Papers, 1796-1884 (inclusive), 1824-1884 (bulk).

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Wurts family. Papers, 1796-1884 (inclusive), 1824-1884 (bulk).

Papers, 1796-1884 (inclusive), 1824-1884 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122380236

More than half of these papers of the Wurts and related Philadelphia families consist of the business papers, 1824-1859, of four Wurts brothers: Charles Stewart, John, Maurice, and William. These papers consist of incoming correspondence, correspondence between the brothers, and a few receipts and other loose accounts relating to their involvement in the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, the dry goods firm of Wurts, Musgrove, & Wurts, and land speculation and related activities, especially speculation in anthracites coal lands in northern Pennsylvania. Other Wurts family papers include: correspondence and loose accounts, 1838-1884, relating to family lands in Missouri; Dr. Charles Stewart Wurts [II] receipted personal and houshold bills, 1869-1900; miscellaneous deeds; genealogical notes; and miscellanea. Related family papers include: Charles J. Wister poems, personal and business correspondence, 1796-1837; John Wister III, President and Treasurer of Duncannon Iron Company, outgoing family letters, 1846-1900; miscellaneous Wister family papers, including recipe books; and Ravenel family of Virginia correspondence, 1851-1857.

3 linear ft.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania