Collection, 1842-1914.

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Collection, 1842-1914.

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Professional and personal account books, financial memoranda, and other papers of three generations of the Brolasky family of Philadelphia make up the bulk of this collection. Simon Brolasky's records consist of receipt books, 1869-1880, for property and personal payments, and a personal expense book, Oct 1880-Jan 1881. The account books for Henry Connelly Brolasky as a dry-goods merchant are: journals, 1859-1862; ledger, 1859; bills payable and receivable, 1859-1866. There are rental records, 1866-1873, kept as continuations of two account books. As executor of the Simon Brolasky estate there are: cash accounts, 1881, 1887-1894; receipt book, 1881-1910; receipted bills, 1881-1904, which include the Mary Ann Howell estate. There is additional miscellaneous business and personal correspondence, receipted bills, legal documents, and financial memorandum books. There are sundry memorandum books for Howell de Coursey Brolasky on orders, expenses, etc., and his letterbook, 1885-1887, while with the New York firm. There is also: some correspondence; a European diary, 1875; notebooks as a Captain in the Pennsylvania National Guard; and financial papers. Among the few items not apparently of the Brolasky family are: Gurney? George J. Scott, Philadelphia glue manufacturer, business and estate receipt book, 1851-1871; mimeograph copies of "Pathology. Prof. James Tyson. General Pathological Anatomy," and "Theory & Practice of Medicine. Prof. [Alfred] Stille. Nervous Diseases," n.d.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Gurney, Benjamin P.

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Brigg, Entz, and Company (New York, N.Y.)

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Stout, George C. C.,

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Simon Brolasky was a dry-goods merchant who acquired substantial rental properties. Simon's son, Henry Connelly Brolasky, who was also engaged in the dry-goods business, eventually established a real estate office and looked after his father's property. Howell de Coursey Brolasky, Henry's son, was a fabric salesman/representative for Lee Brothers and Company, Philadelphia, then for Brigg, Enty, and Company, NY, as its Philadelphia agent. From the description of Collection, 1842-1914....

Brolasky, Howell de Coursey, -1887

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Leech, Henry S.

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Brolasky, Simon, 1804-1881

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Howell, Mary Ann, d. 1873.

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Broalsky, Henry Connelly, d. 1916.

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Stillé, Alfred, 1813-1900

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Philadelphia-born physician and elder brother of Charles Janeway Stillé. He served as professor of theory and practice of medicine at the University of Pennyslvania from 1864 until his retirement in 1883. From the description of Alfred Stillé lecture notes, 1882-1884. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 214284746 U.S. physician. From the description of Notes on theory and practices of med. by Prof. Stillé, 1868-1869 : [University of Penns...

Brolasky family.

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Tyson, James, 1841-1919

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University of Pennsylvania Department of Medicine graduate. From the description of James Tyson medical account book, 1864-1875, (bulk 1868-1869). (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 226317039 ...

Gurney and Company (New York, N.Y.)

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