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Property records of the Office of the Treasurer of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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Held at: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia [Contact Us]19 S. 22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103

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Call Number:
CPP 5/005-01
Repository:
Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Extent:
2.5 linear feet (3 boxes)
Language:
English
Date:
1795-1984 (inclusive)
Creator:
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Treasurer
Form:
Bills of sale, Correspondence, Deeds, Financial records, and Property records
Abstract:

The Office of the Treasurer of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was established in the 1787 constitution and by-laws. The treasurer's original duties were to receive all College funds and pay all bills. In 1834, an annual financial report became a requirement of the office.

The 1882 by-laws give custody to the treasurer of all papers regarding College finances. By 1900, the custody of all the College's funds and securities and the ability to invest all permanent funds (under the direction of the Committee on Finance) had become the treasurer's chief responsibilities. In 1914, the custody of all real estate no t currently occupied by the College also became an added duty, and the treasurer was to keep the accounts of the Office of the Secretary and all committees (with the exception of the Committee on the Mutter Museum) as well as pay all bills and receive any funds from the committees. The treasurer became an ex officio member of the College's Committee on Finance in 1925. The 1935 by-laws state that tlte treasurer is also to keep all deeds of gift, deeds of trust, and articles of agreement between donors and the College.

This is currently (1993] an active office.

The collection contains correspondence, deeds, deed polls, mortgages, and surveys documenting the acquisition, ownership, lease, and sale of buildings and properties by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1795-1984.

Series 1 includes a series of deeds and other documents concerning properties at 13th and Locust Street, 1795-1948. An agreement of sale, brief of title, certificates of searches, contracts, correspondence, leases, and receipts are included.

Series 2 contains similar documents, 1808-1974, for 22nd Street properties, along with agreements, a 1945 appraisal of building furnishings and contents, contracts and bids for construction, fire and title insurance policies, and a release of liens.

The College's acquisition nf properties on 21st Street is documented in Series 3 through a bill of sale, correspondence, deeds, information certificates, leases, and title insurance policies, 1956-1984.

Miscellaneous property and financial records, 1885-1959, in Series 4 include: records of mortgaged properties; correspondence of the College treasurer concerning gifts, estates, and legal opinions; records of investments and securities; research on the development of a employee pension plan; and records of pledges and payments to the College's Building, Development, and Austin funds campaign.

This collection of property records of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was transferred to the Historical Collections of the Library by Benjamin R. Pierce of the College's Office of Finance and Accounting on 28 May 1992, Before that date, the collection was preserved in a safe in the Office of Finance and Accounting.

The collection was processed and catalogued in 1993. During the course of processing, one folder of bills, 1901-1916, from the Section on Ophthalmology of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was discarded.

Publisher
Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Collection Inventory

1. Higgins, Francis, and Hannah Higgins. Deed to Benjamin Scott, 10 September 1795.
Box 1
2. Higgins, Francis, and Hannah Higgins. Deed to Daniel Hunt, 13 July 1796.
Box 1
3. Higgins, Francis, and Hannah Higgins. Deed to James McNalley, 17 August 1796.
Box 1
4. Donaldson, William T. Deed poll to Alexander Buchanan, 13 August 1809.
Box 1
5. Hunt, Daniel, and Jane Hunt, Deed to Edward Hunt, 03 March 1810.
Box 1
6. Seckel, Philip. Deed to James Harper, 16 May 1810.
Box 1
7. Harper, James, and Jane Harper. Deed to James Harper, 24 June 1812.
Box 1
8. Harper, James, and Jane Harper. Deed to James Cunningham, 24 June 1812.
Box 1
9. Buchanan, Alexander, and Margaret Buchanan. Deed to Walter Harper, 25 June 1816.
Box 1
10. Hunt, Edward, and Sarah Hunt. Deed to Conrad Hanse, 11 June 1817.
Box 1
11. Truxtun, Thomas. Deed poll to David Lewis, 27 December 1817.
Box 1
12. Hanse, Conrad, and Christiana Hanse. Deed Robert W. Nutter, 05 June 1826.
Box 1
13. Harper, Walter. Mortgage to Jacob Justice, 11 June 1828.
Box 1
14. Harper, Walter. Bond and warrant to Jacob Justice, 11 June 1828.
Box 1
15. Strembeck, Jacob. Deed poll to Walter Harper, 07 November 1828.
Box 1
16. Harper, Walter. Mortgage to Jacob Justice, 09 July 1830.
Box 1
17. Harper, Walter. Bond and warrant to Jacob Justice, 09 July 1830.
Box 1
18. Lewis, David, Deed to Walter Harper, 09 July 1830.
Box 1
19. Harper, Walter. Mortgage to Jacob Justice, 18 October 1833.
Box 1
20. Harper, Walter. Bond and warrant to Jacob Justice, 18 October 1833.
Box 1
21. Duncan, Benjamin. Deed poll to James Burk, 08 September 1835.
Box 1
22. Nutter, Margaret, and John Rutherford. Deed to John A. White, 06 April 1839.
Box 1
23. Burk, James, and Elizabeth Burk. Deed to John Proctor, 22 June 1839.
Box 1
24. College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Mortgage to George B. Wood, 27 May 1863.
Box 1
25. College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Bond and warrant to George B. Wood, 27 May 1863.
Box 1
26. Records, 1828-1948.
Box 1

1. Bevan, Mathew L. Deed poll to John Connelly, George Bartram, Peter Browne, John Hart, William Rush, William Linnard, Ebenezer Ferguson, Joseph Price, Peter Keyser, James Traquair, Thomas McEwen, and William Dobson, 04 April 1808.
Box 1
2. Murdoch, Robert, Joseph Smith, and Alexander W. Johnston. Deed to Samuel Keith, 02 June 1814.
Box 1
3. Keith, Samuel, and Mary Keith. Deed to Hugh Stevenson, 13 May 1839.
Box 1
4. Stevenson, Hugh, and Elizabeth Stevenson. Deed to Charles P. Morgan and John S. Malloch, 01 July 1853.
Box 1
5. Morgan, Charles P., and Catharine Morgan. Deed to John S. Malloch, 30 May 1855.
Box 1
6. Ewing, Robert. Deed poll to William H. Smith, 17 May 1862.
Box 1
7. Smith, William H. Deed to John Atkinson and Ferdinand Myhlertz, 06 April 1874.
Box 1
8. Fodell, John C. Deed to Samuel Baetty, 02 September 1874.
Box 1
9. West End Trust Company, Anny Margrethe Myhlertz, Frederick Gad Myhlertz, and Augusta Myhlertz Bailey. Deed to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 11 September 1903.
Box 1
10. Beatty, Susan, Thomas Beatty, and Verna G. Beatty. Deed to George F. Manning, 10 November 1909.
Box 1
11. Manning, George F. Mortgage to Susan Beatty and Thomas Beatty, 16 February 1910.
Box 1
12. Manning, George F. Bond and warrant to Susan Beatty and Thomas Beatty, 16 February 1910.
Box 1
13. Manning, George F., and Clara Manning. Deed to Irving W. Hollingshead, 16 February 1910.
Box 1
14. Survey of property, 29 March 1910.
Box 1
15. Hollingshead, Irving W., and Florence B, Hollingshead. Deed to Eckley B. Coxe, Jr., 01 April 1910.
Box 1
16. Beatty, Susan, and Thomas Beatty. Assignment of bond and mortgage to Charles Sinkler, 07 April 1910.
Box 1
17. Coxe, Eckley B., Jr. Deed to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 24 June 1910.
Box 1
18. Coxe, Eckley B., Jr, Deed to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 25 April 1912.
Box 1
19. Records, 1903-1974.
Box 1

1. Lehrman, Nathan, and Elizabeth Lehrman. Deed to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 23 August 1957.
Box 1
2. Dennis, Albert E., and Ruth Gruber Dennis. Deed to Thomas J. Cauley, 27 August 1968.
Box 1
3. Sullivan, Francis W. Deed to Thomas J. Cauley, 27 August 1968.
Box 1
4. Cauley, Thomas J., and Mary F. Cauley. Deeds to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 28 August 1968.
Box 1
5. Cauley, Thomas J., and Mary F. Cauley. Deed to William P, Lutz, 29 June 1971.
Box 1
6. Lutz, William P., and Dorothea L. Lutz. Deed to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 13 July 1971.
Box 1
7. Dobbs, Carey W., and Annie Claude Dobbs. Deeds to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 29 December 1983.
Box 1
8. Real estate records, 1956-1984.
Box 2-3

1. Records of mortgaged properties, 1885-1926.
Box 3
2. Miscellaneous correspondence, 1899-1959.
Box 3
3. Records of investments and securities, 1899-1958.
Box 3
4. Pension plan research, 1948-1950.
Box 3
5. Records of Building, Development, and Austin funds campaign, 1948-1956.
Box 3

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