Papers, 1745-1925.

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Papers, 1745-1925.

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Includes deeds, land drafts, mortgages, bonds, agreements, and family and legal estate papers (1745-1905); family estate papers (1817-1876) and correspondence (1830-1925); papers of John Watson (1811-1859) including correspondence on Quaker matters; papers of William Watson (1832); papers of George Hart and others (1845-1867); Richard Watson's papers including personal and family correspondence (ca. 1850-1891) which largely consist of letters from his daughter Miriam while she attended Swarthmore College; business, legal and political correspondence (ca. 1845-1891); notes of court cases (1861-1873); receipts, bills, accounts, bonds, agreements, speeches, business proposals and other papers (ca. 1850-1889), estate and guardianship accounts, some by George Hart (1844-1888) for Watson, Hart, and Croasdale families and Samuel Yardley of Philadelphia, Pa.; and lists of war veterans applying for bounties, pay, land warrants, and pensions from the War of 1812 and the Civil War (1855-1867).

6 linear ft.

Bucks County Historical Society

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Bucks County Historical Society

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Idaho became a state on July 3, 1890 with post offices being established as early as 1876. From the guide to the Franklin County, Idaho Post Office Location Records, 1876-1945, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) These photographs document Region 4, started in 1910, of the US Forest Service, covering Utah, Nevada, Southern Idaho, and Western Wyoming. From the guide to the US Forest Service Photograph Collection., 19...

Croasdale family.

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Watson, William, 1781-

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Watson family.

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Hart family.

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Watson, John, 1774-1864

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John Watson (1774-1864) was a Quaker and a member of Buckingham Monthly Meeting in Pennsylvania, along with his father, John Watson (1740-1817). From the description of Collected Accounts of Buckingham Monthly Meeting, 1727-1829. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 33239113 ...

Watson, Miriam

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Hart, George, 1817-1871

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Yardley, Samuel

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Watson, Richard, 12823-1892.

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Judge, of Doylestown, Pa. From the description of Papers, 1745-1925. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70966338 ...

Swarthmore college

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Founded by members of Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia Yearly Meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Swarthmore College was incorporated in 1864 under a charter from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The College opened in 1869 as an college and preparatory school, although the preparatory division was phased out in the 1880s. The Charter was amended in 1908 to remove any formal links to the Society of Friends. The College continues to operate as a liberal arts college with a...