Papers, 1778-1931 (inclusive), 1813-1886 (bulk).

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Papers, 1778-1931 (inclusive), 1813-1886 (bulk).

Papers of the Whartons and related Philadelphia families. Wharton correspondence consists of incoming personal and professional letters, 1815-1869, of Thomas Isaac Wharton and his son Henry Wharton, lawyers; Arabella Griffith Wharton to her husband Thomas I.; and miscellaneous letters 1869-1931. Other Wharton papers include: Hannah Margaret Wharton diary, 1813-1824, including recollections of her childhood; legal papers including estate records and court cases; bills and receipts, 1819-1873, mainly of Henry Wharton; accounts of servants' wages, 1854-1855; Francis Wharton, son of Thomas I., receipt book, 1852-1857; miscellany, including genealogical notes. Related family papers include: Griffith family correspondence, 1815-1842, especially the letters of Mary Griffith, author and mother of Arabella Griffith Wharton; Mary Griffith receipt book, 1825-1833; miscellaneous Griffith accounts, 1810-1845; Bayard family correspondence, 1854-1886, consisting principally of Florence Bayard letters from her father James Asheton Bayard, lawyer, and other family members; Mary Johnstone Brinley to her daughter Mary Gibbs Brinley, 1833; miscellaneous Rawle family papers, 1778, 1783; Rebecca Warner Rawle diary, 1808; Adolfo Carlos Munoz, architect and husband of Emily Wharton, incoming correspondence and miscellaneous papers 1891-1917, relating principally to his activities during the Cuban rebellion against Spain and the Spanish-American War.

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Munoz, Aldofo Carlos.

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Griffith family.

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Wharton family.

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Bayard, James A. (James Asheton), 1799-1880

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American lawyer and statesman. From the description of Letter : Washington, to Riggs & Co., 1858 Dec. 23. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122494207 Lawyer, of WIlmington, Del.; U.S. senator, 1851-1863, 1867-1869; resigned from the senate in 1864 and returned in 1867. From the description of James A. Bayard family letters, 1848-1864. (Historical Society of Delaware). WorldCat record id: 749860...

Hilles, Florence Bayard, 1866-1954

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Rawle family.

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Wharton, Thomas I. (Thomas Isaac), 1791-1856

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Lawyer and author, of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Papers, 1820-1823. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28410519 ...

Wharton, Arabella Griffith

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Griffith, Mary Corre.

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Wharton, Francis, 1820-1889

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Jurist and clergyman. From the description of Francis Wharton notes, 1886-1887. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981343 American jurist and clergyman. From the description of Letter & print, n.d. [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812249 ...

Bayard family.

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Brinley, Mary Gibbs, 1814-1842

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Wharton, Henry, 1827-1880

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Wharton, Hanah Margaret, 1789-1875.

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Brinley, Mary Johnstone, 1771-1836

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