Vaux family papers, 1684-1923, bulk 1795-1890.

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Vaux family papers, 1684-1923, bulk 1795-1890.

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This collection primarily contains materials related to Roberts and Richard (1816-1895) Vaux. Their papers consist of correspondence, personal journals, scrapbooks, financial records, legal papers, speeches, and other miscellaneous materials that chronicle not only their own lives, but also the histories of many charitable and political organizations of Philadelphia, most specifically the Pennsylvania Society for the Promotion of Common Schools, Eastern State Penitentiary, and the Democratic Party. Some miscellaneous items for Robert J. Evans and C. C. Burton are also included; the Vauxes were executors of their estates. In addition there are papers of several of Roberts and Richard's immediate family members which record not only the family's origins as merchants, but also the religious and business activities of female members of the family. Other family members most represented in this collection are Richard Vaux (1751-1790), Ann Vaux, Susanna Vaux, Margaret Vaux, and Thomas Wistar Vaux. Their materials consist of correspondence, deeds, diaries, and miscellaneous materials.

6 linear ft.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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SNAC Resource ID: 8210630

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Vaux, Richard, 1816-1895

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Vaux, Jacob Waln, 1849-1893.

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Parke, James P. (James Pemberton), 1783-

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Parke was a Philadelphia bookseller who served as president of the American Literary Association during the early 1800s. From the description of Parkiana, Manuscripts-Essays, 1802-1803. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122348082 Parke's name appears on the title page. From the description of Analysis of mineral waters, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122596597 James Parke was a Philadelphia book seller and...

Vaux, William Sansom, 1811-1882

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Vaux, Susanna, 1787-1812.

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Vaux, George, 1721-1783.

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Insane Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Strettell, John, d.1786.

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Bank of America (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Vaux, James, 1748-1842.

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Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818

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Caspar Wistar taught chemistry at the College of Philadelphia from 1789 to 1792. This College, with the University of the State of Pennsylvania, would become the University of Pennsylvania in 1791. From the description of Lectures : on chemistry, 1790. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122621060 Philadelphia physician. From the description of ALS : to an unidentified correspondent, 1817 July 14. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat r...

Vaux, Richard, 1751-1790.

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Pennsylvania Society for the Promotion of Common Schools.

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Vaux, Thomas Wistar, 1819-1887.

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Vaux family.

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Roberts Vaux, the eldest son of Richard and Ann (Roberts) Vaux, was born in Philadelphia in 1786. A descendant of English Quakers, he was among the first generation of his family to be born on American soil. Roberts's father, Richard (1751-1790), had arrived in Philadelphia in 1768 as an apprentice and later established a successful mercantile business. Roberts followed in his father's footsteps as a merchant for a short time, but soon pursued a career in philanthropy. His name is associated wit...

Roberts, Moses, 1724-1804

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Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania

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Vaux, Roberts, 1786-1836

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Roberts Vaux was treasurer of PMMWD in 1831. From the description of ALS, 1831 October 18 : Philadelphia, Pa. to the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 51617833 Quaker Roberts Vaux was an American juror, philanthropist and abolitionist; he became a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1819. From the guide to the Address on the impolicy of slavery, 1824, 1824, (American P...

Roberts, Hugh, approximately 1694-1776

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Vaux, Margaret Wistar, 1793-1886.

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Vaux, Ann, 1753-1814.

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Lancaster, Joseph, 1778-1838

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Joseph Lancaster (1778-1838) was the founder of a monitorial method of teaching which came to be known as the Lancasterian system of education. Born in England, he opened in 1798 a school to educate inexpensively poor children in the Borough Road neighborhood of London. His system of education gained widespread popularity and led eventually to the establishment of over two hundred schools modeled after the Borough Road institution. Dissension and monetary problems plagued him throughout his care...

Bank of Northern Liberties (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Evans, Robert John Weston

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Epithet: of Add MS 33068 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x00002c ...

Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784

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Anthony Benezet, born Antoine Bénézet (January 31, 1713 – May 3, 1784), was a French-American abolitionist and educator who was active in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of the early American abolitionists, Benezet founded one of the world's first anti-slavery societies, the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage (after his death it was revived as the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery); the first public school for girls in North America; and t...

Democratic Party (Philadelphia County, Pa.)

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Wistar, Thomas, 1764-1851

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Thomas Wistar was born to a prominent Quaker family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 17, 1764; his brother Caspar Wistar (1761-1818) was a noted physician. Thomas Wistar worked as a merchant in Philadelphia, and partnered with several local businessmen in the late 18th century. He dealt in goods such as fabrics and cotton and owned land in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. From 1787-1793, Wistar was professionally associated with Richard Adams. When Adams & Wistar dissolved in January 1793...