Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1710">1710</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

R. D. Blackmore Collection, 1630-1956 (inclusive) 1873-1899 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.45 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection contains 120 letters, which is mostly personal correspondence, by English novelist and poet R. D. Blackmore.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

John Ingram and John Godfrey Collection, 1557-1839 (inclusive) 1819-1834 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Little is known of the nineteenth-century lives of John Ingram and his son-in-law, John Godfrey, other than that Ingram spent much of his time traveling in Italy and was a patron of Francesco Guardi. The collection includes letters to Ingram as well as notes, maps, and building plans by Ingram and Godfrey, and travel documents collected by Ingram.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Howell Family of New Jersey Papers, 1703-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 boxes and 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers of various members of the Howell family of Morris County, New Jersey.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Gulick Family Papers, 1710-1875 (inclusive) 1809-1842 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: The Gulick Family Papers consists of family bills, receipts, wills, letters, contracts, stock certificates, warrants, deeds, a genealogy, and an autograph book.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Jonathan Belcher Collection, 1708-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and documents of Jonathan Belcher, dating from his early years in Massachusetts to his days as colonial governor of New Jersey.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Albert T. Reyburn Collection of German Legal Documents, 1510-1719 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.5 linear feet
Abstract:: The Albert T. Reyburn Collection of German Legal Documents consists of nine 16th-, 17th-, and 18th-century German legal documents collected by Albert T. Reyburn (Princeton Class of 1931). All the documents are in German, some with wax seals in wood cases attached, and with notes in English made by Reyburn.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

William Tipping Papers, 1688-2001 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 2.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Conists of personal papers of William Tipping Esq, of Brasted Park, Sevenoaks, in Kent, and Avray near Paris. He was the son of the successful Liverpool merchant John Tipping, who in his twenties traveled extensively in Europe and the Middle East before turning to Tory politics and serving as director of the London and North Western Railway.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Sharples-Paschall Family Papers, 1684-1948 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes plus oversized folder and photographs)
Abstract:: Contains collected papers of the Sharples-Paschall family, Quakers of Philadelphia and Chester County, Pennsylvania. The family descended from Nathan H. and Martha (Price) Sharples and Thomas and Anne (Price Gibson) Paschall. The collection includes deeds, estate and other legal papers, and a small amount of family correspondence compiled by Alfred D. Sharples and his son, Alfred Roberts Sharples. The legal records include apprenticeship agreements, deeds relating to Rees, Price, and Sharples/Sharpless properties in Chester County, and the notarized 1837 freedom paper for Nancy Laws. The correspondence includes letters written by a Sharples relation serving on the gunboat U.S. Delaware in 1862.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Oliver Family Papers, 1706-2018 (inclusive) 1830-1960 (bulk)

Extent:: 5 linear ft. (11 boxes)
Abstract:: The collection contains the papers of the family of Wendell French Oliver, New England and Pennsylvania Wilburite Quakers. Gamaliel Wallis Oliver (1772-1849) was a successful Lynn, Massachusetts, shoe manufacturer who married Charlotte Breed in 1807. Two grandsons, Wendell French Oliver and William Theodore Oliver, were conscientious objectors in WWI and served with the AFSC in European Reconstruction. The collection includes journals, photographs, and related papers of Wendell, W. Theodore, and Theodore's wife, Sarah Wood Oliver, a member of Perry City Monthly Meeting. Also a small amount of correspondence, a journal kept by Freelove Owen Pyle, 1909-1920, and genealogical and miscellaneous papers of the Satterthwaite and Buzby families of New Jersey and the Lane family of New York State. In addition to the WWI conscientious objectors material, of special interest are a letter from Quaker minister Mehetabel Jenkins and a letter from William Lloyd Garrison. The photographs...(see more)

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Friends Historical Library collection of marriage certificates, 1665-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 linear ft. (8 flat file drawers)
Abstract:: This collection consists of miscellaneous Quaker marriage certificates collected by the Friends Historical Library from different sources at different times.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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