Family papers, 1764-1893 (inclusive), 1828-1871 (bulk).

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Family papers, 1764-1893 (inclusive), 1828-1871 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122364983

Miscellaneous personal papers of three related Philadelphia families, including correspondence, legal records, photographs and miscellanea. Among the individuals represented are Francis West, merchant, and his wife Mary Nixon West; Francis West [II], physician; Emily Cox Hemsley, whose incoming family correspondence includes letters, 1861, from her husband Alexander Hemsley, inventor and manufacturer of photographic supplies, written while he served with the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry.

150 items.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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SNAC Resource ID: 6691364

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Hemsley, Emily Cox

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West, Mary Nixon

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Nixon, West, and Hemsley.

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West, Francis

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Francis and John West were Philadelphia dry-good merchants. From the description of Letterbook, 1788-1798. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122585154 ...

First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry.

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Hemsley, Alexander, Jr.

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