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Morris Wistar Wood Collection
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Chiefly the related Quaker families of Collins, Cresson, Emlen, Morris, Wistar and Wood. See accompanying family charts for relationships.
Correspondence, diaries, photographs, genealogy, deeds, financial, legal and business papers, clippings, maps, facsimiles and other misc. papers.
Primarily correspondence of the related Quaker families of Collins, Cresson, Emlen, Morris, Wistar and Wood with friends and family. There are a large number of travel letters in the collection, including letters of Caleb Cresson (1775-1821) while in England and France in 1815-1816; letters of Joshua H. Morris (1822-1885) and his wife, Elizabeth Stokes Morris, written to his daughter (her step-daughter) while they were in Europe, etc. (1876-1878); letters of Rev. Charles Wood (1851-1936) while he was in Europe in 1878-1891; correspondence (primarily love letters) between Annabella C. Wistar Wood and Horatio C. Wood, both before and after their marriage in 1897; letters (with photographs) of Horatio Curtis Wood (1870-1943) while traveling with his family in Europe (1913). There is also correspondence between Annabella Elliott Cresson (1743-1793) and her husband Caleb Cresson (1742-1816), a business letterbook of Bartholomew Wistar (1790-1841), letters of John Wistar (1759-1815) written to his son, Bartholomew Wistar and a notebook of letters (with photographs) of Morris Wistar Wood (1899-1980) detailing his experiences in China at the Canton Christian College (Lingnan University) in 1921-1923.
Includes diaries (1922-1978) of Morris Wistar Wood and his wife, Evelyn Byrd Page Wood (includes their life in China); diaries (1918-1924) of Annabella Bonnyman Wood (1902-1926) telling of her life as a Philadelphia debutante; diaries (1885-1905) of Annabella Cresson Wistar Wood (1872-1967) kept by her before her marriage to Horatio C. Wood and with entries by both of them afterwards (also with photographs); diaries (1910-1943) of Horatio Curtis Wood; also memoirs (ca. 1764) of Joshua Cresson (1744-1793) and transcripts made by Charles Caleb Cresson of James Cresson's Journal of his trip to Barbados in 1784-1785 and Caleb Cresson's journal of his trip to England in 1815-1816. ]
Papers of Charles Caleb Cresson (1816-1902) include his research notes and notebooks on various topics, including Pierre Cresson, William Penn Charter School, and John Archdale, the Quaker colonial governor of the Carolinas. Cresson's papers also include his genealogical research on Bacon, Cresson, Elliott, Emlen, Warder and related families; a letterbook (1893-1895) and his "Our Saviour as a Wine Drinker."
Charles Wood papers include biographical material compiled by Herbert Howe, who appears to have been working on a biography of Wood in the 1940s.
Other manuscripts of interest in the collection are Caspar Wistar's oath of allegiance (1721); Caleb Cresson's 1816 passport signed by John Quincy Adams and Margaret Philpotts' 1785 manumission of Jess, an enslaved woman.
Photographs include four albums, chiefly of Cresson, Wistar and Wood families as well as many loose and mounted portraits.
Arrangement of collection: The collection is arranged alphabetically by author or person responsible, as follows: boxes 1-3 contain miscellaneous letters, etc. A-Z with the exception of Cresson, Morris, Wistar and Wood which follow in boxes 4-29. Box 30 contains printed and misc. items. Boxes 31-35 contain photographs. Box 36 contains original deeds and marriage certificates. For more detail, see table of contents below:
Ms. Coll. 1140
Morris Wistar Wood Collection
Box #, Contents of box, [page # in guide to collection]
Gifts , accession nos. 4098, 4194, 5241, 5360, 5480, 7047, 7081
Processing history is unknown
Oversized items: 1. Marriage certificate of Solomon Cresson and Anna Watson, 1702. Photostat mounted on cardboard ["13f" in upper left corner, 36 × 56 cm.]
2. Marriage certificate of Joshua Emlen and Deborah Powell, 1728. Photograph mounted on cardboard [26 × 33 cm.]
3. Indenture between William Penn and James Petre, 1681. signed by Richard Vickris, Charles Jones, Jr., Philip Theo. Lehmann, John Greagory, Peter Young, Richard Wood, Ruth Wood. [not signed by Penn] with description of document, framed [frame 48 × 82 cm.]
vertical art shelves:
4. Wistar, Elizabeth Buckley Morris (1849-1925) Double framed albumen photograph [frame 38 × 33 × 7 cm.] - to vertical art shelves
5. Wistar, Bartholomew Wyatt (1818-1869) Framed portrait [frame 41 × 36 cm.] - to vertical art shelves
6. Wistar, Annabella Elliott Cresson (1818-1869) Framed portrait. [frame 36 × 42 cm.] - to vertical art shelves
People
- Wood, Morris Wistar
- Cresson, Charles Caleb, 1816-1902
- Cresson, Caleb, 1775-1821
- Wood, Horatio C. (Horatio Curtis), 1803-1879
- Cresson, Joshua
- Wood, Annabella Cresson Wistar, 1872-1967
- Wood, Annabella Bonnyman, 1902-1926
- Wood, Evelyn Byrd Page
- Wistar, Bartholomew, 1790-1841
Subject
- Publisher
- Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
- Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research use.
- Use Restrictions
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Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Collection Inventory
Letters, etc. filed alphabetically by writer as follows:
[Note: Cresson family filed separately in boxes 4-9]
General Physical Description note(5 folders)
- ALS, March 18, 1897, to Annabella C. Wistar Wood, on her wedding trip
- ALS, Philadelphia, Aug. 11, 1845, to Ellen Collins
- 4 ALS, Parkesburg, July-Sept. 1842, to B. Wyatt Wistar
- ALS, [New York], [no date], to Ellen Collins
- ALS, 5 mo. 25, 1868, to Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar
- ALS, Montreal, July 1, 1848, to Ellen Collins
- ALS, July 23, 1870, to Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar
- 9 ALS, 1743-1774, to Samuel Emlen
- ALS, Newport, 6 mo. 9, 1760, to Caleb Cresson
- DS, re: estate, copy of probate and will, 1791
- ALS, Knox St., "friday," [Feb. 12?, 1897], to Annabella Cresson Wistar re: AB will take over ACW's "Sewing School" while she is away on her wedding trip, wishes for her happiness
- D, re: estate, schedule of distribution, 3/21/1946
- 2 ALS, New York, Dec. 20, 29, 1899 to Horatio C. Wood re: family genealogy
- 2 ALS, 1867-1868, to Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar
- 2 ALS, 1878, to Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar [in French]
- ALS, New York, June 1 [no year], to Ellen Collins
- ALS, n.d., to B. Wyatt Wistar
- ALS, Pittsfield, Ma., Oct. 22, 1896, to her sister, Annabella C. Wistar re: wedding trip [she married Marriott Canby]
- ALS, Phila., 7 mo. 4, 1791, to Caleb Cresson
- 2 ALS, Phila., 9 mo. 7, 1840 and n.d., to his parents
- ms. re: his estate, "Opinion of will by James Kinsey," ca. 1711
- ALS, 6/7/1867, to L.C. Wood [Lydia Cope Collins Wood?] re: her wedding present
- ALS, Walnut Street, 9 mo. 28, 1883 [?], to cousin [E.C. Collins c/o William M. Collins?] w/ note added by L.C.W. (Lydia C. Collins Wood)
- ALS, Weston [Westtown School], 7 mo. 30, 1822, to brother, Marmaduke C. Cope re: she doesn't like it there
- 5 items found together with cover letter [ALS, Germantown, July 21, 1872] from M.C. Cope to "brother" [in-law?] Thomas Wistar re: items put aside by his [wife] Sarah for TW
includes:
- ALS of E.M. Wistar, 2 mo. 1858, to [?] re: nearness of death of "our dear mother" [Ann Pancoast Morris (1764-1858)]
- ALS of "AWM" [Anna Morris Wistar Morris], Newport, 2nd day [1852] to "Mother" w/ note to "Lilly Buckley Morris" from "Papa"
- DS, Sept. 21, 1779, re: notice of his death in Revolutionary War, 1778 signed by Capt. William Smith [note on back "one of R. Wistar's glass makers"]
- ALS, London, Feb. 4, 1757, to Samuel Emlen re: estate of Theo. Cowper
- ALS, 12 mo. 2, 1841, to B. Wyatt Wistar re: dissolution of their partnership
- ALS, Lynn, 10 mo. 20, 1792, to Caleb Cresson re: seeds of chrysanthemum and pineapple melon, news of family
- ALS, Boston, May 3, 1850, to Ellen Collins
- 13 ALS, Long Branch, Newport, Phila. and Stouton, 1845- ca. 1864, to cousin Ellen Collins
- 3 ALS, New York, 1817-1822, to sister, Anna S. Collins
- 2 ALS, New York, June 8 and Aug. 27, 1849, to Ellen Collins
- ALS, ca. March 1852, to "cousin Elly" [Ellen Collins] re: birth of sister "Madgy" [Margaret?]
- D, 1895, typed copy of will
- ALS, Seaford, Delaware, June 19, 1899, to Horatio C. Wood re: family genealogy
- ALS [signed "Mother"], New York, June 3, 1849, to Ellen Collins
- ALS [signed "T.C."], Burlington, 5 mo. 18, 1852, to niece Ellen Collins
- ALS, 10 mo. 19, 1842, to B. Wyatt Wistar
155 items [includes 15 envelopes with notes written on inside flap]
- 5 ALS, 1892-1899, to Annabella C. Wistar Wood, re: friendship
- DS, Phila., June 3, 1817 re: a recommendation for Samuel Porter, his former carriage driver [note: Porter is a free Black man]
- ALS, Higham Lodge, [Walthamston?], 2 mo. 26, 1816, to Caleb Cresson
- ALS, Newport, 7 mo. 5, 1791, to [Annabella Cresson]
- ALS, Phila., 12 mo. 26, 1821, to Sarah E. Cresson
- 5 ALS, Phila., 1791-1793, to Caleb Cresson, Annabella Cresson
- ALS, Phila. Feb. 26, 1900, to Horatio C. Wood
- DS, copy of his will, 1791 [signed? by Nicholas Waln and John Foulke]
- ALS [copy], Oct. 17, 1796, to Jeremiah Warder
- 4 p. from his receipt book (includes estate receipts by Charles Pleasants, 1798-1800)
- ALS, Birmingham, Oct. 1828, to Lydia Emlen
- ALS, Rome, 1833, to Sarah Emlen Cresson
- ALS, Nov. 1, 1838, to Mary Emlen Greaves
- TD, copy of "Some acct of the life & death of George Emlen as given in writing by his sons Joshua & Samuel Emlen, late of this city, Philadelphia."
- ms. journal, Sept.-Dec. 1758 of his travel in New Jersey, New York area and New England region
- 3 D, 1764-1768, orders to pay
- ALS, n.d., to B. Wyatt Wistar
- ALS, W.B.S., 4 mo. 10, 1843, to cousin, Sarah Emlen Cresson
- DS, receipt to Samuel Emlen, Jr. from Elizabeth Pearson re: her share in estate of Joshua Emlen
- 2 ALS, n.d., to cousin, Sarah E. Cresson
- ADS, n.d., composition on "diversions," to Miss Mary Bech
- ALS, Phila., 6 mo. 12, 1752, to Lewis Neale re: accounts relative to his brother John Neale's estate due to Samuel Emlen
- 8 ALS, Burlington and Phila., 1816-1834, to Thomas Stewardson
- 9 items, receipts, clipping, orders to pay to SE, account w/ Clark Brown
- DS, receipt of, 1800, to David Offley
- D, [Phila.], 1801, "Plan of the houses in Fourth Street"
- ALS, 6 mo. 27, 1827, to John Cooke re: rent of tan yard
Letters, etc. filed alphabetically by writer as follows:
[Note: Morris family filed separately in boxes 10-11]
General Physical Description note(3 folders)
- ALS, 9 mo. 13, 1793, to Caleb Cresson
- 13 ALS, Phila., Salem and Mannington, 1828-1837 and n.d., to her brother, Bartholomew Wistar
- 4 ALS, Mannington, 1835-1838, to his brother-in-law, Bartholomew Wistar [some w/ his wife, Charlotte]
- ADS, "Declaration of Trust - Samuel Garrett Cr to Wm. Tidmarsh Cr," 1716 [signed by Samuel Garrett, William Hudson, William Tidmarsh, Hannah Emlen]
- ALS, Cincinnati, May 6, 1831, to Bartholomew Wistar
- ALS, London, March 23, 1762, to Samuel Emlen
- ALS, Exeter, Dec. 17, 1855, to "Lee" [or "Lei"?] [Ellen Collins?] re: death of youngest daughter
- ALS, 6 mo. 14, 1770, to Moore & Snowden, requesting they send beer
- ALS, Elim, Chester Co. [Pa.], 1777, to his brother re: his happy life in the country
- ALS, April 12, 1831, to Sarah E. Cresson re: money due for James' board
- ALS, 7 mo. 23, 1790, to Caleb Cresson
- 11 ALS, Newport, 1791-1794, to Caleb Cresson re: news of family and Friends
- 2 ALS, Newport, 1791, 1793, to Caleb Cresson
- 7 ALS, New York and Newport, 1793, to Cresson family members
- ALS, Burlington, July 3, 1772, to Moore & Snowden re: bottles
- ALS, Head Quarters Camp Monmonth, Meridian Hill, May 20, 1861, to William M. Collins re: tracts and prayer meetings, Bible class at camp
- ALS, New York, 10 mo. 26, 1791, to Caleb Cresson
- 2 ALS, New York, 1794, to Caleb Cresson
- ALS, Hartford, Ct., July 16, 1867, to Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar
- ALS, Hartford, Ct., July 16, 1867, to Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar
- ALS, [Burlington], 6 mo. 16, 1796, to Caleb Cresson
- 2 ALS, Hilltown, 1871, to Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar
- ALS, York, April 1, 1748, to Samuel Emlen
- ALS, n.d., to Bartholomew Wistar
- ALS, Black Point, 12 mo. 31, 1821, to Sarah Cresson
- ALS, Asylum, 1 mo. 19, 1870, to "cousin" Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar
- ALS, Manor Township, May 30, 1772, to Moore & Snowden, brewers
- 2 ALS, Aug. and Oct. 1772, to Thomas Moore re: hops, money
- DS, 1722, re: his estate, "Release from David Morris to Bartholomew Wyatt"
- 2 D, 1813, 1818, copies of will
- 2 receipts from estate, 1818, 1821
- DS, 1766, re: her estate, discharge from her children to Samuel Emlen, signed by Hannah and Sarah Kaighin, witnesses Mary Armitt and Joshua Cresson
- DS, 1818 bond
- ALS, New York, Jan. 13, 1845, to B. Wyatt Wistar
- D, 1798, ms. copy of will
- 2 ALS, Philadelphia, 1846, to Ellen Collins
- ALS, Philadelphia, 10 mo. 31, 1852, to "E.C.C." [Eliza Cope Collins?]
- TLS, Chicago, March 9, 1916, to Joseph Morris Wistar re: sympathy at death of father
- ALS, London, 4 mo. 8, 1873, to Charles Caleb Cresson w/ note added by Benjamin H. Lightfoot
- ALS, London, March 21, 1759, to Samuel Emlen
- ALS, London, April 10, 1762, to Collins Emlen
- account of Samuel Emlen, 1764
- 2 ALS, London, 1764-1765, to?
- 2 ALS, London, 1764-1765, to Hudson Emlen
- account of Hudson Emlen, 1766
- account of estate of Hudson Emlen, 1768
- ALS, London, July 4, 1768, to Sarah Emlen
- account of Sarah Emlen, 1770
- ALS, Nantucket, 9 mo. 1791, to Caleb Cresson
- DS, Phila., 10 mo. 18, 1770, request for [Charles Moore] to pay John Bryan
- 5 ALS, 1768-1796, to his brother, Thomas Moore
- 2 receipts, 1794-1795
- D, Phila., April 15, 1918, postal card to Horatio C. Wood from Secretary of Univ. of Pennsylvania Alumni Committee
- ALS, 9 mo. 19, 1800, to her sister, Sarah Moore
- DS, bond, 1768 [in 2 pieces]
- ALS, Wilmington, Nov. 5, 1785, to his uncle, Thomas Moore
- invoice of china, 1795, "Memorandum of Sundries to be brought by Sam. E. Howell for Sarah More [sic] for which he has received 130 dollars to be laid out as follows"
2 receipts, 1800, 1813
- ALS, Phila., Oct. 17, [before 1769], to her brother, Hudson Emlen
- D, 12 mo. 26, 1755, copy of certificate from West River Meeting
- D, re: financial and business matters, 1755-1785
- 3 D, 1771-1773, bills and receipts re: Moore & Snowden, brewers
- ALS, Phila., July 21, 1785, to James Smith
- 4 D, related to his estate, 1786-1800
Letters, etc. filed alphabetically by writer as follows:
[Note: Wistar and Wood families filed separately in boxes 12-29]
General Physical Description note(3 folders)
- ALS, London, Aug. 25, 1768, to Sarah Emlen re: business, her brother's estate
- ALS, London, Feb. 11, 1765, to Hudson Emlen re: business
- ALS, London, Feb. 18, 1765, to Hudson Emlen re: business
- ALS, Salem, 11 mo. 19, 1790, to Caleb Cresson and wife, re: travel as minister
- 2 ALS, Salem, 9 mo. 6, 1791 and 2 mo. 21, 1793, to Annabella Cresson re: religious in nature
- receipt, n.d., re: firm of Newbold & Wistar
- ALS, Phila., July 25, 1840, to cousin, Bartholomew Wistar re: financial matter
- ALS, Cambridge, July 6, 1866, to Mr. Wistar
- 8 ALS, Exeter and Augusta, May 7 - August 7, 1865, to Dillwyn Wistar re: friendship
- ALS, Liverpool, July 18, 1803, to "my dear aunt" re: full of remorse for some offence [not mentioned]
- DS, Salem, N.J., 1 mo. 1785, manumission of Jess, an enslaved woman, witnessed by Bartholomew Wyatt and Samuel Austin
- 2 receipts, 1770, 1773, for rent
- receipt, June 30 [?], 1804 for medical services
- ALS, Phila., 11 mo. 1810?, to Sarah E. Cresson
- ALS, Aug. 20, 1825, to Sarah E. Cresson re: news of death of brother Samuel
- ALS, [?], Nov. 5, 1825, to uncle, Jeremiah Emlen
- ALS, Boston, 8 mo. 10, 1791, to Caleb Cresson
- ALS, Wilmington, Feb. 23, 1792, to Caleb Cresson
- ALS, Phila., June 17, 1793, to Caleb Cresson
- ALS, 10 mo. 14, 1867, to her niece, Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar
- 2 ALS, Phila., 5 mo. 28 and 7 mo. 6, 1827, to Bartholomew Wistar re: news of family (death of child) and friends
- ALS, March 3, 1897, Germantown, to Annabella C. Wistar Wood, on her wedding trip
- 4 ALS, Johnston's Island, Ohio, Feb. 16 - May 7, 1865 to family [written while a prisoner during Civil War]
ALS, 12 mo. 3, 1864, to cousin "Meta" [Meta Howland?]
- 3 ALS, Salem, 1868, to Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar
- D [her card], Feb. 27, 1897, to Annabella C. Wistar Wood, invite to tea
- note to Capt. Wm. Ames to pay David Risk, [Nov.] 21, 1737
- 2 ALS, Liverpool, 1830, 1833, to Bartholomew Wistar re: news of family and friends
- 3 ALS, Nantucket, 1791-1792, to Caleb Cresson re: news of family and friends
- 2 ALS, Ware near London, 4 mo. 21 and 6 mo. 16, 1745 to John Dillwin re: financial matters
- 2 ALS, Pottsville, 1859-1860, to B. Wyatt Wistar re: mining business
- AL, 8 mo. 26, 1842, to B. Wyatt Wistar re: money due Wistar
- TLS, Dec. 16, 1966 to Annabella C. Wistar Wood thanking her for contribution to fund
- ALS, Byberry, 12 mo. 1, 1793, to Caleb Cresson re: Meeting business
- ALS, Cuba, [July] 1912, to John B. Wood, New Jersey
- ALS, Dec. 29, 1842, to B. Wyatt Wistar
- ALS, Phila., 8 mo. 18, 1827, to Bartholomew Wistar
- DS, Oct. 18, 1783 re: estate of JW [agreement of the executors] signed by Thomas Mayburry, Caleb Emlen, James Vaux and Wm. Morris
- ALS, Shoholon [?], July 22, 1769, to James & Drinker [firm]
- ALS, n.d., to Caleb Cresson re: religious in nature
- 1 p. ms., "copy of advice directed by John & Charles Wesley to the preachers of their country"
- 3 ms. items as follows: handwritten transcript of Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg [w/ note that she was at Lincoln's 2nd inauguration]; "Celebration of John Wesley's Birthday, in England, June 27 1768" and "Memorandum of a Variety of Articles given to Relatives & Friends"
- 2 ALS, Bush Rangers Lodge, 4 mo. 27 and 5 mo. 8, 1794, to Caleb Cresson
- DS, "Edwards vs. Wishart &ec: Partition, Sherif Cowperthwait return to Court of Common Pleas the fourth September 1787"
- ALS, n.d., to Sarah Moore
includes:
General Physical Description note(4 folders)
- bill and receipt for medical treatment, 1815
- AL, Phila., n.d., to Dorcas and Peggy Hadwen
- 18 ALS, Phila., 1772-1791 and n.d., to her husband, Caleb Cresson
- AD, 1790, "Minutes of Journey to London Grove &c"
- ALS, Phila., 4 mo. 18, 1793, to "cousin"
- ms. copies [by Charles C. Cresson, 1865] of letters of Caleb Cresson
- 2 ALS, Haddonfield, 9 mo. 6, 12, 1769, to his aunt Mary Armitt re: illness of his first wife [Sarah Hopkins Cresson, 1748-1769]
- 6 ALS, 1772-1777 and n.d., Phila. and New Garden, to his wife, Annabella Elliott Cresson
- 8 ms. items, 1780-1893 [?] and n.d., includes receipts (1798 medical bill for Caleb Cresson, yellow fever), essay, extract, and "Memorial concerning my dear wife Annabella Cresson"
- 2 ALS, New Port, R.I. and Phila., 1791 and 1802, to his son, Caleb Cresson, Jr.
- ALS, Phila., 9 mo. 3, 1793, to John Hadwen
- ms. vol. "Rules of Discipline of the Yearly Meeting of Friends held in Philadelphia. Printed by direction of the Meeting. Philadelphia, Printed by Kimber, Conrad & Co. 1806" (a copy in his hand, inscribed "Belonging to Caleb Cresson, Please to return it when reade")
- 2 ms. books labeled "Grandfather Cresson." These volumes are chiefly annotated transcriptions of documents of Caleb Cresson made by Charles Caleb Cresson.
- "A short account of the births and deaths of some among Friends of this city."
- "Some account of the decease of sundry persons who were interred in Friends Grave Yard"
- also contains extracts made by CCC from a volume belonging to the Hicksite branch of Friends, relevant to the Cresson, Elliott, Emlen and Warder families, also transcripts from family Bibles, etc.
- second copy of the above Caleb Cresson memoranda and copies of extracts related to his family history, etc. made by CCC
includes:
General Physical Description note(5 folders)
- 4 ALS, Phila. and Bedford, 1790-1802, to his father, Caleb Cresson
- 20 ALS, Phila. [and other places], 1793-1805, to his brother, John Elliott Cresson
- ca. 20 ALS, [sewn together into a booklet], 1815-1816, to his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson while he was traveling in England and France
- ms. book "Copy of diary of Caleb Cresson's visit to Europe, 1815-1816" [transcription made by Charles Caleb Cresson]
- "Receipt book Estate of the minor children of C. Cresson Decd." 1830-1841, kept by the guardians of his minor children
- copy book containing narrative of a vision of ghost of dead child [J. Hutchings of Barbados], n.d.
- list of family members from "J.C." to Caleb Cresson, n.d.
- hair of daughter Annabella, who died in 1808 w/ note by her father
- "Memorandum between John Cooke, Caleb Cresson Junr. & Bartholomew Wistar, dated 11 mo 19th 1814"
- passport, 1816
- passport, 1816, signed by John Quincy Adams
- articles of agreement between Caleb Cresson and Elizabeth Ann Valentine, 1818 re: rent
- certificate from Pa. Society for promoting the abolition of slavery, 1820
5 volumes of notes, copies of mss., etc. made by CCC
4 volumes, 1 folder of papers includes:
The volume "Ancestral volume for the Wood, Bacon..." is oversized and is standing near box 7.
ms. book compiled by Charles C. Cresson contains copied documents and extracts from various sources [Note: CCC consistently gives the source for his copied material]
includes photographs, prints, biographical/historical information and some letters, as well as ancestral lines
The volume "Ancestral volume for the Wood, Bacon..." is oversized and is standing near box 7.
- ca. 60 items laid in front and back of above volume placed in folder [includes letters to CCC re: ancestors, clippings, etc.]
- contains ms. copies of letters of Charles C. Cresson, w/ items laid in (index in separate booklet in front, also newspaper clippings)
includes:
General Physical Description note(9 folders)
- ALS, Rome, Feb. 20, 1839 to his sister, Mary Emlen Smith (wife of Joseph P. Smith)
- 4 ALS, Auburn Hill and Philadelphia, 1854-1867 to his nephew, Dillwyn Wister while at Westtown and Cambridge
- postal card re: safe arrival of package, 1894
- 13 envelopes addressed to CCC
- DS, certificate acknowledging CCC's life membership in Mercantile Library Co. of Phila., 1844, signed by Thomas P. Cope
[Note: there are a few letters addressed to CCC in Box 7, accompanying his genealogy volume]
General Physical Description note20 items
includes: AD [unattributed], notes, copies of mss., printed items made or collected by Charles C. Cresson in course of his research into Emlen family ancestors
- AD, memorandum written by [? Emlen], concerning his father, George Emlen with handwritten transcript by CCC, n.d. and unsigned
General Physical Description noteca. 20 items
includes his notes, copies of mss. made by CCC on Bacon, Cresson and related families
General Physical Description noteca. 20 items
includes his notes on his research into whether William Penn Charter School was the first public school in America
General Physical Description note2 items
includes his notes on various topics [other than genealogy], including his own writings
General Physical Description noteca. 45 items
includes clippings with notations in his hand, topics include Charles M. Cresson (d. 1893) and clippings sent to "Herrman"
General Physical Description noteca. 50 items
2 copies of printed pamphlet (p.1-2 missing from one copy)
36 copies
includes:
General Physical Description note(7 folders)
- ALS, Phila., 12 mo. 4, 1816 to his aunt, Sarah E. Cresson
- ALS, Pattonsburgh, Va., 3 mo. 24, 1823 to "Dear friends"
- ALS, n.d., to his "dear parent"
- ALS, Keythorp, 1 mo. 3, 1783 to his father, Caleb Cresson
- ALS, Phila., 3 mo. 28, 1808 to his cousin, Samuel Emlen
- ms. volume, "James Cresson's Journal, 1784-5, Voyage to Barbadoes" copied for Charles C. Cresson by Sarah Cresson from the original journal which was in her possession, w/ photographs of maps laid in
- receipt book, 1799-1803, inscribed on front cover "Receipt Book began the 3 mo. 6th: 1799 James Cressons"
(note: after June 1, 1799, kept by his widow, Sarah (Hooton) Cresson)
- ms. journal of his memoirs, written at age 20 [w/ note on back "The writing of these pages were by my Father Joshua Cresson. S. Cresson" and notes by Charles C. Cresson as to this family and that this "S. Cresson" was "Sarah Cresson, the Preacher"]
- ADS, her account of the death of her and husband Joshua Cresson's son, Ebenezer, from tetanus in 1800 (age 27)
- "Pierre Cresson" [spine title of ms. volume] compiled by Charles Caleb Cresson, includes copies of and extracts from mss., w/ items pasted in (photographs, maps, etc.)
- ALS, Phila., 2 mo. 13, 1822 to cousin, Sarah Emlen Cresson
- ALS, n.d., to son Charles
- ALS, Auburn, 29 7 mo. 1831 to B. Wistar
- ALS, 8 mo. 18, 1851 to Hannah
- DS, re: his estate "Discharge from the grandchildren of Solomon Cresson to the Trustees, 3 mo. 5th 1773" in hand of Caleb Cresson, signed by Jeremiah Cresson, James Cresson, Caleb Cresson, Joshua Cresson, Anna Lobdell, Samuel Lobdell and witnessed by Robert Barnes and Peter Thomson
- ALS, Kingsess, 1 mo. 19, 1817 to his aunt, Sarah Cresson (religious in nature)
- Receipt for Philadelphia taxes, 1860
includes:
General Physical Description note(8 folders)
7 items (includes programs, list of names at anniversary dinner, sheet music)
[Note: Elizabeth Stokes Morris filed separately in folders 3-8; Joshua H. Morris filed in boxes 11-12]
- AL, 2 mo. 1848, to her mother Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar
[Note: see Anna Morris Wistar Morris under Sarah Cope]
- DS, entitling Gen. John Shee to one share of stock in the Susquehannah and Lehigh Turnpike Road, 1804 signed by Anthony Morris, President
- ADS, Bond to Pigon & Co., 1810
- ALS, 4 mo. 17, 1868, to his niece, Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar [encloses copy of letter to him re: cow, from Catherine M. Brown]
- ALS, March 9, 1897, Germantown, to Annabella C. Wistar Wood on her wedding trip
- 3 ALS, July and August 1876 (while traveling in Europe) to his nieces, Annabella and Edith Wistar
- D, ms. copy of his will, 1734
- ALS, 8 mo. 14, 1815 to Thomas Stewardson re: estate of Thomas Wistar
- ALS [w/ Thomas C. James], Phila., 4 mo. 18, 1834 to Bartholomew Wistar
- ALS, Reading, Aug. 16, 1827, to Sarah E. Cresson
[letters in folders 3-7 are addressed to her step-daughter, Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar, mostly while traveling in Europe with her husband, Joshua H. Morris]
- 3 ALS, n.d., April 1867, April 1868 to Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar (her step-daughter)
- 20 ALS, July-Dec. 1876, [from Ireland, England, Carlsbad [Bohemia], Italy and Egypt]
- 10 ALS, [from Egypt, Greece, Austria, Germany and Bohemia (Czech Republic)]
- 9 ALS, [from Switzerland and France]
- 8 ALS, [from France and Germany]
- 10 ALS, [from Norway, etc.]
- ALS [signed "Grandma"], March 8, 1897, to "My dear little people" [Horatio C. Wood and Annabella C. Wistar Wood] re: invite to dinner [encloses ALS from "Aunt" Ann Stokes Morris, of March 8, 1897, to "bride & groom" [HCW and ACWW] on their wedding trip]
[Note: see also under ACWW, box 17, folder 1]
includes:
General Physical Description note(3 folders)
- Letter to Joshua H. Morris "signed on behalf of Divers Consarned Friends by Daniel Digdeep, Susannah Sheepherd S, William Wary Watchful..." [and others similarly named] in re: to his essay "On lying" [n.d.]
- Invitation to Joshua H. Morris from Rebecca Sharp, n.d.
- additional signatures of Friends who wished to witness his marriage but were not there, 1847
- note accompanying watch given to his daughter "Lilly" on her 11th birthday, 5 mo. 30, 1860
- pressed plant collected at Fire Island in 1865
General Physical Description note5 ms. items
- diagram of his family tree
- poem
- essay "On Lying" n.d.
- essay "Republics as advancing the arts and sciences" labeled "Before the Euphradian Society December 1842"
- essay "The characteristics of the 19th century" 11 mo. 14, 1846 labeled "For the Euphradian Society"
- essay "An analysis of life" inscribed "For the anniversary of the Euphradian Society 16th March 1863"
General Physical Description note6 ms. items
- copies of will, 1882
- agreement of indemnity, 1939
General Physical Description note3 items (TDS, TD)
includes:
Letters written by Joshua H. Morris:
General Physical Description note(12 folders)
- 2 ALS, n.d. [date not known as letters are very faint and fragile]
- 17 ALS, chiefly written to his parents while traveling
- 17 ALS, chiefly written to his parents while traveling
Note: the following letters are chiefly written to his daughter, Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar, while he was traveling in Europe, etc. with his wife, Elizabeth Stokes Morris
- 17 Letters, [from Egypt, Great Britain, Austria, Germany, Bohemia (Czech Republic), etc.]
- 15 Letters, [from Bohemia (Czech Republic), Austria, Bavaria (Germany) and Italy]
- 15 ALS, [from Italy and Egypt]
- 19 ALS, [from Egypt, Italy, Greece and Austria]
- 17 letters, [from Germany, Bohemia (Czech Republic) and Switzerland]
- 23 ALS, [from Switzerland, Italy, France and Spain]
- 16 ALS, [from France]
- 36 ALS, [from France, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Norway]
- 28 ALS, [from Norway, England and Scotland]
includes:
General Physical Description note(5 folders)
- 9 ALS, Westown and Newport, 1841, 1845 and n.d., to her husband, B. Wyatt Wistar
- ms. essay "A Happy New Year!" [religious in nature, w/ note by Elizabeth Morris Wistar that "I think this essay was written by my great-grandmother Annabella Elliott Cresson Wistar (Mrs. B.W. Wistar) [signed] Elizabeth Morris Wistar, 1926"]]
- D, authorized copy of her will, 1869 [w/ notation of Charles C. Cresson]
- "Bowles's New Traveling Map of England and Wales. Exhibiting all the direct and principal cross roads: with the distances from town to town according to the mile stones & other exact admensurations. Printed for Carington Bowles No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London." 1773? 2/ labeled slip case [with initials "BW" inscribed on front and "JG" on back] [was this his?]
- D, ms. copy of his will, 1794
- list of Friends in London united with J.J. Gurney's concern to visit U.S.
- essay "On public speaking" with "Barty Wistar may have this with the respects of D.B. Smith" on reverse
- D, "List of members of the Provincial Conference of Committees" [in 3 pieces], n.d.
- subscription petition for relief of some German immigrants, 1818
- 4 misc. financial D, 1818, 1841, n.d.
- 3 D, re: Clayton Newbold, 1822, 1835 [business]
- Letter of attorney, BW to Richard Price, 1826
- ALS, Phila., 2 mo. 9, 1828, to John Cooke re: business partnership
- 2 DS, partnership agreements, 1828, 1837
- ADS, "Some acct. of the case of Bartholomew Wistar decd." Phila., 11 mo. 15, 1841 by T. E. Beisley
- letterbook, 1830-1841, containing ms. copies of his business letters
- letter of E.L. Blaine (ALS), 1839, found in letterbook
- 3 ALS, Penn College, 1834 and Phila., 1840, to his father, Bartholomew Wistar
- ca. 24 items, 1841-1867 [primarily documents of a legal and business nature, including invitation to funeral of Thomas Wistar, 1851]
- 5 ALS, Phila., 1854 and 1867 to his son [all to Dillwyn Wistar?]
includes:
General Physical Description note(7 folders)
- 5 ALS, Phila., 1865-1867, to Dillwyn Wistar
- ALS, Phila., 10 mo. 22, 1869 to Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar
- ALS, Germantown, Jan. 1898, to Horatio C. Wood and Annabella C. Wistar Wood re: "First day school" of Wm. M. Collins, ca. 1860
- DS, Oath of Allegiance, 1721 [w/ letter re: its being silked]
- DS, Bond of John Lautinbaucks (shoemaker at Glass-house, Salem Co., N.J.) to Caspar Wistar (brass button maker, Phila.), 1746
- D, printed program for "Feast of Roses at the Tulpehocken Reformed Church, Sunday, June 8th, 1902... in memory of Caspar Wistar..."
- 2 ALS, 1834, 1840, to his brother, Bartholomew Wistar
- ALS, Phila., Aug. 2, 1780, to her grandchildren
- 4 ALS, n.d., to her son, Bartholomew Wistar
- ALS, Phila., May 4, no year, to "Dear Madam"
- ALS, Westown, 7 mo. 18, 1854, to uncle "Charley"
- bill for pants, 1865
- ALS, Minn., Aug. 25, 1869, to his father, B. Wyatt Wistar
- assignment of bond and mortgage, Dillwyn Wistar to Joshua H. Morris, 1883
- "Schedule of distribution of silverware, Furniture, Pictures, Rugs, &c. of Dillwyn & Elizabeth M. Wistar, to be used after the death of the survivor of them." signed by Elizabeth M. Wistar, 1916 [typed]
- ALS, 1911, to Mrs. Thomas Wistar "Beatrice" from "Aunt Lily"
includes:
- "List of old family furniture... February 16, 1913"
- "Schedule for the distribution of silverware as owned by November 6, 1910"
- copies of will, inventory and appraisal, schedule of estate distribution (1926)
- 4 ms. items re: to family genealogy, relation to royalty [found together]
- 8 ms. items re: notes on family genealogy, portraits and silhouettes
- 1 ms. item (in hand of "EMW" w/note "To Charles Wood with hope he will copy this record for his first cousin Theo. E. Brown Wood & lend same to be copied by his brothers.") [list of line of descent of Annabella Cresson Wistar Wood & Joshua Morris Wistar]
- ALS, n.d., to her father, re: religious in nature
- ALS, Phila., Oct. 2, 1867, to her brother
- 10 ALS, Phila. [and other places], 1867-1876, to Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar
- ALS, London, June 28, 1876, to her brother, Dillwyn Wistar
- D, "In the matter of the estate of Frederic Vaux Wistar (a mentally defective person)", 1947
- 12 ms. items, 1781-1815, n.d., chiefly legal and financial, includes fragment of memorial of JW, bonds, receipts, "Opinion given by Hor. Binney Esq. in 1815 for Exrs. of John Wistar et al.," facsimile of marriage certificate of John and Charlotte Wistar
- 37 ALS, 1810-1814 and n.d., to his son, Bartholomew Wistar
- receipt book of his estate (1815-1822) kept by Bartholomew Wistar
- envelope addressed to her
- ALS, April 12, 1841, to "Cousin"
- ALS, May 4, 1846, to Sarah Cresson
- receipt, 1766
- ALS, Phila., Sept. 1, 1779, to his children (Bartholomew and John Wistar)
- ALS, Phila., March 5, 1795, "To the commissioners and inhabitants of the district of Southwark" re: pump he put in Church Alley and has yet to be reimbursed for
- 4 ALS, Germantown, 1867 and n.d., to Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar [encloses ALS, 9/12/1867 of EBMW's great aunt Sarah]
- 4 ALS, 1860 and n.d., to her son, B. Wyatt Wistar
- DS, article of dissolution of partnership between Thomas Wistar and John Cooke, 1800
includes:
General Physical Description note(10 folders)
- 5 vol. diaries for 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923
- travel diary for 1924 of trip to Europe
- dance card for "First and Third Trinity Boat Clubs' Ball," 1924
[NUMEROUS ITEMS LAID IN DIARIES]
[album is in folder 10]
letters are from:
(from envelope labeled "From McElwain and Marjorie Taylor"
(from envelope labeled "From Otis Boles, Grandma Wistar and Northfield girls")
(from envelope labeled "From Bam and Frank Tatnall"]
(from envelope labeled "From Chas. Harris")
- typed poem [anonymous]
from envelope labeled "From Sarah McL. Williams and Brooks Fenns")
[note: no letters from "Bill McLean" in this envelope]
(from envelope labeled "Letters to Bonn from John Wright and Bill McLean and Van Dusin")
- poem, 4/4/1924
(from envelope labeled "From `Tommy' Teague")
(from envelope labeled "From Edward Pulling")
- above letters were placed in these before being removed during processing of collection
[Note: childhood letters of Annabella Bonnyman Wood, written to her mother, Annabella C. Wistar Wood, while she was in Europe (1910) are filed under ACWW in box # 17]
includes:
Letters of Annabella C. Wistar Wood to Horatio Curtis Wood (before and after their marriage on Feb. 17, 1897)
General Physical Description note(4 folders)
- written to him from Jamestown, R.I. and Canada and from her home in Germantown
General Physical Description note10 ALS
- written by ACWW to him while she was at Sea Girt, N.J. and Jamestown, R.I.
General Physical Description note24 ALS
- primarily love letters written to him while she was at Newport, R.I.
- Sept. 16, 1897 ALS written to him on occasion of their 7 month anniversary
- includes enclosure of ALS from his mother, LCW
General Physical Description note10 ALS
- love and travel letters, written while she was in Europe with her parents
General Physical Description note26 ALS
includes:
General Physical Description note(8 folders)
(15 items, found tied together)
includes:
- ALS, [Germantown], Feb. 1, 1891 by ACWW to her mother, Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar
- 4 ALS, 1877, of [A.S.] Toland, to ACWW
- ALS, Rome, Nov. 10, 1876, to ACWW, from her grandmother [Elizabeth Stokes Morris]
- 3 L, 1877-1878, of "baby" John Stokes Morris to ACWW and Edith Wistar [in hand of Elizabeth Stokes Morris]
letters are from:
- William J. [C]asho (1); Martha M. VanSteenburgh (5); Emma Hilderbrand (1); Fannie Richardson (3)
General Physical Description note10 ALS
letters are from:
Mary Hutton Biddle; Frances Harris Brown; [H.T.] Brown; Sophy Buffum; Hannah W. Cadbury; William Wistar Comfort; Charles Caleb Cresson; E.V. Cresson; W.T. Cresson; Lawrence P. Dickey; Eleanor Evans; Anne Fielding; Robert E. Fox; C.E. Hopkins; Henry N. Hoxie; Nellie Kershaw; S.S. Kite; Edith Harrison Knight
General Physical Description note(18 ALS)
letters are from:
Austin C. Leeds; Sarah B. Leeds; Mary []; Margaret []; Marriott C. Morris; Ned []; Susan S. Reeve; Mary Lippincott Richards; Aunt Sarah []; Esther Morton Smith; Edith W. Stokes; J. Stogdell Stokes; E.B. Warner; Wm. Redwood Wharton; Mary Cope Whitall; C. [H.] Williams; John B. Wood; L. [C.] Wood
General Physical Description note(18 ALS)
11 letters (June 7 - 23, 1899)
letters are from:
- Louise (cousin); Marriott and Jenny (cousins); Gertrude M. Beomish [?]; Helen N. Dickey; Henry Morris and Susan B. Haviland (cousins) w/ "great-great aunt Sarah"; Elizabeth Buckner Macmurdo (Mrs. Charles J. Macmurdo); Marghuerite West; Adah M. Woodward Wood; John B. Wood; Sarah C. Worthington.
(17 items: ALS, TL, TLS, painting of elephant by daughter Bonny)
- (July 1 - Sept. 17, 1910) letters are from daughter Bonny and sons Curtis and M. Wistar [Annabella Bonnyman Wood, Horatio Curtis Wood and M. Wistar Wood]
letters are from:
Amy []; Otis Boles [Balis?]; Harry I. Brown; Reynolds D. Brown; Theodore E. Brown; William Wistar Comfort; Elsie []; Eleanor []; Lida R.H. Gade; Elizabeth D. Hacker; John H. Maurer; Marjorie []; Northern Building & Loan Assoc.; Ethel R. P.; Edith C. Page; Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial Dames of America; Jack Redwood; Rita []; Anna [Estes] Strawbridge; Joseph and Josephine Tyler; Josephine Redwood [Vauhess?]; [William L.?] West; Thomas Wistar; Howard I. Wood; John Story Wright
General Physical Description note(25 ALS, TLS)
(ca. 16 ALS, TLS)
Papers and diaries
(7 folders)
includes:
10 items (mss., some in pencil)
- 1931-1937 (7) speeches to the Sedgeley Club at their annual meetings
- 1932 speech to Niblick Club
- 1934 speech to Tulpehocken Trinity Reformed Church [she is there as descendant of Caspar Wistar]
- envelope speeches originally in, with notes on front as to contents
[Note: there are errors in dates recorded on forms]
General Physical Description note5 items
These folders include estate and finance related papers as well as papers related to the final years of her life and her family's difficulties and decisions regarding her health care
includes:
- power of attorney and accompanying letters, 1957-1966
- re: her finances, health care arrangements, etc., 1959-1968
- re: her will and trust, 1966-1967
- re: her finances, will, health care arrangements, 1966-1967
diaries are for:
- 1884-1885, 1885-1887, 1887-1889, 1889-1893 and 1895 (labeled 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 on front covers respectively) [w/ items pasted and laid in, includes silver bracelet]
General Physical Description note5 ms. vols.
Diaries
includes:
General Physical Description note(3 folders)
ms. vol. ["#5" on front cover]
ms. vol. ["#7" on front cover]
[Note: this volume is truly a joint effort of Annabella and Horatio Wood and includes entries by her husband (of special interest see his account of their courtship and wedding), also numerous items and photographs pasted in of them and their family]
ms. vol. ["#8" on front cover]
[Note: includes entries by both Annabella and Horatio Wood, also numerous items and photographs pasted in]
includes:
General Physical Description note(7 folders)
includes: 6 envelopes, clipping, undated postcard of CW, 1878 letter of credit, ill. of hotel in Berlin, card of Lady Paget, printed Discipline of Friends
Letters written by Charles Wood, primarily to his parents [also a few to Dolph and Alice Runyon]
General Physical Description note12 items
- 8 ALS, 1 D [while at Haverford College]
- 27 ALS [from France, Switzerland, Germany, Poland and Russia]
- 17 ALS [from Russia, Germany and England]
- 13 ALS [from England]
- 7 ALS [from England, Scotland and France]
- 10 ALS [from France, Spain and Italy]
includes:
Letters written by Charles Wood, primarily to his parents
General Physical Description note(8 folders)
- 10 ALS [from Italy]
- 13 ALS [from Italy]
- 11 ALS [from Italy and Switzerland]
- 16 ALS [from Hungary, Greece, Syria and Palestine]
- 14 ALS [from Lebanon, Egypt and India]
- 9 signed letters [from India, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and China]
- 6 ALS, addressed to his mother while traveling in Europe
- 5 ALS, June 7 - Nov. 13, to his mother
- 2 ALS, April 18, Oct. 21, to his mother
- 4 ALS, April 7 - May 4, to family
- chiefly addressed to Dolph F.R. Runyon and Alice Runyon, and to his parents, many while traveling in Europe
Note: these letters are taped to sheets in chronological order and were previously arranged in a 3-ring binder
General Physical Description noteca. 65 ALS
includes:
General Physical Description note(6 folders)
- ALS, from D.C., Buffalo Courier, Buffalo, N.Y., Dec. 9, 1878
- ALS, from Thomas Chase, Nov. 18, 1880
Note: folders 2-4 contain sheets with letters taped to them that were previously placed in a 3-ring binder. They are arranged in chronological order.
- correspondents include Elsie [sister], Frank [], mother, John Ashbridge, Johns H. Congdon, B. Frank Eshleman, Lindley Haines, Harper & Bros., Joseph W. Jones, Crammond Kennedy, [K.S. Nickerson]
General Physical Description noteca. 32 ALS
ca. 23 ALS, also clippings, church programs, bylaws and articles of faith of Central Presbyterian Church of Buffalo, N.Y., etc.
- correspondents include father, mother, [J.] Baird, John H. Dillingham, Joseph T. Duryea, Stephen Lockwood, W.H.M., J.G.K. McClure, O.C. Morse, Alexander Reed, Alice W. Runyon [sister], Wilson [Shraner?], William S. Taylor, Henry W. [Z.?]
ca. 35 ALS, also clippings, receipts, 90th annual report of Presbyterian Historical Society
- correspondents include mother, Alicia [], George [], Samuel Anable, N.A. Boynton, Brown Shipley & Co. [?], George K. Davis, Julia H. Donn, Walter Edward, D.R.F., Rose T. Frazer, Reuben E. Heacock, J.G.K. McClure, Eliot McCormick, James [McLeod?], Thomas B. McLeod [?], Allan Marguard [?], C.P.H. Nason, Alice W. Runyon [sister], Dolph Runyon, A.N.R., E.C. Warner, Holly Wood, James Wood
ms. book
includes notes, clippings, small ms. volume compiled by Alice C. Wood on Charles Wood (ca. 52 p., with photographs), TLS, ALS (of Alice C. Wood to Herbert Howe, and others), typed transcripts and carbon copies of letters [chiefly of HH], and other material dealing with the life of Charles Wood - probably compiled by Herbert Howe in the course of writing his book on Wood.
[Note: Some of this material is marked "For Herbert Howe" by Alice Cox Wood, ca. 1940s. He appears to have prepared a book on Wood. In a letter of Oct. 20, 1947 to Alice C. Wood, he writes "The letters in this house - now arranged in 12 binders chronologically - five of the books Uncle Charles wrote and the Haverford College memorabilia (which I sent to Bob Edgar for the alumni records) have been the greatest value." Also in typed notes [of HH] "Eight binders of letters received by CW 1862-1870 together with a school note book,... are the earliest material.... his correspondence was with his cousins - Charles Wood Tallcott of Croton Point and `Little' Frank Underhill of N.Y. City." Letter of HH, July 24, 1941 to Robert Edgar, "At long last the Wood family papers in the attic (three hampers and a box) have been sorted and put in binders chronologically"]
General Physical Description note(ca. 100 items)
includes:
- 1955 diary is record of travel in Europe
- 1923-1928 diary includes time in China
General Physical Description note3 vols.
- 3 TL, Jan.-Feb. 1942 to his parents, Horatio and Annabella C. Wistar Wood
- Copper engraving plates (2) for name cards of Horatio Curtis Wood and Mrs. Horatio Curtis Wood, w/ a few cards
- Medical notes [of H. Curtis Wood?]
[Note: childhood letters of Horatio C. Wood written to his mother, Annabella C. Wistar Wood, while she was in Europe (1910) are filed under ACWW in box # 17]
(folders 2-9)
2 ALS
- love and friendship
General Physical Description note9 ALS
- love and friendship
General Physical Description note9 ALS
- love and friendship, letters written to her (at Germantown) [ALS of Dec. 19 w/ note of ACWW "The most precious letter I ever received from him. It has brought true comfort to my soul. Thursday morning."]
General Physical Description note8 ALS
- love and friendship
General Physical Description note6 ALS
- love letters written to her while she was at Sea Girt, N.J.
- includes enclosure of ALS from his father, John B. Wood.
General Physical Description note15 ALS
- love letters written to her while she was at Jamestown, R.I.
- includes enclosure of ALS from [his] mother
General Physical Description note19 ALS
22 ALS
- love letters written to her while she was at Jamestown, R.I.
- includes enclosure of ALS from his mother, Lydia C. Wood
Letters, etc.
General Physical Description note(5 folders)
(2 folders)
- love letters written to her while she was at Newport, R.I.
General Physical Description note13 ALS
- primarily love letters with news of family, written to her while she toured Europe with her parents in 1910 while HCW stayed home with the children
- includes 3 ALS from her children enclosed with Horatio's letters
General Physical Description note39 ALS
- 3-ring binder of handwritten letters [copies] and photographs of European trip w/ family
- 2 ALS, Italy, [postal cards] to Edward C. Wood, July 5, 8, 1913 re: selling of family land
letters are from:
- C.W. Bacon; "Aunt" Bacon; H.M. Bacon; John Bacon; Maurice C. Baker; Elizabeth S. Morris Barton; B.W. Beesley; Reynolds D. Brown; Ellen Collins; Cornelia Corse; Helen N. Dickey; Emma M. Fitt; Edith Harrison Knight; Gertrude Mellor; Emma C. Moody; John Stokes Morris; Marriott C. Morris; Nell [?]; Ethel Rhoads; Jane G. Rhoads; Margaret Hilles Shear[?]; [?] Ducan Spaeth; Katherine [Tursell?]; Amy R. Williams; Edward and Margaret C. Wistar; "Aunt" E.H. Wood; E.L. Wood.
General Physical Description noteca. 27 ALS
ca. 9 items
(2 folders)
6 volumes, as follows:
1910-1915, 1915-1919, 1920-1924, 1924-1929, 1929-1934, 1939-1943 [entries continued after his death by his wife, Annabella C. Wistar Wood]
- ALS, May 21, 1865, Norfolk, Va., to her mother [written while teaching freedman in Virginia]
- ALS, March 9, 1897, to Horace [son] on his wedding trip
- TL, Camden, Sept. 9, 1910, to Annabella C. Wistar Wood [daughter-in- law]
- D, Deed of Trust, 1914
- D, estate re: Trust of Lydia C. Wood, Settlor, 1922
[Note: see also under Caleb Cope)
- 3-ring notebook of typed letters and photographs of his trip to and stay in China
- TLS, March 23, 1940, to his mother, Annabella C. Wistar Wood re: poem, death of Annabella Bonnyman Wood in 1926 [his sister]
- ALS, June 7, 1979, to his grandson "Wis" on the occasion of his graduation from Haverford College
[Note: childhood letters of Morris Wistar Wood, written to his mother, Annabella C. Wistar Wood, while she was in Europe (1910) are filed under ACWW in box # 17]
5 volumes as follows:
- 1922-1925, 1934-1938, 1939-1943, 1944-1948, 1949-1953 also envelopes of items removed from back and fronts of diaries (photographs, newspaper clippings, etc.)
5 volumes as follows:
- 1954-1958, 1959-1963, 1964-1968, 1969-1973, 1974-1978 [w/ numerous items laid in]
(4 folders)
11 items, includes:
- ms. volume "Extracts from Deeds" [kept by?]
- poetry
ca. 57 items, includes:
- genealogy notes and charts re: Husband, Lloyd, Garrett, Newbold families [4 items]
- List of names and dates [by Anne C. Wood, requests handwriting samples]
- Signatures, 7 items
- petition of "inhabitants of the Northside of Cohansie" against a road, 1746/7 w/ 14 signatures
- [1803 copy] of a land document, signed by John Penn in 1766 to John Litton
- "A conversation that occurred betw. Samuel Fothergill & Admiral Tyrrell" and "Copied from one in Jos. Dockra's hands, Kelvedon 5 mo. 8th 1784" [with note in pencil that "the capital W's are like those in the signature of Nicholas Waln"]
- "Dr. [Thomas W.] Dyott's Land at Glass works on the River Delaware" [ca. 1830?], includes sketch of land
- misc. envelopes and stamps
ca. 26 items, includes:
- printed "Vision of Joseph Hoag" [n.d., "For sale by Wm. C. Cowperthwaite, 304 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa."]
- Coats of arms [bookplates], 4 copies
- Newspaper clippings, ca. 8 items [includes poem "To a daughter in affliction" by Horatio Curtis Wood]
- Old currency, 1757-1776, 8 items [all signed by a Morris, Emlen or Wistar]
- "Poulson's American Daily Advertiser" 2 issues, Sept. 4 and Oct. 8, 1804
- "An act to enable the owners and possessors of Petty's Island, situate in the River Delaware, in the County of Gloucester, to appoint persons vested with the proper powers for the well improvement of the said island. Trenton: Printed by Wilson & Blackwell. April 8, 1805" [pamphlet]
- "Address of the president and managers of the Schuylkill Navigation Company, to the stockholders, and to the publick in general." 1817 [pamphlet]
- "Epistle of London Yearly Meeting for 1827" 2 copies
- facsimile copy [c1881] of letter of President Garfield to his mother, Aug. 11, 1881
7 items
- "Cresson family from the colonial families of Philadelphia" [booklet] 1911
- "A sketch of the family of Dumaresq to which are added reminiscences of James Dumaresq, and an appendix of documents" [booklet w/ covers missing, Albany: J. Munsell, 78 State Street, 1863]
- "The Eliot papers No. II - The Eliot marriages...." [book], 1894
- "Genealogy of the Elliot family from old family records covering a period of over two hundred years. Compiled by Samuel Elliott, Philadelphia, 1899." [booklet]
- "Emlen family. One of the series of sketches written by Frank Willing Leach for the Philadelphia North American, 1907-1913, and brought down to date, 1932" c1932, [booklet]
- memorial of her [booklet]
- "The Huguenots on the Hackensack" by D.D. Demarest, 1886, [booklet]
(14 folders)
- photograph of silhouette of [?] (2 copies)
- group photograph of (ca. 43) men on steps of building [late 19th cent.?]
- group photograph of (6) men on steps of building [late 19th cent.?]
General Physical Description note3 items
- memorandum re: vitals of Elliott family
- page from Elliott family Bible with Elliott signatures
- portion of a letter with signature of Caleb Cresson
- "Map of New Netherlands, with a view of New Amsterdam, (now New York,) A.D. 1656. copied for the N.Y. Hist. Soc. from the map of A. Vander Denck" (4 copies mounted on fabric)
- marriage certificate of Joshua Emlen and Deborah Powell, 1728
- marriage certificate of James Cresson and Sarah Emlen, 1738
- enlargements of signatures to marriage certificate of James Cresson and Sarah Emlen (2)
- marriage certificate of Caleb Emlen And Mary Warder, 1773 (8 copies)
- enlargements of signatures to certificate of Caleb Emlen and Mary Warder (21 copies)
- map of "Van Keulen's Hook, 1662. Drawn by J.R. 1888"
- photograph of silhouette of Mary [Emlen] Armitt, w/notes on back in hand of Charles C. Cresson
- photograph (cyanotype?) of silhouette of Margaretta Butler
- photograph of Waring Parker Carrington
- photograph of Ellen Cope Collins and baby "Lilly" [Lydia Cope Collins]
- albumen carte-de-visite of Isaac Collins
- photograph of Margaret M. Collins (2 copies)
- albumen carte-de-visite of Mary Ann Collins & Lydia Cope Collins (Wood)
- 2 albumen carte-de-visite of Mary Ann Collins
- photograph (daguerreotype, hand-colored) of Mary Fullerton Hazard Cox
- 2 photographs of silhouette of Caleb Cresson, Jr.
- booklet containing 4 photographs of silhouettes of Caleb Cresson, Jr. (1775-1821) made by Charles C. Cresson
- photograph of Sarah Emlen Cresson, also 4 printed enlargements (for a book?) and 2 printed bio. sketches of her by Charles C. Cresson
- hand colored photograph (?) of Sarah Emlen Cresson, 1867 w/ note on back by Charles C. Cresson
- photograph (cyanotype?) of silhouette of Sarah Emlen Cresson
- photograph (cyanotype?) of silhouette of W. Cresson
General Physical Description note9 items
- photograph (daguerreotype) of Fanny Hazard Dickson
- photograph (cyanotype?) of silhouette of George Dillwyn
- photograph of silhouette of Annabella Bonnyman Elliott w/ caption "Taken in her glorious Age of Eightytwo."
- photograph (cyanotype?) of silhouette of Annabella Bonnyman [Elliott]
- 9 photographs (1 cyanotype?) of silhouettes (some dups.) of Maria (Graff) Emlen, Samuel Emlen, Caleb Emlen [some w/ notes on back in hand of Charles C. Cresson]
- photograph of Helen Helherington Graydon
11a. Morris family
- albumen print of Joshua Husband Morris, 1882
- albumen carte-de visite of Lillie D. Morris, 1878
- photograph of "? Isabel Page Hillman, Aunt Ethel Large, daughter of Samuel Davis Page" [1 postcard photo]
- photograph of S. Davis Page
12a. Pancoast family
- photo of portrait of Ann Pancoast
- photograph (daguerreotype) of Maria Clarissa Vidal
- photograph of the "Warder chair" w/ printed note on back signed by Richard T. Cadbury, 1915
- photo of portrait of John Warder painted ca. 1770s
- photograph of portrait of Nancy Head Warder
- group photograph "Newport 1891" of members of Wistar, Comfort, Morris families and others
- photograph of Annabella C. Wistar (1818-1869) (2 copies)
- engraving of Caspar Wistar
- photograph of house of Dillwyn Wistar
- albumen print of Dillwyn Wistar
- photograph of Emma Wistar, Annabella Cresson Wistar, Bartholomew Wistar, Samuel Emlen
Cresson, ca. 1861 (2 copies)
- autographed photograph of Joshua Morris Wistar (1879-)
General Physical Description note6 items
- 3 photographs of Pyne Point House in Camden, N.J. belonging to Wood family
- photograph of Arthur Cope Wood
- photograph of Annabella Cresson Wistar [Wood] w/ engagement ring (ca. 1895?)
- photograph of Annabella Cresson Wistar Wood w/ Morris Wistar Wood [ca. 1900]
- photograph of Annabella Cresson Wistar Wood
- 8 photographs of Horatio C. Wood at various ages
- photograph of John Bacon Wood (1843-)
- photograph of Julia Graydon Wood and Dr. Howard Page Wood
- 8 photographs of Lydia Cope Collins Wood, some w/ her children
- photograph of Morris Wistar Wood, age 2
- photograph of Morris Wistar Wood, Julie Graydon Wood, George Carrington Wood, Ann Graydon Carrington Wood, Howard Page Wood Jr.
- engraving of R.D. Wood
General Physical Description note28 items
- photograph [of portrait?] of William Wurts, labeled "father of Isabella Graham Wurts who m. Samuel Davis Page..." [w/ note on back explaining relationship to Wood family]
- 5 sports team photographs with Morris Wistar Wood (soccer 1914, 1915, 1916; basketball 1916-7; baseball 1917)
Includes members of the Wood, Bacon, Cope, Wistar, Morris, Cresson, Evans, Collins, Elliott and Emlen families
"Wm. Bispham (son of Aunt Martha Bispham (nee Collins)) [in small brown case]
[in blue velvet oval case]
- colored portrait of woman [in dark red case]
- opalotype (painted photo on china)
3a. Collins, Mary Ann
daguerreotype, hand colored, with poem pinned in, 1844
3b. Collins, Mary Ann
daguerreotype, with sister, Lydia Cope Collins, taken in 1848
- [daguerreotype?] 1846, also another photograph of him [in dark red case]
- silhouette cut in 1812, with sister Martha Collins (Bispham), ca. 1814
4a. Cope, Israel
daguerreotype
4b. Cope, Israel with his granddaughter, Mary Ann Collins
silhouette, with note on back "Not a direct forebear"
silhouette
silhouette with note of S.M. Wistar that he made the silhouette from an old engraving
7a. Morris, Elizabeth Buckley (1848-1925)
opalotype (painted photo on china), taken at age c. 21
7b. Morris, Isaac W. (1770-1831)
hand painted photograph from portrait
"Taken for my friend & cousin Lilla, Nov. 14th 1868... Isaac W. Morris" with note that he died 1872
"Ellen Collins Wood three years old taken 5th [] 1871" on back of photograph, [label on back of frame says "Lydia Cope Collins"]
[in a case]
[daguerreotype? in dark green case]
12. Wood, Lydia Cope Collins and her daughter, Ellen Collins Wood (3 yrs. old), 1871
opalotype (painted photo on china)
photograph
colored portrait
[all but #9 are on vellum]