Biddle family letters, 1777-1973 (bulk 1860-1960).

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Biddle family letters, 1777-1973 (bulk 1860-1960).

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The Biddle family letters comprise the third part of the Biddle family papers. Included is the correspondence of Francis and Katherine Biddle exchanged between 1912 and 1968. Of particular interest are the very early "courtship" letters from Katherine to Francis Biddle and the correspondence (primarily from her) sent during late 1945 and 1946 when Francis Biddle served on the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. The correspondence of the artist George Biddle (primarily to his brother Francis) written between 1899 and 1972 is not only of biographical interest but also provides insight into the arts world of the period. Also included are miscellaneous family correspondence and material relating to other branches of the Biddle clan, including the families of Coxe, Chapin, McMurtrie, Randolph, and Robinson. Substantial files of historical interest include those of Clement Cornell Biddle (1784-1855), George Biddle (1843-1886), George Washington Biddle (1818-1897), his wife Maria Coxe McMurtrie Biddle, her sister Elizabeth McMurtrie McColl, and William McMurtrie. The collection is completed by several valuable files of genealogical nformation on the Biddle family, tracing its roots back to William Biddle (1630-1712), his wife Sarah Kemp, who arrived in America in 1681, as well as William Randolph Biddle (1650-1711).

3 linear feet (4 boxes)

Georgetown University, Joseph Mark Lauinger Memorial Library

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Georgetown University, Joseph Mark Lauinger Memorial Library

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Bedell family.

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Biddle, George, 1885-1973

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George Biddle was an author and a widely exhibited artist who also contributed to national magazines. He died in 1973. From the description of Business and personal papers, 1929-1943. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122573566 B. 1885 d. 1973. From the description of George Biddle artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228433040 American artist and Chairman, War Department Art Advisory Committee. From the ...

Chapin, Katherine Garrison, 1890-1977

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Poet and author. Mrs. Francis Biddle. From the description of Katherine Garrison Chapin papers, 1930-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77651764 Poet; wife of Francis Biddle. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, [after 1938]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122583171 Katherine Garrison Chapin Biddle was born on Sept. 4, 1890, in Waterford, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Lindley Hoffman Chapin...

Biddle, Francis, 1886-1968

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Francis Beverley Biddle (1886-1968) was a graduate of Groton and Harvard. After Harvard Law School he served for one year as secretary to Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. A practicing attorney in Philadelphia for twenty-five years, Biddle was named the first chairman of the National Labor Relations Board in 1934, filling the post for one year. In 1939, Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him judge of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. In 1940, he was appointed Solicitor General of the U...