Arthur C. Smith collection, 1737-1893.

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Arthur C. Smith collection, 1737-1893.

Deeds relating to Wrightstown Monthly Meeting of Friends and Meeting schools (1769-1850) and a poor tax list (1788); research and genealogy on the Smith family; letter by Ellen Smith (1869); typed copy of a book of deaths of New Hope area people (1815-1844); miscellaneous documents that include a note by Edward Hicks (1846); letter by James Logan (1737); letter by Robert Morris to James Hamilton (1754); order of council by H.M. Muhllenberg to David Rittenhouse; and letters by James Mitchell, William A. Wallace, and James A. Bean (1868-1888).

30 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8055477

Bucks County Historical Society

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Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

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Robert Morris, Jr. (January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was an English-born merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States Senate, and he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. From 1781 to 1784, he served as the Superintendent of Finance of the United States, becoming known as the "Financier of the Revolution...

Smith, C. Arthur

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Historian and genealogist, of Wycombe, Pa. From the description of Arthur C. Smith collection, 1737-1893. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70963382 ...

Mitchell, John, 1794-1870

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Wallace, William A. (William Andrew), 1827-1896

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William A. Wallace was a merchant in New York City from the late 1700s to the early 1800s. He was a partner of Nicholas Low (1739-1826) in the mercantile firm Low and Wallace. From the guide to the William A. Wallace papers, 1808-1815, 1809-1810, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Smith family.

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Smith, Ellen, active 1868-1869

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Wrightstown Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955)

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Wrightstown Monthly Meeting was established in 1734 by Bucks Quarterly Meeting out of Buckingham Monthly Meeting. The Orthodox branch of this monthly meeting was discontinued in 1833. Its members were transferred to Buckingham Monthly Meeting (Orthodox). The Hicksite branch was the forerunner of the current Wrightstown Monthly Meeting. From the description of Account of graves dug by John Knowles at Wrightstown Graveyard, 1845-1887. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 34457096 ...

Logan, James, 1674-1751

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James Logan, colonial statesman and scholar, became William Penn's secretary and emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1699. Logan was later appointed Penn's financial agent in the colony and adviser for his descendants. During the next forty years, he held various positions in the colonial government including secretary of the province, clerk of the Provincial Council, and numerous other executive and judicial posts. Logan also amassed a fortune in land investment and in trade with the Indians. He was ...

Hamilton, James, 1710-1783

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The Wyoming Controversy was a conflict between the governments of Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Britain, the Continental Congress, and the Indians over land in the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania. From the guide to the Documents relating to the Wyoming Controversy, 1751-1814, 1823, 1751-1823, (American Philosophical Society) The son of William Penn, Thomas Penn served as proprietor of Pennsylvania. From the guide to the Thomas Penn correspondence, 1747-1771, with...

Muhlenberg, Henry Melchior, 1711-1787

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Henry Muhlenberg was a Lutheran clergyman and botanist; he was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1785. From the guide to the Henry Muhlenberg correspondence, 1779-1815, 1779-1815, (American Philosophical Society) Henry Muhlenberg (also known as Gotthilf Heinrich Muhlenberg) was a Lutheran clergyman and a botanist. From the guide to the Henry Muhlenberg journals, 1777-1815, 1777-1815, (American Philosophical Society) Lutheran pastor and org...

Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796

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David Rittenhouse was a maker of clocks and astronomical instruments in Norriton (Norristown) and Philadelphia, Penn. From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1770-1780. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668311544 From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1765-1775. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668311425 From the description of Brass dial wall clock, ca. 1774. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668311652 ...

Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849

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Edward Hicks (April 4, 1780 – August 23, 1849) was an American folk painter and distinguished religious minister of the Society of Friends (aka "Quakers"). He became a Quaker icon because of his paintings. Edward Hicks was born in his grandfather's mansion at Attleboro (now Langhorne), in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. His parents were Anglican. Isaac Hicks, his father, was a Loyalist who was left without any money after the British defeat in the Revolutionary War. After young Edward's mothe...

Bean, James

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