Sidney F. Parham autograph collection, ca. 1662-1886.

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Sidney F. Parham autograph collection, ca. 1662-1886.

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The collection consists primarily of English legal and business documents. Many are 17th century copies of earlier English and French documents probably done by either clerks or students. The legal papers, 1737-1755, of [Dr. Charles?] Penfold consist of notes concerning legal precedent in probate cases, witness testimony, defamation of character, debt obligation, validity of wills, and marriage cases including alimony, nullification, and marriage of minors. The collection also contains a folder of legal decrees and notes concerning ecclesiastical matters, 1550-1731, particularly regarding "foreign" churches. A folder of legal decrees and notes on nautical maters, 1690-1741, chiefly concerns pirates, privateers and prizes, including the case of the "Biddleford" which had captured the Swedish "Gottenburgh." Additional materials include a digest of miscellaneous laws, post 1667, concerning administrations, legacies, nautical matters, and marriage. Letters, 1744-1745, Roger Comberback to Robert Dodsley concern a translation of Cicero published anonymously by Dodsley as "The Oration for M. Marcellus." A Lancaster, Pa., legal document, 1753, is signed by Pennsylvania signer George Ross. Letters, 1786, Charles Butler to an unnamed recipient concern a petition to Parliament for the relief of Roman Catholics together with a fragment of an indifferent reply on one verso. A letter, 1886 July 10, from Sir Leslie Stephen requests an unnamed correspondent to submit his articles to the Dictionary of National Biography. Other correspondents include Addington Davenport, David Jamison, J. Ross Mackye, and John Tharpe. A few printed and illustrative items include a fragment of "De Illustribus Virus"; an engraving of Mr. Simmons as Abel; and two woodcut illustrations for poetry by Ralph Hodgson.

80 (ca.) items.

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Ross, George, 1730-1779

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George Ross Jr (May 10, 1730 – July 14, 1779) was a Founding Father of the United States who signed the Continental Association and the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Pennsylvania. He was also the uncle of the man who married Betsy Griscom in 1773, giving her her famous married name: Betsy Ross. In 1952, he, George Washington, and Robert Morris appeared on a three-cent stamp commemorating Betsy Ross. Born in New Castle, Delaware, Ross was educated at home and...

Bostius, Arnold, 1445-1499

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Stephen, Leslie, 1832-1904

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English critic and philosopher. From the description of Autograph letters signed (24) : London, etc., to W.E. Henley, 1876-1881. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580328 From the description of English thought in the eighteenth century : autograph manuscript, [187-]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580765 Stephen was a British critic, man of letters and first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography. From the description of Photograph album of Le...

Davenport, Addington, fl. 1712,

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Simmons, Mr.

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Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764

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Mackye, John Ross

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Epithet: of Add MS 35527 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000876.0x0001c5 Epithet: of Add MS 38202 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000876.0x0001c6 ...

Jamison, David, fl. 1718,

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Tharpe, John, fl. 1736,

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Penfold, Charles, fl. 1725-1755.

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Butler, Charles, 1750-1832

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Butler was a barrister of Lincoln's Inn. From the description of Practical observations on conveyancing, ca. 1820. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 83565097 Author, biographer. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : to a peer, 1818 June 01 to 1818 Dec. 03. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132356 Charles Butler was an eminent British barrister and a legal writer. He was also the first Catholic called to the bar after the ...

Comberbach, Roger, -1757

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