Collection, 1786-1896.

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Collection, 1786-1896.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19347997

Correspondence, primarily legal and financial, of William Rawle (1759-1836), William Rawle, Jr. (1788-1858), William Henry Rawle (1823-1889), Charles Wallace Brooke and William Brooke Rawle.

1 box ; 40 x 26 x 13 cm.

Dickinson College Library, Waidner-Spahr Library

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Dickinson College Library, Waidner-Spahr Library

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Rawle family.

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William Rawle (1759-1836) was a lawyer and a founding member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. His descendants were also involved in legal affairs and historical societies in the Philadelphia areas. From the description of Collection, 1786-1896. (Dickinson College). WorldCat record id: 19347997 ...

Rawle, William, 1759-1836

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William Rawle was born to a Quaker family in Philadelphia on April 28, 1759. His stepfather was Samuel Shoemaker, who served as a mayor of Philadelphia during the American Revolution. A Loyalist, Rawle fled to New York on the sloop Harlem in June 1778, when the British evacuated Philadelphia. After studying law in New York, Rawle traveled to Cork, Ireland, and London, England, in 1781. In London, Rawle studied law at the Middle Temple until his departure for France in late June or early July 178...