Papers, 1695-1919.

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Papers, 1695-1919.

Personal, political, and business correspondence; Bucks County deeds (1685-1842); papers and accounts relating to the settlement of estates for many prominent families in lower Bucks County (1732-1866); dockets (1819-1821); scrapbooks and school exercise books; notes of a tour to Canada in 1845; genealogical sketch; and a catalog of the Jenks library to be sold in 1838. Includes papers (1730-1767) of the Growden family and letters relating to the Whig Party, Henry Clay, John Frémont, Millard Fillmore, slavery, the tariff, the Kansas-Nebraska bill, Texas, Oregon statehood, and a river and harbor bill.

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Bucks County Historical Society

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