Papers, 1749-1860.

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Papers, 1749-1860.

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Letterbook, 1753-1770, of William Allen, colonial Pennsylvania Chief Justice, concerns his business interests as partner of Allen and Turner, a merchant firm which was also active in iron manufacturing and copper mining. Much of the correspondence is with David Barclay & Son, London, to whom Allen also includes reports on the French and Indian War and the Pennsylvania 1764 election. The volume continues as Edward Shippen letterbook, 1782-1806, and relates to family lands and finances. Shippen writes to his daughter Margaret Arnold, his brother Joseph Shippen, brother-in-law James Tilghman, and nephew-in-law Jasper Yeates. A miscellany of Burd, Hubley, Shippen, and Yeates letters make up the loose correspondence. Although referring mostly to family activities, including the marriage of James Burd, Jr., to which his family objected. There are some references to public events among which is the arrival of the Indian delegation to the Mason-Dixon survey party in 1767. Some of the writers are Margaret Shippen Arnold, James Burd, and Sarah Shippen Burd and others.

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Arnold, Margaret Shippen, 1760-1804

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Margaret (Peggy) Shippen Arnold (1760-1804) was the second wife of Benedict Arnold, with whom he had five children. Though her involvement in her husband's treason against the United States and association with the British is not clear, she did move the family with him to England and then to Canada and finally back to England where they lived in exile. Benedict Arnold died in 1801and Margaret provided for her family, managing business affairs for her children and also his children from a previou...

Burd, James, 1765-1793

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Yeates, Jasper, 1745-1817

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Yeates was a lawyer from Lancaster, Pa. He served as a delegate to the Pennsylvania Ratification Convention in 1787 and was a judge of the Pennyslvania Supreme Court, 1791-1817. From the description of [Letter] 1801 Mar. 22, Philada. [to] Sally / J. Yeates. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 501843254 Pennsylvania jurist. From the description of ALS : Lancaster, Pa., to Robert Aitken, 1772 June 4. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122347819 ...

Burd, James, 1726-1793

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James Burd was a Pennsylvania merchant and farmer. He also commanded at Fort Augusta (Pa.) and elsewhere during the French and Indian War, 1755-1763. From the description of Business records and accounts, 1747-1768. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122316269 James Burd was born in Scotland. He immigrated to Philadelphia in 1747 and became a merchant there. He moved to Shippensburg in 1752. He played a prominent role in the French and Indian War a...

Barclay, David.

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Burd, Sarah Shippen, 1731-1784

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Shippen, Joseph, 1732-1810

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Joseph Shippen, Jr. was a soldier, judge, and Secretary of Pennsylvania. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1768. From the description of Letterbook, 1763-1773. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 154298229 From the guide to the Joseph Shippen letterbook, 1763-1773, 1763-1773, (American Philosophical Society) Merchant. From the description of Papers of Joseph Shippen, 1727-1783. (Unknown). WorldCat record id...

Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806

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Chief Justice of Pennsylvania. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to William Parsons, 1750 Aug. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270663645 Edward Shippen was Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1768. From the description of Docket of cases, 1764-1765. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122616293 From the description of Receipts, 1754-1789. (Ameri...

Hubley family.

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Burd family.

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Allen, William, 1704-1780

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Chief justice of Pennsylvania. From the description of ALS : Philadelphia, to Samuel Galloway, 1770 Oct. 12. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86102603 Merchant and jurist. From the guide to the William Allen letters, 1730-1738, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Yeates family.

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Shippen family.

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Tilghman, James, 1716-1793

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James Tilghman, the son of Richard Tilghman and Anna Maria Lloyd, was born at his family's estate in Maryland on December 6, 1716. He practiced law in Annapolis, Maryland, before moving to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1760. He married Anne Francis, daughter of Pennsylvania Secretary of State Tench Francis, on September 30, 1743, and they had ten children: Tench (1744-1786), Richard (1746-1786), James (1748-1809), Anna Maria (1750-1817), Elizabeth (b. 1754), William (1756-1827), Ma...