Estate papers, 1791-1853.

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Estate papers, 1791-1853.

Legal and other papers relating to the estate of Robert Blackwell. There is some correspondence, 1833-1853, from the U. S. Treasurer's Office to James S. Smith and Henry Holligsworth, trustees of Blackwell's estate. Miscellaneous legal papers include land patents and deeds, 1791-1853 and Blackwell's bank book, 1817-1831, gathered by the trustees.

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Smith, James S., 1844-

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Hollingsworth, Henry.

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Blackwell, Robert, 1748-1831

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Robert Blackwell was the minister of Saint Peters Church (Episcopal), Philadelphia. From the description of Estate papers, 1791-1853. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122589766 Reverend Robert Blackwell was ordained in England in 1772 and served in a missionary capacity in Gloucester, NJ from 1773 to 1777. Blackwell was chaplain to the 1st Pennsylvania Brigade in the Revolutionary War and surgeon at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-1778. In 178...