Papers, 1768-1899.

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Papers, 1768-1899.

Thomas Biddle's incoming correspondence, 1807-1844, is concerned primarily with his brokerage business. There are also letters of Christine Williams to Biddle before their marriage. Christine Williams Biddle's incoming correspondence, 1807-1848, includes letters from her "daughter" Apolline Alexander Hankey, her Scottish aunts, and her son Henry J. Biddle. Henry J. William's incoming correspondence, 1812-1871, includes miscellaneous financial and personal letters, and letters from the Alexander sisters. There is also a small group of Benjamin Rush's personal and political correspondence, 1768-1809, and a Rush family genealogy.

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Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

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Benjamin Rush (January 4, 1746 [O.S. December 24, 1745] – April 19, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States who signed the United States Declaration of Independence, and a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, and educator and the founder of Dickinson College. Rush attended the Continental Congress. His later self-description there was: "He aimed right." He served as Surgeon General of the Continental Army and became a profess...

Alexander, Christine (Christine Anne)

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Biddle, Henry Jonathan, 1817-1862

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Biddle, Alexander,

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Biddle, Alexander, 1819-1899

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Businessman and military officer, of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Papers, 1776-1911. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19242158 ...

Williams, Henry Jonathan, 1791-1879

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Henry Jonathan Williams was a Philadelphia attorney. From the description of Ledger and Letterpress copybook, 1833-1849 (inclusive), 1833-1839, 1847-1849 (bulk). (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122541246 Henry Jonathan Williams was a Philadelphia lawyer, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1833. From the description of A brief account of the family of General Jonathan Williams, 1751-1815, 1873. (Unknown). WorldCat re...

Williams, Marianne, -1816

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Alexander, Berthia

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Biddle, Thomas, 1776-1857

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Thomas Biddle married Christine Williams, the daughter of Jonathan and Marianne Alexander Williams. Christine Williams Biddle's brother, Henry Jonathan Williams married Julia Rush, the daughter of Benjamin and Julia Stockton Rush. From the description of Family papers, 1769-1954. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 78972526 ...

Biddle, Christine Williams, -1861

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Hankey, Isabelle Alexander

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Hankey, Apolline Alexander.

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