts, John S. (John Sparhawk), 1876-1958,. Wurts family papers, 1699-1964.

Title: Wurts family papers, 1699-1964.

The Wurts family papers are a collection assembled by John S. Wurts from various ancestors on both the male and female lines. They include family and business correspondence, diaries, estate papers, maps, engineering drawings, and financial papers such as bills and receipts, promissory notes, and accounts.

ArchivalResource: 9 linear ft.

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Wurts, Maurice, 1783-1855. Land records.

Title: Land records.

Copies of title papers and other records relating to the purchase of a half-interest in tracts of land in Western, Pa., once known as Holland Land Company lands by the Wurts brothers, Philadelphia merchants, subsequently assigned to John B. Wallace, also of Philadelphia.

ArchivalResource: [35] p. ; 30 cm.

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