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Mott, Sarah. Travel narrative and journal, 1803 Jul. 5-1804 Aug. 15.

Title: Travel narrative and journal, 1803 Jul. 5-1804 Aug. 15.

Combined travel narrative and journal "kept by Miss Sallie Mott for her cousin Mrs. Martha Lowrey." The text records a trip made from Philadelphia to Portugal (aboard the ship Richmond) and return, including an extended stay in Lisbon and a visit to Cintia. Mott was accompanied on the trip by a Dr. Thompson and Edward Tilghman of Philadelphia.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122662410 View

Marian S. Carson collection of manuscripts, 1656-1995

Title: Marian S. Carson collection of manuscripts, 1656-1995

Collector. A collection of Americana including historical letters and documents, family and personal papers, broadsides, financial and legal papers, illustrated and printed ephemera, government and legislative documents, military records, journals, and printed matter relating primarily to the expansion and development of the United States from the colonial period through the 1876 centennial.

ArchivalResource: 14,250 items

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003008 View

Tilghman, Edward, 1750-1815. Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Herman LeRoy, 1802 Nov. 29.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Herman LeRoy, 1802 Nov. 29.

Asking him to advance money to his son on his return from Europe.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270572603 View

Jasper Yeates Papers, Bulk, 1760-1816, 1738-1910

Title: Jasper Yeates Papers Bulk, 1760-1816 1738-1910

Jasper Yeates (1745-1817) was a lawyer and Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice, one of the state's most successful colonial-era legal practitioners. After moving to Lancaster County in 1765, he became active in colonial and early federal affairs, first by supporting the Revolutionary struggle and later by serving as one of Lancaster's delegates to the State Convention of 1787, which ratified the U.S. Constitution. The Jasper Yeates Papers (1728-1910, bulk 1760-1816) consist mainly of correspondence and business and court/legal records related to the Yeates family. The bulk of this three linear foot collection reflect Yeates’ personal life as husband, father, son, and friend, as well as his professional life as lawyer and judge in Pennsylvania; much of the material dated after Yeates’ death was created by children and/or grandchildren.

ArchivalResource: 3.0 Linear feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Ms.Coll.151-ead.xml View

Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844. Collection, 1781-1844

Title: Peter Stephen Du Ponceau Collection 1781-1844

A pioneer in ethnographic and linguistic studies of the American Indian and one of the most active members of the American Philosophical Society, Peter Stephen Du Ponceau helped to establish the American Philosophical Society's reputation as one of the world's foremost centers for the study of American Indians and their languages. The Peter Stephen Du Ponceau collection consists of correspondence on legal matters, Indian linguistics, silk culture, maritime law, the American Philosophical Society, and various publications of the early nineteenth century. The collection also includes several essays by Du Ponceau, most of which deal with maritime law.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.D92p-ead.xml View

Tilghman, Edward, 1750-1815. ALS : to Mr. Nicklin, 1798 Mar. 7.

Title: ALS : to Mr. Nicklin, 1798 Mar. 7.

Tilghman reminds Nicklin to hand over some property to underwriters the following morning.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86165790 View

Chew family. Chew Family papers, 1659-1986 (bulk 1740-1930).

Title: Chew Family papers, 1659-1986 (bulk 1740-1930).

The Chew Family Papers is a remarkable collection due to its range, depth, and scope. Nearly every major subject in early American history is touched upon in these papers; the date span of the collection allows for a study of the trajectory of American social, political, and economic development through the lens of one prominent family. This collection is the product of seven generations of the Chew family's professional and personal lives. Many of the papers were created during the late eighteenth through mid-nineteenth centuries, but they continued to be used over the course of the next one hundred years by the family as they settled estates, sold off land, and sought to settle debts. While the papers were an integral part of the management of the family's financial affairs, the Chews also prized the papers as part of their heritage. Around the time of the Centennial celebration in the United States, the Chews began to recognize the legacy of their family in the early history of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, and spent a great deal of time inventorying and describing the contents of the papers. The Chew family became archivists of their own records, maintaining the collection as a whole and retrieving portions of the papers that had been lost or sold during the nineteenth century. They stored some records in safe deposit boxes, and other portions of the collection were arranged methodically throughout Cliveden. They created extensive descriptions of where groups of materials were stored and arranged them by family member, an arrangement that has largely been maintained. Some of these inventories can be found within the collection; others are housed in the collection files, which may be accessed by asking an archivist for permission to view these files. The materials in this collection cover a wide range of topics, reflecting the Chew family's involvement in legal, business, political, private, and social spheres. This extensive collection documents the lives of the Maryland and Pennsylvania branches of the Chew family through seven generations. In addition to the collection's emphasis on the Chew family and their connections within Philadelphia's elite, the papers provide a perspective on the lives of many of the Chews'slaves and servants, and offer insights into family relationships, women's history, health, religion, legal history, the Revolutionary and Civil wars, politics, trade, land management and settlement, surveying, industrialization, and the growth and development of the city of Philadelphia. The focus of the collection revolves around Benjamin Chew, his son Benjamin Jr. and his offspring. Both father and son were influential lawyers, and together amassed large quantities of land in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey. Benjamin Chew Jr.'s land holdings and estate became a major point of contention within the family after his death in 1844. This dispute, which continued for over forty years, was devastating to the Chews'family relationships and fortune, and is a central focus of the collection. The collection is divided into twenty-nine series, with over half of these dedicated to individual family members or family groups. Other series document the family's land holdings, Cliveden, their home in Germantown; the family's genealogical research; and their substantial map collection. The materials range in date from the seventeenth through the twentieth century, but the richest documentation is on nineteenth century life in the mid-Atlantic region. The collection contains business and financial records, cartographic material, correspondence, ephemera, legal documents, personal papers, and other materials created and collected by the Chews during the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

ArchivalResource: 848 boxes, 311 flat files, 36 rolls, (288.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/435803841 View

North American Land Company. Papers of the North American Land Company [manuscript], 1794-1805.

Title: Papers of the North American Land Company [manuscript], 1794-1805.

The papers consist of business correspondence and documents of Sylvanus Bourne, consul general of the United States in Holland and an agent for Dutch investors in the company. The letters chiefly concern property in Washington City conveyed to Daniel Crommelin and Sons, Amsterdam, by Greenleaf, and efforts by the firm to secure the property after the company's bankruptcy. Of interest are letters of Morris re: the company's books and judgments against him. The British blockade of Dutch ports in 1799, slow tobacco sales in Holland, and honors paid by the Dutch to the memory of George Washington are also mentioned. Correspondents include Edward Tilghman, Tobias Lear, Thomas Browne, and the banking firm of Rocquette, Elzevier, and Beeldemaker, Rotterdam.

ArchivalResource: 27 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647813190 View

Tilghman family papers, 1730-1903, 1776-1810

Title: Tilghman family papers 1730-1903 1776-1810

The Tilghman family papers, spanning the years 1730-1903 (bulk dates 1776-1810), comprises .3 linear ft. (102 items) of legal documents, legal correspondence, receipts, and financial records from this Maryland Eastern Shore family.

ArchivalResource: .3 linearfeet; (102 items)

http://library.udel.edu/static/purl.php?mss0524 View

Southard Hay autograph collection, 1750-1885

Title: Southard Hay autograph collection 1750-1885

Correspondence, legal documents, financial papers and other items chiefly relating to the history of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Virginia. A large proportion of the papers concern the business affairs of Joseph Higbee of Trenton, Nathaniel Pendleton of New York, Thomas Woodruff and John Beatty, presidents of the Trenton Banking Company and Robert Morris of Philadelphia. Also in the papers are letters by several United States presidents, cabinet officers, Supreme Court justices and governors.

ArchivalResource: 0.75 linear foot

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0268 View

North American Land Company ledger, 1795-1805, 1795-1805

Title: North American Land Company ledger, 1795-1805 1795-1805

The North Amercian Land Company ledger contains accounts with prominent men of the time; in additon to the ledger are numerous deeds and other documents involving Robert Morris.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.973.N75-ead.xml View

Hay, Southard, 1875-1951,. Southard Hay autograph collection, 1750-1885 (inclusive).

Title: Southard Hay autograph collection, 1750-1885 (inclusive).

Correspondence, legal documents, financial papers and other items chiefly relating to the history of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Virginia. A large proportion of the papers concern the business affairs of Joseph Higbee of Trenton, Nathaniel Pendleton of New York, Thomas Woodruff and John Beatty, presidents of the Trenton Banking Company and Robert Morris of Philadelphia. Also in the papers are letters by several United States presidents, cabinet officers, Supreme Court justices and governors.

ArchivalResource: .75 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702204813 View

Chauncey family. Chauncey family papers, 1675-1928 (inclusive).

Title: Chauncey family papers, 1675-1928 (inclusive).

The papers consist of correspondence, account books, financial records, diaries, journals, and other papers relating to the personal lives and professional careers of the Chauncey family of Connecticut. Material relating to the American Revolution and the colonial period includes the correspondence, legal papers, and financial records of Charles Chauncey (1747-1823). The legal papers of Charles Chauncey (1777-1849) document his work in Philadelphia. The European travel diaries for Nathaniel Chauncey (1824-1826) and Durham, Connecticut town records relating to Worthington Gallup Chauncey's municipal duties are also included in the papers.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear ft. (19 boxes, 1 folio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702153373 View

New York State Library. Manuscripts and Special Collections Unit. Autographs of American authors and statesmen collection, ca.1770-1865.

Title: Autographs of American authors and statesmen collection, ca.1770-1865.

A large collection of manuscripts gathered by the State Library for their value as autographed documents. Included are letters, receipts, orders and other documents bearing the signature of the author or political figure who appears on the listing below.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122617512 View

Northamton County (Pa.) papers, ca. 1682-1887.

Title: Northamton County (Pa.) papers, ca. 1682-1887.

The collection deals with the founding and early settlement of Northampton County. It reflects the character and nationality of the settlers, religion, commercial and land enterprises, Indian warfare, and includes letters and documents of men who were prominent in the economic development of the country. There are: land warrants, 1734-1887; surveys, 1705-1886; deeds, 1689-1867; correspondence, 1743-1804; field notes of surveys, 1768-1865; minutes of the Board of Property, 1776-1779; wills, administration accounts, 1682-1860; accounts, 1775-1855; bonds and agreements, 1742-1880; pleas and prosecutions, 1753-1848; tax list, 1816; and miscellaneous papers relating to land transactions, municipal, legal, political and domestic affairs, 1706-1880. The collection contains: commissioners minutes and accounts, 1755-1782; provincial tax assessments, 1767-1782; Northampton County assessments, 1768-1793; tax rates, 1762-1789; funding tax, 1789; state tax, 1782; supplementary tax, 1781; county treasurer's accounts, 1754-1770; miscellaneous assessments, 1808-1815; indentures, land warrants, petitions for roads, taverns, creation of new townships, oaths of allegiance, indictments, criminal proceedings, details of Indian warfare, military defenses, requests for provisions, arms, ammunition for forts and garrisons, letters relating to the Moravians in Bethlehem, the Nazareth community, etc., 1727-1858. Among the letters are those of: Edward Biddle, William Bradford, Henry Engel, James Hamilton, Timothy Horsfield, Robert Levers, Thomas Mifflin, Thomas McKean, Jacob Orndt, William Parsons, Richard Peters, Nicholas Scull, Jonathan Sergeant, William Shippen, Bishop Spangenberg, Daniel Stroud, Edward Tilghman, Conrad Weiser, and others. Included in the collection are: provincial tax receipts, 1776; duplicates for county tax, 1770; tax and assessment book, 1779; county tax, 1786; duplicates of provincial tax, 1789; duplicates of county tax, 1766, 1788; letters and documents relating to the Revolutionary War, transportation, litigations, commerce, politics, grand jury, indictments, marriage contracts, domestic affairs, etc., 1749-1783; surveys, surveyors' returns to the general office, 1776-1865; tax lists, papers relating to the Continental Army, Connecticut claimants, muster rolls, bonds, legal instruments, list of constables, 1765-1859; Bethlehem materials, letters relating to the number of people killed by the Indians, 1755-1757, Indian accounts, Quakers and their conduct at Easton, Nazareth community affairs, drafts, bills of sale, etc., 1765-1859. Other papers are: surveys and deeds, 1689-1867; Bethlehem and vicinity papers, 1741-1886, containing letters and documents on the settling of Bethlehem and adjacent areas, surveys and drafts of lands, details of Indian warfare military protection, means of defense of Forts Norris, Allen and Hamilton; petitions for new roads and tavern licenses, constables' returns, records of prices of food; minutes of the Committee of Observation and Inspection of Northampton County, 1774-1777, with Major Robert Traill's report of the proceedings of the Committee of Safety, relating to the execution of measures adopted by the Continental Congress; manuscript histories of Northampton County, by Matthew S. Henry, 1851, with notes on development of townships, education, religion, witchcraft, trade, Revolutionary War, Indian affairs, court cases, names of taxables, assembly proceedings.

ArchivalResource: 27 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122380282 View

Biddle, Thomas A. Business Records and correspondence, 1771-1837.

Title: Business Records and correspondence, 1771-1837.

A collection of business records and letter books of prominent mercantile, shipping, and banking firms of Philadelphia. They contribute valuable information on economic trends during the Revolution and the early national period. The record books, 1771-1786, contain accounts of provisions, military stores, equipment, etc., supplied to the Revolutionary army; trade and shipping with England and other countries; privateering and distribution of prize money; goods imported and exported; current prices; financial and legal matters, etc. The record books, 1787-1837, reflect the growth and extension of local and foreign trade; the organization of financial institutions, banks and insurance companies; accounts of municipal enterprises, erection of bridges, gas and water works; transactions in stocks and bonds. Among the clients mentioned are Richard Bache, Horace Binney, Biddle and Wharton, John Cox, Manuel Eyre, John Keith, Edward Tilghman, John Sergeant, Taylor and Newbold, Robert Waln, Robert Willing, and others. The collection is comprised of: journals, 1781-1822; ledgers, 1785-1837; cashbooks, 1771-1817; daybooks, 1783-1814; blotters, 1799-1809; promissory notebook, 1798; debt book, 1785; ship book, 1784-1792; notary public registers, 1779-1786; stock book, 1817; checkbook, 1800-1801; letter books, 1783-1822; Upper Ferry Bridge Company, Philadelphia, minute book, 1811-34.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122380248 View

Morris family. Papers, 1684-1935.

Title: Papers, 1684-1935.

The papers were collected by William Henry Russell of Annapolis, Md., and are primarily from Samuel and Isaac W. Morris. However, there are scattered papers from other family members from the first Anthony Morris to John Thompson Morris (1847-1915), the founder of the Morris Arboretum in Germantown. There are also papers from members of the Wistar, Paschall, and Mifflin families allied by marriage.

ArchivalResource: 10.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122370785 View

Tilghman, Edward, 1750-1815. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1791-1798.

Title: Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1791-1798.

Consists of a letter dated 4 October 1791 to Gen. William Irvine, and a document dated 13 February 1798 concerning the conveyance of property.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (2 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191048929 View