Rawle family papers, 1682-1921, bulk 1770-1911.

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Rawle family papers, 1682-1921, bulk 1770-1911.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84331589

This collection contains legal documents related to the firm of William Rawle and his descendants, personal and professional correspondence, and a substantial amount of genealogical material. The personal material is mostly found in the correspondence of William Rawle Sr., William Rawle Jr., William Brooke Rawle, and Rebecca Rawle Shoemaker, as well as journals kept by William Rawle Sr. and Rebecca Rawle Shoemaker. Professional materials document William Rawle Sr.'s career and term as Pennsylvania's U.S. Attorney and William Brooke Rawle's research on the cavalry conflict at Gettysburg. Genealogical material includes numerous newspaper clippings related to the family, a book of family trees, and four large scrapbooks further documenting the family history. A number of related families are also represented in this collection, including the Shoemaker, Brooke, Porter, and Hall families. There are also portraits of various Rawles, as well as a set of portraits produced by the Treasury Department and ostensibly purchased by the Rawles, which includes images of prominent political, military, and literary figures.

14 boxes, 37 v., (10 linear ft.)

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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SNAC Resource ID: 8318345

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Rawle family.

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The Rawle family, which produced some of the leading legal minds in early Pennsylvania history, first immigrated to America in 1686 to escape the persecution their Quaker faith invited in England. From his arrival in Pennsylvania, Francis Rawle Jr. (1663-1727) became involved in the religious and legal life of the colony, a position bolstered by his marriage to Robert Turner's daughter Martha in 1689. Francis's grandson William (1759-1836) was the first Rawle to rise to prominence in the legal p...

Shoemaker, Samuel E.

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Rawle, William Henry, 1823-1889

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Rawle, Sarah Coates Burge.

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Clifford, Camille, 1885-1971.

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Rawle & Henderson.

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Zenger, John Peter, 1697-1746

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Junior Legal Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Rawle, Martha.

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Rawle, Anna.

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Tilghman, Elizabeth

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Pinkerton's National Detective Agency

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Biographical Notes and Organizational History Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) 1819, Aug. 25 Born, Glasgow, Scotland 1842 Married Joan Carfrae Fled to North America fearing arrest for activities in Chartist Movement, residing first in Mont...

Rawle, William, 1788-1858

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Penn, William, 1644-1718

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The British colony of Pennsylvania was given to William Penn (1644-1718) in 1681 by Charles II of England in repayment of a debt owed his father, Sir Admiral William Penn (1621-1670). Under Penn's directive, Pennsylvania was settled by Quakers escaping religious torment in England and other European nations. Three generations of Penn descendents held proprietorship of the colony until the American Revolution, when the family was stripped of all but its privately held shares of land...

Brooke, Robert, 1770-1821

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Robert Brooke was a surveyor in Philadelphia, Pa. He worked with William Strickland and Charles Souder in 1805 and 1806. From the description of Accounts of surveys, 1805-1806. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122459552 ...

Carpenter, Lloyd Preston.

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Rawle, William Brooke, 1843-1915

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Binney, Horace, 1780-1875

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Lawyer and U.S. representative from Pennyslvania. From the description of Horace Binney correspondence, 1812-1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450670 American lawyer and legal writer. From the description of Horace Binney letters, 1828-1844. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936624 Horace Binney was a prominent Philadelphia lawyer, elected to Congress in 1833. From the description of Letters to Rev. William Henry Furnes...

Rawle, Francis W. (Francis William), 1795-1881

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Chew, Benjamin, 1722-1810

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Chief Justice Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) was the only surviving son of Dr. Samuel Chew and his first wife, Mary Galloway. Born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, he would eventually serve as recorder of Philadelphia, attorney general, recorder-general, and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania under the colonial government. After the Revolution, he was selected as the president of the High Court of Errors and Appeals. His 1747 marriage to Mary Galloway (1729-1755), produced four survi...

Rawle, Francis, approximately 1662-1727

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Rawle, Horatio.

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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 ...

Fleming, Robert John, 1944-

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Hall, Charles A. (Charles Alfred), 1920-

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Charles V. Hall was born in Ash Flat, Arkansas, in 1923. He recieved his B.S. (1950) and M.S. (1953) from the University of Arkansas and his Ph.D. from Kansas State University (1960). Before coming to Iowa State, Hall worked as a technical research assistant (1950-1953) at the Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station at the University of Arkansas and was a member of the Kansas State University Department of Horticure (1953 to 1974). During his time at Kansas State Unive...

United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 3rd (1861-1865)

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Bruce, Henry Lyndhurst, 1881-1914.

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Aberdare, Henry Austin Bruce, Baron, 1815-1895

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Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, barrister and politician, Liberal M.P. for Merthyr Tydvil (1852-1868) and for Refrewshire (1869-1873); Undersecretary (1862-1864) and Secretary of State for Home Affairs (1869-1873); admitted to the Privy Council in 1864 as Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education; a charity commissioner for England and Wales (1864); peer (1873) appointed by Gladstone Lord President of the Council; the first president (1883-1895) and first chancellor (1895) ...

Shoemaker, Rebecca Warner Rawle, 1730-1819

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Rebecca Shoemaker was the wife of Samuel Shoemaker and a Quaker in Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Diary, 1813. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122625316 Rebecca Warner Rawle Shoemaker was a Philadelphia Quaker. From the description of Notebook, 1796-1801. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122347701 ...

Rawle, Beulah.

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Rawle, William, 1759-1836

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William Rawle was born to a Quaker family in Philadelphia on April 28, 1759. His stepfather was Samuel Shoemaker, who served as a mayor of Philadelphia during the American Revolution. A Loyalist, Rawle fled to New York on the sloop Harlem in June 1778, when the British evacuated Philadelphia. After studying law in New York, Rawle traveled to Cork, Ireland, and London, England, in 1781. In London, Rawle studied law at the Middle Temple until his departure for France in late June or early July 178...