Collection, 1750-1917 (inclusive), 1750, 1760-1870, 1917 (bulk).

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Collection, 1750-1917 (inclusive), 1750, 1760-1870, 1917 (bulk).

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Papers of Samuel Jones and three generations of his decendents. Samuel Jones, a minister of Pennypack Baptist Church, Philadelphia, from 1763 to 1814, is represented by incoming correspondence, sermons, personal and church records, and some miscellaneous legal items. There are papers, 1748-1812, of Alexander Edwards, Philadelphia storekeeper and active member of Jones' church, including incoming family correspondence, financial records, and miscellaneous legal papers. Jones' daughter, Sarah, married Robert Henderson, and then Theophilus Harris. Harris was a minister and justice of the peace for Philadelphia County, and some personal incoming correspondence, 1810-1845, court dockets, 1819-1833, daybook, 1822-1841, and miscellaneous legal items are found here. There is family correspondence, 1815-1861, of Samuel Jones Henderson, son of Sarah and Robert Henderson. Of special interest are Civil War letters between Laura Henderson Dade and her husband Frank Dade while he was serving as a Union Army physician stationed at Beaufort, S.C.

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Dade, Laura M. Henderson, 1837-1922

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Harris, Sarah, 1774-1856

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Edwards, Alexander, 1756-1800

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Henderson, Samuel Jones, 1802-1850

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Union soldier from New York. From the description of Diary, 1864. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154271284 From the description of Diary, 1864. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20748457 ...

McKesson, Irvin H., Mrs.

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Pennypack Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Harris, Theophilus, 1769-1841

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Clergyman and merchant. From the description of Papers of Theophilus Harris, circa 1793-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132377 ...

Dade, Frank T., 1836-1864.

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Jones, Samuel, 1735-1814

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Samuel Jones was a prominent member of the Philadelphia Association and was instrumental in the founding of Brown University. He was born in 1735 and educated at Hopewell Academy. He was the pastor of the Baptist church at Pennepek in Pennsylvania for fifty-one years and conducted an academy for the education of young men. He was a friend of President James Manning and on Manning's death was aked to be president of the College, but declined because of his advanced age. He died on February 7, 181...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...