Irvine-Newbold families papers, 1776-1956.

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Irvine-Newbold families papers, 1776-1956.

Irvine-Newbold families papers, 1776-1956.

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Papers covering five generations of a family of Philadelphia and Brokenstraw, Warren County, PA. Business records make up the bulk of the collection, but there are also family letters, miscellaneous records and photographs. The first generation is represented by the papers, of William Irvine, physician and revolutionary military officer, including incoming and some outgoing correspondence, 1783-1804, dealing with family matters and land speculation; land papers; account book, 1776-1781, of his military expenses; record book, 1781-1782, of clothing disbursed by Irvine at Fort Pitt; miscellaneous account books, 1793-1796, 1802-1808; orderly book, 1778-1779, and roll book, 1776-1777, of a British unit, the 1st Battalion of Guards. General Irvine's son, Callender Irvine, served as the U. S. Army Commissary General from 1812 to 1841, and the papers relating to his military career include an account book, 1812-1829, and loose and letterpress correspondence. Although he lived in Philadelphia, Callender Irvine annually visited and took great interest in the Warren County lands inherited from his father, and there are incoming correspondence, account books, and other records which relate to land speculation, Brokenstraw farm, horse breeding, lumbering operations, and a general store. Callender Irvine's brother, Dr. John W. Irvine shared in the management of the store, along with Robinson R. Moore, until 1820, after which he practiced medicine in Brokenstraw, and his medical accounts and private business receipts are also included, 1821-1829. The major portion of the papers belong to William A. Irvine, M.D., son of Callander, who settled in Brokenstraw in 1825, and who spent his life attempting to turn the Irvine property to profitable commercial ventures. Among his many enterprises were a lumbering business, the general store started by his father, a wool factory, an iron foundry, and further speculation. Incoming correspondence, bills, receipts, legal records, memoranda, journals, and other account and record books cover the full range of Irvine's business interests, as well as his farm, internal improvements, and the post office where he served as postmaster. Additional account books relate specifically to the woolen factory, 1845-1856, the foundry, 1845-1854, the blacksmith shop, 1849-1854, and the Irvine post office. In the mid-1850's, Irvine was forced to give up most of his business, retaining the farm, the lumbering concern, and land on which he later developed oil. Irvine Tract papers, 1836-1881, include incoming correspondence, financial, and legal records. Willaim A. Irvine's personal papers include student medical notes, and incoming correspondence, 1849-1884. The papers of his wife Sarah Duncan Irvine include an account book, 1835-1838, scrapbooks, and an Irvine Sunday School minute book, 1838. The fourth and fifth generations of the Irvine family are represented by the papers, 1865-1956, of William and Sarah Irvine's daughter Sarah Irvine Newbold and her five daughters: Elizabeth I. Newbold, Mary M. Newbold, Margaret E. I. Newbold, Emily D. Newbold, and Esther L. Newbold. The papers of the Newbold women include incoming correspondence, financial, legal and estate papers, and miscellaneous items. There is also correspondence, 1910-1952, of August Gross, caretaker of Brokenstraw.

13 linear ft.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania