Papers, 1722-1940.

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Papers, 1722-1940.

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Includes records relating to the Durham Iron Works, comprising deeds, trust agreements, journals, ledgers, and daybooks; histories of the Hudson River chain and of Delaware River bridges and islands; correspondence with William Watts Hart Davis, Henry Chapman Mercer, Henry D. Paxson, and others interested in early stoveplates and firebacks, including photographs of stoveplates; genealogical and historical notes on Durham Township, Pa.; and financial and legal papers involving Joseph Galloway, Lawrence Growden, Thomas Penn, and Elizabeth Galloway Roberts.

ca. 2 ft. (ca. 600 items)

Bucks County Historical Society

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Bucks County Historical Society

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Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803

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Joseph Galloway (1731—August 10, 1803) was an American Founding Father and politician who signed the 1774 Continental Association. He became a Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War, after serving as delegate to the First Continental Congress from Pennsylvania. For much of his career in Pennsylvania politics, he was a close ally of Benjamin Franklin, and he became a leading figure in the colony. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, Galloway was a moderate and proposed a Plan of Uni...

Fackenthal, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1851-1941

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Industrialist, philanthropist, college president, and historian. From the description of Papers, 1722-1940. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70924651 From the description of Papers, 1727-1940. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70924650 Metallurgist, iron industry executive, and amateur historian. From the description of Notes on the history of schools in Durham Township, Pa., [undated]. (Bucks County Historical ...

Roberts, Elizabeth Galloway

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Mercer, Henry C., 1856-1930

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Archaeologist, historian, ceramist, collector, and founder of the Mercer Museum in Doylestown, Pa. From the description of Papers, 1863-1930. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70924616 Archaeologist, collector, and historian, of Bucks County, Pa. From the description of Index, [undated]. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70966771 Archaeologist, collector, and historian; of Bucks County, Pa. From the d...

Growden, Lawrence

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Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910

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Historian and journalist, of Doylestown, Pa. From the description of Fries Rebellion manuscript, [ca. 1898]. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70927308 Journalist and historian, of Doylestown, Pa. From the description of Notes for History of Bucks County, 1898-1900. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70927309 Journalist and army officer. From the description of Exercises, 1847. (Bucks County Historical...

Penn, Thomas, 1702-1775

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Land speculator. From the description of Papers of Thomas Penn, 1740-1755. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452327 From the description of Letters of Thomas Penn, 1748-1770. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070635 The son of William Penn, Thomas Penn served as proprietor of Pennsylvania. From the guide to the Thomas Penn correspondence, 1747-1771, with James Hamilton, 1747-1771, (American Philosophical Society) Thomas Penn was a proprietor of Pe...

Paxson, Henry D.

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Durham Iron Works

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Founded, Durham, Pa., 1727; included a blast furnace and three forges. From the description of Papers, 1744-1929. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70922581 Founded in 1727 in Bucks County, Pa.; during most of its existence it included a blast furnace and three forges; passed out of existence in 1789 but site was used for later furnaces. From the description of Records, 1780-1790. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 7095908...