Papers, 1774-1940.

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Papers, 1774-1940.

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Here are papers of businesses and activities in which Lewis family members were involved, together with some of the family social papers. A major portion of these papers are George Blight estate receipted bills and other accounts, 1774-1859, for the management of the estate's Philadelphia properties. There is a Phoenix Mutual Insurance Company minute book, 1852-1876, and dividend book, 1856-1877. Two Philadelphia amateur music clubs are represented: Melody Club history and by-laws, 1893-1907, and Wednesday Music Club bylaws and programs, 1893-1918. Lewis family material includes wedding invitation responses for the marriage of Eleanor Lewis to C. Whalen Vaughn, 1907, and Eleanor Lewis to W. Furness Thompson, 1940, and miscellaneous bills and letters, 1937-1940, to Clifford Lewis III.

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Thompson, W. Furness

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Vaughn, C. Whalen

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Blight, George, -1834

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George Blight of Philadelphia. From the description of Transcript, 1834-1856. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58659876 ...

Phoenix Mutual Insurance Company.

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Thompson, Eleanor Dumont

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Lewis family.

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Vaughn, Eleanor.

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Melody Club

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Wednesday Music Club.

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The Wednesday Music Club was established in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in 1882 as the Schumann Club, an invitation-only membership organization. The club's original membership was comprised of female pianists who would meet to play the music of Robert Schumann. In the 1920s the club's name was changed to the Wednesday Music Club so that its members could play the work of other composers. As of 2011, the Wednesday Music Club still meets in Brooklyn Heights for several annual ev...

Lewis, Clifford

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