Papers, 1728-1845.

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Papers, 1728-1845.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84666757

This collection contains bills, receipts, indentures, deeds, legal documents, surveys, and letters compiled by various members of the Dorsey family from 1728-1845. Most of the bills and receipts document personal expenses including food, clothing, lumber, gunpowder, saddlery, and farm implement repair. Greenberry Dorsey purchased notably large quantities of cooking utensils, saddlery, and textiles. The indentures are primarily for land, although the Dorseys apparently also owned slaves. Many of the legal documents, deeds, surveys, and letters refer to numerous tracts of land and the disputes over estates and mortgages.

ca. 375 items ; 38 cm.

Winterthur Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8325732

Winterthur Library

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There are 9 Entities related to this resource.

Dorsey, Leonard.

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Bartholemew, Edward.

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Dorsey, Jonathan.

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Dorsey, Edward C.

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Dorsey, Elizabeth

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Sister of Dr. Philip Syng Physick and mother of Dr. John Syng Dorsey. From the description of Letter : Philadelphia, Pa., to Mrs. Henry W. Physick, Rising Sun Post Office, Nottingham, Md., 1807 Nov. 5. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 24851651 ...

Dorsey, Greenberry.

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This agreement binds Greenberry Dorsey and George Burkhart to the heir of the Henry R. Whitaker estate for the sum of $500.00. The heir was Washington Whitaker (infant at time of agreement), whose guardian was Benjamin Helm. This agreement states that Dorsey and Burkhart hired a slave named Abraham for the amount of sixty dollars. This agreement was in effect for the period of one year. Abraham was to be treated "with humanity" and returned with "one kersey jackett [sic] and sleaves [sic], one p...

Dorsey family.

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The Dorsey family of merchants, land owners, and sugar refiners, inhabited various places throughout Harford County, MD and eastern Pennsylvania, including Philadelphia, from the early 18th through the mid 19th centuries. From the description of Papers, 1728-1845. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 84666757 ...

Dorsey, John.

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Dorsey, Henry R.

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