Masters-Taylor-Wilbur papers 1796-1857 Masters-Taylor-Wilbur papers

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Masters-Taylor-Wilbur papers 1796-1857 Masters-Taylor-Wilbur papers

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The Masters-Taylor-Wilbur papers are the personal and business letters of an extended family in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C. Of special interest are a group of letters between former slave Matthew Matthews and Mary F. Spence (the owner of his six children), and between Francis Markoe, Jr., and Jeremiah Wilbur, who helped Matthews purchase his children's freedom.

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William L. Clements Library

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Wilbur family

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Thomas Masters (1781-1844) was born in London, England, to Thomas Masters, Sr., and Sarah Rowley. He married Isabella Caldwell (1783-1841) of Philadelphia on June 3, 1807. They had eight children, including Martha Caldwell Masters, who married Henry W. Taylor, and Sarah Rowley Masters, who married Jeremiah Wilbur. Thomas Masters worked in the mercantile business for thirteen years before collaborating with his brother-in-law Francis Markoe, Sr., in 1810 to form the firm of Markoe &a...

Masters, Mary Isabella, 1814-1825.

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Wilbur, Backus, 1788-1818.

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Wilbur, Sarah Masters, 1809-1879.

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Taylor family

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Thomas Masters (1781-1844) was born in London, England, to Thomas Masters, Sr., and Sarah Rowley. He married Isabella Caldwell (1783-1841) of Philadelphia on June 3, 1807. They had eight children, including Martha Caldwell Masters, who married Henry W. Taylor, and Sarah Rowley Masters, who married Jeremiah Wilbur. Thomas Masters worked in the mercantile business for thirteen years before collaborating with his brother-in-law Francis Markoe, Sr., in 1810 to form the firm of Markoe &a...

Markoe, Francis, Jr., 1801-1872

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Masters, Anna, b. 1824.

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Taylor, Henry Wyllys, 1796-1888.

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Masters, Samuel Caldwell, 1814-1838.

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Taylor, Martha Masters, 1808-1884.

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Masters family

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Thomas Masters (1781-1844) was born in London, England, to Thomas Masters, Sr., and Sarah Rowley. He married Isabella Caldwell (1783-1841) of Philadelphia on June 3, 1807. They had eight children, including Martha Caldwell Masters, who married Henry W. Taylor, and Sarah Rowley Masters, who married Jeremiah Wilbur. Thomas Masters worked in the mercantile business for thirteen years before collaborating with his brother-in-law Francis Markoe, Sr., in 1810 to form the firm of Markoe &a...

Masters, Sarah, 1809-1879.

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Masters, Thomas, 1781-1844.

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Matthews, Matthew, 1786-1854.

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Lambdin, Sarah, 1824-1867.

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Masters, Isabella, 1783-1841.

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Markoe, Francis, 1774-1848.

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Masters, Francis R., 1819-1874.

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