Collection, 1788-1920.

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Collection, 1788-1920.

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This collection is a miscellany of land papers, real estate account books, estate papers, and legal correspondence; presumably accumulated by Edward Smith Kelly, a Philadelphia lawyer, during the course of his practice. Of special note are minute books of the Social Purity Alliance, 1886-1905, and several folders of Social Purity Alliance correspondence and newspaper clippings, 1898-1907. The collection also contains a Galilean Society minute book, 1815-1819. A small portion of the collection houses papers related to the career of Oswald Thompson, Philadelphia lawyer, judge and trustee of the University of Pennsylvania. The Thompson material includes a docket book, 1832-1851, letterpress books, 1839-1853, a minute book of the Committee on the Department of Law at the University of Pennsylvania, 1857, with letters, 1859-1861, and estate papers. There are also letters from Andrew Gregg Curtin, Pennsylvania politician and Governor, to the merchant firm of Hart, Cummings, and Hart, 1850-1861, concerning collection of debt claims.

4 linear ft.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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SNAC Resource ID: 6686580

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Galilean Society (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Kelly, Edward Smith, -1915

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Arch Street Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Curtin, Andrew Gregg, 1817-1894.

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Governor of Pennsylvania. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Attorney General Hoar, 1869 May 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270527031 Andrew Gregg Curtin was the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania during the Civil War. From the description of A.G. Curtin letter to James T. Hale, 1855 March 29. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49839092 ...

Social Purity Alliance (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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University of Pennsylvania.

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In 1919 Edward Bushnell was appointed publicity agent for the University of Pennsylvania. His appointment began a long and expanding effort at public relations at the University. In 1954 the Department of Public Relations expanded its work to include two new units, Motion Picture Services and the Office of Radio and Television. These two offices operated until 1975 when they were phased out of a stream-lined department. From the description of University Film Collection, 1915-1989. (...

Thompson, Oswald, 1809-1866

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