Papers, 1684-1935.

Peters, Richard, 1744-1828

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Richard Peters (June 22, 1744 – August 22, 1828) was a Pennsylvania lawyer, Continental Army soldier, Federalist politician, author and United States District Judge. Before his federal judicial service in the United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania, Peters served as secretary of the Continental Board of War, delegate to the Congress of the Confederation and as member and speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and later the Pennsylvania State Senate. Born at...

Shippen, William, Jr., 1736-1808

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William Shippen Jr. (October 21, 1736 – July 11, 1808), was the first systematic teacher of anatomy, surgery and obstetrics in Colonial America and founded the first maternity hospital in America. He was the 3rd Director General of Hospitals of the Continental Army. Born in Philadelphia, he studied at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), graduating in 1754. He studied medicine first with his father, then went to England and Scotland and in 1761 earned his medical degree at th...

Westtown Boarding School

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Morris, Benjamin Wistar, 1762-1825

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Wistar, Caspar, 1696-1752

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Caspar Wistar was a Philadelphia merchant. From the description of Receipt book, 1747-1786. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122524091 Caspar Wüster was born in Hilsbach, near Heidelberg, Germany, on February 3, 1696, and died in Philadelphia on March 21, 1752. The Anglicized form "Wistar" was recorded on his naturalization papers and adopted by his descendants. Wistar arrived in Philadelphia on September 16, 1717, and eventually became a successful...

Morris, Anthony, 1766-1860

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Lawyer and merchant of Philadelphia. Morris was prominent in the East India trade. In 1793-94 he was speaker of the Pennsylania Senate. From 1800 to 1806 he was a director of the Bank of North America, and from 1806 to 1817 a trustee of the University of Pennsylania. From the description of Letterbook, 1800-1808. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 123466577 Lawyer and merchant, of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Papers, 1698-1905. (Bucks...

Morris, Anthony, 1654-1721

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Ralston, Robert, 1761-1836

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Cedar Grove (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Morris, Luke Wistar, 1768-1830

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Luke W. Morris was treasurer of a committee for the relief of poor and orphans in Philadelphia. From the description of Receipt book, 1799. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122465365 ...

Paschall, Elizabeth Coates

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Morris, Paschall, 1813-1875

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Morris, Anthony, 1681-1763

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Morris, Isaac Paschall, 1803-1869

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Francis Perot's Sons Malting Company.

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Paschall, Joseph, 1740-1795

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Pennsylvania. Militia. Troop of Philadelphia Horse, 2nd

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Morris, Anthony, 1705-1780

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Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809

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Henry Drinker, a prominent Quaker merchant in Philadelphia, was the son of Henry and Mary Gottier Drinker. He married Ann Swett in 1754 and then, after her death, married Elizabeth Sandwith in 1761. Drinker is perhaps best known for his exile with other Quaker pacifists to Winchester, Virginia, during 1777-1778. He was a Clerk of the Meeting for Sufferings, Treasurer of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and an Elder. From the description of Correspondence, 1791-1801. (Swarthmore College)....

Morris, Benjamin, 1725-1755

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Morris, Samuel, 1711-1782

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Morris, John Thompson, 1847-1915

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John T. Morris was a member of the class of 1867 of Haverford College, though he entered in 1863 and left at the close of his sophomore year. He held various positions, including as president of I.P. Morris Co. He donated the infirmary to Haverford College, which was named the Morris Infirmary. From the description of ALsS, 1911, Philadelphia, PA [manuscript] / John T. Morris. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 427641101 ...

Morris, Joseph Paschall, 1809-1892

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Franklin, John, 1732-1801

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Miercken, Henry, -1808

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Fothergill, John, 1712-1780

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John Fothergill was an English Quaker physician and naturalist, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1770. From the description of Letters, 1737-1750, to Charles Alston. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 86165478 Physician Joseph Carson taught medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The College of Philadelphia's Medical School, founded in 1765, became known as the University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Medicine In 1779. ...

Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818

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Caspar Wistar taught chemistry at the College of Philadelphia from 1789 to 1792. This College, with the University of the State of Pennsylvania, would become the University of Pennsylvania in 1791. From the description of Lectures : on chemistry, 1790. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122621060 Philadelphia physician. From the description of ALS : to an unidentified correspondent, 1817 July 14. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat r...

Kimber, Conrad & Company.

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Morris, Luke, 1707-1793

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Forbes & Morris.

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Morris, Lydia Thompson, 1849-1932

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"The Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania began in 1887 as 'Compton,' the summer home of Quaker siblings John and Lydia Morris. [Eventually, with the purchase of Bloomfield Farm in 1913, the property encompassed more than 166 acres.] The I.P. Morris Company, an iron-manufacturing firm founded by their father and later run by John Morris, was a source of family wealth. "The land the Morrises purchased in Chestnut Hill was barren, with poor soil that drained ...

Morris, William Hudson, 1753-1807

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Morris, Caspar Wistar, 1764-1828

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Binney, Horace, 1780-1875

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Lawyer and U.S. representative from Pennyslvania. From the description of Horace Binney correspondence, 1812-1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450670 American lawyer and legal writer. From the description of Horace Binney letters, 1828-1844. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936624 Horace Binney was a prominent Philadelphia lawyer, elected to Congress in 1833. From the description of Letters to Rev. William Henry Furnes...

Morris, Israel, 1741-1806

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Mifflin, Jonathan, 1704-1781

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Morris, Isaac Wistar, 1770-1831

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Morris & Miercken.

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Wistar family

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I.P. Morris Company

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Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955

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Museum director, architect. Educated at Harvard (M.Arch. 1912) and University of Michigan (Ph.D. 1915). Founder and director of the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University (1923-1925). Director of Philadelphia Museum of Art (1925-1955). From the description of Papers of Sidney Fiske Kimball, 1918-1952 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 269301918 Sydney Fiske Kimball, b. Newton, Mass. Architect, architectural historian, professor of architecture and ...

Morris, Anthony P. (Anthony Paschall), 1798-1873

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Morris, Thomas, 1745-1809

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Thomas Morris was a brewer and civic leader of Philadelphia. For further information see the entry for Morris family papers. From the description of Thomas Morris diaries and miscellany, 1772-1808. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 741939106 From the description of Thomas Morris diaries and miscellany, 1772-1808. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 680525629 ...

Ingersoll, Charles Jared, 1782-1862

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U.S. representative from Pennsylvania and author. From the description of Papers of Charles Jared Ingersoll, 1826-1849. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451119 Epithet: American author; brother of Joseph Reed Ingersoll British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x00038e American lawyer, author, congressman. From the description of Letter to Dolley Madisonl [manuscript], 1836 Septemb...

Morris, Samuel, 1734-1812

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Durham Iron Works (Durham, Pa.)

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Morris, Catherine Wistar, 1772-1859

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Batsto Furnace (Batsto, N.J.)

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Morris family.

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The Morris family of Philadelphia were brewers, merchants, land speculators, manufacturers, and prominent participants in public affairs. Anthony Morris was born in London in 1654. His father died on a voyage to Barbados about a year after his birth. His mother then went to Barbados to settle his affairs, where she too died, leaving Anthony an orphan in London. Anthony Morris became a Quaker and emigrated to Burlington, N.J., in 1682, relocating to Philadelphia about thr...

Chew, Benjamin, 1722-1810

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Chief Justice Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) was the only surviving son of Dr. Samuel Chew and his first wife, Mary Galloway. Born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, he would eventually serve as recorder of Philadelphia, attorney general, recorder-general, and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania under the colonial government. After the Revolution, he was selected as the president of the High Court of Errors and Appeals. His 1747 marriage to Mary Galloway (1729-1755), produced four survi...

United States. Continental Army

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In response to the expansion of the Continental Army the number of staff was increased and reorganized in 1776. Changes included the creation of a new unit to supplement George Washington's personal staff. This special unit, the Commander in Chief's Guard, was formed on March 12, 1776 with Captain Caleb Gibbs (formerly adjutant of the 14th Continental Regiment and appointed Aid to Major General Greene) as commander. The unit protected Washington, the army's cash, and official papers. ...

Potts, Jonathan, 1745-1781

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Philadelphia physician serving as Deputy Surgeon General of the Northern Dept., U.S. Army, at Ticonderoga. From the description of Papers, 1776-1777. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155466723 Dr. Jonathan Potts was appointed surgeon to the Continental Army during the Revolution, serving in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York; he also served as purveyor general to the Middle Department of the Army. Samuel Morris was a merchant who served as captain of the Philadelphia Troop...

Morris, Sarah Paschall, 1815-1905

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Drinker, Henry, 1757-1822

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Tilghman, Edward, 1750-1815

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Philadelphia lawyer. From the description of ALS : to Mr. Nicklin, 1798 Mar. 7. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86165790 American lawyer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Herman LeRoy, 1802 Nov. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572603 ...