Papers, 1797-1907.

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Papers, 1797-1907.

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This collection contains random gatherings of the papers of the Ashhurst and related families of Philadelphia. The most complete series consists of John Ashhurst personal receipted bills, 1837-1883, and caretaker of Samuel H. Hibbard's accounts, 1863-1877, of the Grange, Ashhurst's summer estate in Havertown, Pa. Also John Ashhurst correspondence, 1834-1892 which includes some family letters, often referring to estate and financial matters, and some personal business letters and papers. Other family members represented are: [I. I.] Wheeler ? Richard Ashhurst, dry goods merchant, letterbook, 1822-1827; Richard Ashhurst ? Richard L. Ashhurst letters (typescript), September, 1862 - June, 1863, as Adjutant of the 150th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers; Manuel Eyre estate papers, and assorted Stokes family correspondence, most notably Caleb P. Wayne's off again, on again courtship of Mary Stokes, 1802-1803.

3 linear ft.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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SNAC Resource ID: 6794350

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Ashhurst family.

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Stokes family.

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Ashhurst, Richard, 1784-1861

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Pennsylvania resident (Philadelphia) and merchant. From the description of Letters, 1827-1857. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31421732 ...

Ashhurst, John, 1809-1892

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Wayne, Mary Stokes

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Wayne, Caleb Parry, 1776-1849

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Merchant and printer. From the description of Caleb Parry Wayne papers, 1800-1816. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981318 ...

Grange.

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Hibbard, Samuel H.

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Eyre, Manuel, 1777-1845.

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Manuel Eyre, a Philadelphia merchant of Quaker ancestry, was born in 1777. His father, Manuel Eyre, Sr., (1736-1805) was a shipwright in Kensington and a colonel in the Contintental Army. He obtained his training in the counting house of Henry Pratt and Abraham Kintzing and in 1803 joined with Charles Massey, Jr., (b. 1778) to form the mercantile firm of Eyre & Massey, a partnership that lasted until Eyre's death in 1845. The firm of Eyre & Massey owned over 20 v...

Pennsylvania. Militia. Infantry Regiment, 150th.

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