Family papers 1862-1940 1862-1869.

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Family papers 1862-1940 1862-1869.

Papers include financial and real estate materials relating primarily to the Adams family's household expenses and land holdings in Pittsburgh. Also included sketches written by Mrs Marcellin Adams for church audiences in the 1920's and hearings on Calvin Adams' request for an extention for his patent on the Janus-faced lock.

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Adams, Stephen Jarvis, 1837-1918.

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Stephen Jarvis Adams and his father, Calvin Adams, were prominent in Pittsburgh's iron industry and the holders of numerous patents, including Calvin Adams' patent of the Janus-faced lock. From the description of Family papers 1862-1940 1862-1869. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 28514459 ...

Calvary Episcopal Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

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The Calvary Episcopal Parish was organized in 1855. It was incorporated and a charter was granted in 1859. The first building housing the church was a brick structure used jointly by St. Peter's German Lutheran Church and St. John's Evangelical Protestant Church a short distance north of Penn Avenue, between what is now Sheridan and Collins Avenues. In 1904, a lot at Walnut and Shady was purchased from George Washington Hailman and a year later in 1905, Messrs. Cram, Godhue and Ferguson of Bosto...

Adams, Marcellin C., Mrs.

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Adams, Marcellin C.

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Adams, Calvin.

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Adams, Emma Virginia Anshute, 1843-1924.

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