Shippen, Edward, 1639-1712

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Edward Shippen (b. Boston, Massachusetts, July 9, 1703; d. Lancaster, Pennsylvania, September 25, 1781) was a wealthy merchant and government official in colonial Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In early life he laid out and founded the town of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. In 1746 to 1748, he was one of the founders of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), of which he was a member of the first board of trustees, from which he resigned in 1767. He was also a subscriber to the Philadelphia Academy (now the University of Pennsylvania) and a founder of the Pennsylvania Hospital and the American Philosophical Society.

From the guide to the Order for shoes, 1767 September 7, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)
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referencedIn Logan, James, 1674-1751. At a council held at Edward [unreadable] 1712 May 19. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Deed : Edward Shippen and wife to John C. Yeager for a yearly ground rent of L11.5, issuing out of lot on east side Third St. between Race and Vine Streets, October 17, 1856. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
referencedIn Shippen family. Papers 1757-1961, bulk 1760-1800. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Penn, William, 1644-1718. Deed, 1705 May 6, Philadelphia, Pa. Rosenbach Museum & Library
creatorOf Shippen, Edward. Order for shoes : Philadelphia, to J. Didsbury, London, 1767 September 7. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
creatorOf D'Albenstein, Egbert de Stein, Baroness. Fly not yet, ye jovial souls : musical score, to Edward Shippen, Philadelphia, Pa., undated. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
referencedIn Timothy Horsfield Papers, 1684, 1733-1771 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800) New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1661-1723. Lord Cornbury collection, 1697-1709. Churchill County Museum
referencedIn Fitch, Thomas, 1669-1737. Letterbook, 1702/03-1711. Gadsden Public Library
referencedIn Shippen family papers [microform]. Lancaster County Historical Society
referencedIn Burd-Shippen Papers, 1708-1792 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Horsfield, Timothy, 1708-1773. Papers, 1733-1771. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Harris, John, 1673-1748. Collection, 1687-1915. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
creatorOf Order for shoes, 1767 September 7 Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
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associatedWith Burd, James, 1726-1793 person
associatedWith Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1661-1723. person
associatedWith D'Albenstein, Egbert de Stein, Baroness. person
associatedWith Didsbury, J. person
associatedWith Didsbury, J. person
associatedWith Emmet, Thomas Addis person
associatedWith Fitch, Thomas, 1669-1737. person
associatedWith Harris, John. person
associatedWith Horsfield, Timothy, 1708-1773. person
associatedWith J. Didsbury (Firm) corporateBody
associatedWith J. Didsbury (Firm) corporateBody
associatedWith Logan, James, 1674-1751. person
associatedWith Penn, William, 1644-1718. person
associatedWith Shippen family. family
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Death 1712

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