Papers, 1784-1893.

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Papers, 1784-1893.

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David Townsend's incoming correspondence, 1812-1854, from William Dillingham, solicitor for the Bank of Chester County, and from others concerns the recharter of the bank and some political issues. Townsend's incoming correspondence, 1833-1893, concerns mostly family matters. Isaac Dutton Barnard incoming correspondence, 1820-1832, is mostly from his father-in-law Isaac Darlington. Barnard, a lawyer and officer in the War of 1812, became a U. S. Senator and served in various Chester County political and business offices. Darlington was serving as president judge of the Chester and Delaware Counties judicial district, and the letters report on Court cases, politics, and appointments.

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