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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

Publisher
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Collection Inventory

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Letters, etc. filed alphabetically by writer as follows:

General note

[Note: Cresson family filed separately in boxes 4-9]

General Physical Description note

(5 folders)

Archival Resource Key. [], Amy.
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- ALS, March 18, 1897, to Annabella C. Wistar Wood, on her wedding trip

Archival Resource Key. [], Cornelia.
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- ALS, Philadelphia, Aug. 11, 1845, to Ellen Collins

Archival Resource Key. [], Joseph (uncle of B. Wyatt Wistar).
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- 4 ALS, Parkesburg, July-Sept. 1842, to B. Wyatt Wistar

Archival Resource Key. [], Julie.
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- ALS, [New York], [no date], to Ellen Collins

Archival Resource Key. [], Margaret.
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- ALS, 5 mo. 25, 1868, to Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar

Archival Resource Key. [], Mary.
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- ALS, Montreal, July 1, 1848, to Ellen Collins

Archival Resource Key. [], Nellie.
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- ALS, July 23, 1870, to Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar

Archival Resource Key. Adams, Richard.
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- 9 ALS, 1743-1774, to Samuel Emlen

Archival Resource Key. Armitt, John.
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- ALS, Newport, 6 mo. 9, 1760, to Caleb Cresson

Archival Resource Key. Armitt, Mary.
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- DS, re: estate, copy of probate and will, 1791

Archival Resource Key. B., Ann.
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- 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

Archival Resource Key. Barton, Elizabeth S.M.
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- D, re: estate, schedule of distribution, 3/21/1946

Archival Resource Key. Bispham, Laura W.
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- 2 ALS, New York, Dec. 20, 29, 1899 to Horatio C. Wood re: family genealogy

Archival Resource Key. Brown, Anna.
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- 2 ALS, 1867-1868, to Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar

Archival Resource Key. C., A.C. [or H.?].
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- 2 ALS, 1878, to Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar [in French]

Archival Resource Key. C., Jn. S.
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- ALS, New York, June 1 [no year], to Ellen Collins

Archival Resource Key. C., W.B. [?].
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- ALS, n.d., to B. Wyatt Wistar

Archival Resource Key. Canby, Edith Wistar (1874-).
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- ALS, Pittsfield, Ma., Oct. 22, 1896, to her sister, Annabella C. Wistar re: wedding trip [she married Marriott Canby]

Archival Resource Key. Cathrall, Hannah.
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- ALS, Phila., 7 mo. 4, 1791, to Caleb Cresson

Archival Resource Key. Chase, William Bunker (m. Mary Ann Wistar, dau. of Bartholomew Wistar).
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- 2 ALS, Phila., 9 mo. 7, 1840 and n.d., to his parents

Archival Resource Key. Cooper, William.
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- ms. re: his estate, "Opinion of will by James Kinsey," ca. 1711

Archival Resource Key. Cope, Alfred.
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- ALS, 6/7/1867, to L.C. Wood [Lydia Cope Collins Wood?] re: her wedding present

Archival Resource Key. Cope, Caleb.
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- 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)

Archival Resource Key. Cope, Elizabeth.
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- ALS, Weston [Westtown School], 7 mo. 30, 1822, to brother, Marmaduke C. Cope re: she doesn't like it there

Archival Resource Key. Cope, M.C. (see under Sarah Cope).
Archival Resource Key. Cope, Sarah.
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- 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"

Archival Resource Key. Couch, John.
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- 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"]

Archival Resource Key. Cowper, William.
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- ALS, London, Feb. 4, 1757, to Samuel Emlen re: estate of Theo. Cowper

Archival Resource Key. Collins, Alfred M.
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- ALS, 12 mo. 2, 1841, to B. Wyatt Wistar re: dissolution of their partnership

Archival Resource Key. Collins, Anna.
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- ALS, Lynn, 10 mo. 20, 1792, to Caleb Cresson re: seeds of chrysanthemum and pineapple melon, news of family

Archival Resource Key. Collins, Benjamin.
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- ALS, Boston, May 3, 1850, to Ellen Collins

Archival Resource Key. Collins, Eliza Cope (1812-1880).
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- 13 ALS, Long Branch, Newport, Phila. and Stouton, 1845- ca. 1864, to cousin Ellen Collins

Archival Resource Key. Collins, Joseph B.
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- 3 ALS, New York, 1817-1822, to sister, Anna S. Collins

Archival Resource Key. [Collins], Mary (b. 1823).
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- 2 ALS, New York, June 8 and Aug. 27, 1849, to Ellen Collins

Archival Resource Key. Collins, Mary Ann (b. 1841).
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- ALS, ca. March 1852, to "cousin Elly" [Ellen Collins] re: birth of sister "Madgy" [Margaret?]

- D, 1895, typed copy of will

Archival Resource Key. Collins, S.B.
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- ALS, Seaford, Delaware, June 19, 1899, to Horatio C. Wood re: family genealogy

Archival Resource Key. [Collins, Sarah Minturn].
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- ALS [signed "Mother"], New York, June 3, 1849, to Ellen Collins

Archival Resource Key. [Collins, Thomas (1779-1859)].
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- ALS [signed "T.C."], Burlington, 5 mo. 18, 1852, to niece Ellen Collins

Archival Resource Key. Collins, William M.
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- ALS, 10 mo. 19, 1842, to B. Wyatt Wistar

Archival Resource Key. 4. Envelopes addressed to Ellen Collins (b. 1829).
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155 items [includes 15 envelopes with notes written on inside flap]

Archival Resource Key. Dickey, Helen N.
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- 5 ALS, 1892-1899, to Annabella C. Wistar Wood, re: friendship

Archival Resource Key. Dilling, Thomas.
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- DS, Phila., June 3, 1817 re: a recommendation for Samuel Porter, his former carriage driver [note: Porter is a free Black man]

Archival Resource Key. Dillwyn, William.
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- ALS, Higham Lodge, [Walthamston?], 2 mo. 26, 1816, to Caleb Cresson

Archival Resource Key. Earl, Dorcas.
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- ALS, Newport, 7 mo. 5, 1791, to [Annabella Cresson]

Archival Resource Key. Elliott, Hannah.
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- ALS, Phila., 12 mo. 26, 1821, to Sarah E. Cresson

Archival Resource Key. Elliott, John.
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- 5 ALS, Phila., 1791-1793, to Caleb Cresson, Annabella Cresson

Archival Resource Key. Elliott, Samuel.
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- ALS, Phila. Feb. 26, 1900, to Horatio C. Wood

Archival Resource Key. Emlen, Caleb.
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- 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)

Archival Resource Key. Emlen, Deborah (sister of Lydia Emlen).
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- ALS, Birmingham, Oct. 1828, to Lydia Emlen

- ALS, Rome, 1833, to Sarah Emlen Cresson

- ALS, Nov. 1, 1838, to Mary Emlen Greaves

Archival Resource Key. Emlen, George (d. 1810).
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- 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."

Archival Resource Key. Emlen, George (1718-1776).
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- ms. journal, Sept.-Dec. 1758 of his travel in New Jersey, New York area and New England region

Archival Resource Key. Emlen, Hudson (d. 1768?).
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- 3 D, 1764-1768, orders to pay

Archival Resource Key. Emlen, James.
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- ALS, n.d., to B. Wyatt Wistar

- ALS, W.B.S., 4 mo. 10, 1843, to cousin, Sarah Emlen Cresson

Archival Resource Key. Emlen, Joshua.
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- DS, receipt to Samuel Emlen, Jr. from Elizabeth Pearson re: her share in estate of Joshua Emlen

Archival Resource Key. Emlen, S.
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- 2 ALS, n.d., to cousin, Sarah E. Cresson

- ADS, n.d., composition on "diversions," to Miss Mary Bech

Archival Resource Key. Emlen, Samuel [more than one SE represented here].
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- 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

Archival Resource Key. Emlen, Warder.
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- DS, receipt of, 1800, to David Offley

Archival Resource Key. Evans, Cadwallader.
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- D, [Phila.], 1801, "Plan of the houses in Fourth Street"

Archival Resource Key. Evans, John C.
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- ALS, 6 mo. 27, 1827, to John Cooke re: rent of tan yard

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Letters, etc. filed alphabetically by writer as follows:

General note

[Note: Morris family filed separately in boxes 10-11]

General Physical Description note

(3 folders)

Archival Resource Key. Fisher, Samuel R.
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- ALS, 9 mo. 13, 1793, to Caleb Cresson

Archival Resource Key. Freeland, Charlotte Newbold Wistar (1797-1850).
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- 13 ALS, Phila., Salem and Mannington, 1828-1837 and n.d., to her brother, Bartholomew Wistar

Archival Resource Key. Freeland, Jonathan.
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- 4 ALS, Mannington, 1835-1838, to his brother-in-law, Bartholomew Wistar [some w/ his wife, Charlotte]

Archival Resource Key. Garrett, Samuel.
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- ADS, "Declaration of Trust - Samuel Garrett Cr to Wm. Tidmarsh Cr," 1716 [signed by Samuel Garrett, William Hudson, William Tidmarsh, Hannah Emlen]

Archival Resource Key. Gest, Joseph.
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- ALS, Cincinnati, May 6, 1831, to Bartholomew Wistar

Archival Resource Key. Godfrey, Benjamin.
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- ALS, London, March 23, 1762, to Samuel Emlen

Archival Resource Key. Gray, C.
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- ALS, Exeter, Dec. 17, 1855, to "Lee" [or "Lei"?] [Ellen Collins?] re: death of youngest daughter

Archival Resource Key. Gray, Isaac.
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- 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

Archival Resource Key. Greaves, Mary Emlen.
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- ALS, April 12, 1831, to Sarah E. Cresson re: money due for James' board

Archival Resource Key. Griscom, R.
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- ALS, 7 mo. 23, 1790, to Caleb Cresson

Archival Resource Key. Hadwen, Dorcas.
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- 11 ALS, Newport, 1791-1794, to Caleb Cresson re: news of family and Friends

Archival Resource Key. Hadwen, John.
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- 2 ALS, Newport, 1791, 1793, to Caleb Cresson

Archival Resource Key. Hadwen, Peggy.
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- 7 ALS, New York and Newport, 1793, to Cresson family members

Archival Resource Key. Haight, Joseph.
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- ALS, Burlington, July 3, 1772, to Moore & Snowden re: bottles

Archival Resource Key. Harmsted [?], M. [E.?].
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- ALS, Head Quarters Camp Monmonth, Meridian Hill, May 20, 1861, to William M. Collins re: tracts and prayer meetings, Bible class at camp

Archival Resource Key. Haviland, Benjamin.
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- ALS, New York, 10 mo. 26, 1791, to Caleb Cresson

Archival Resource Key. Haydock, John W.
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- 2 ALS, New York, 1794, to Caleb Cresson

Archival Resource Key. Hillyar, Alice L.
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- ALS, Hartford, Ct., July 16, 1867, to Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar

Archival Resource Key. [Hillyar], Clara.
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- ALS, Hartford, Ct., July 16, 1867, to Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar

Archival Resource Key. Hoskins, John.
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- ALS, [Burlington], 6 mo. 16, 1796, to Caleb Cresson

Archival Resource Key. Howland, Meta S.
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- 2 ALS, Hilltown, 1871, to Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar

Archival Resource Key. Hudson, Robert.
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- ALS, York, April 1, 1748, to Samuel Emlen

Archival Resource Key. Hunt, Elizabeth.
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- ALS, n.d., to Bartholomew Wistar

- ALS, Black Point, 12 mo. 31, 1821, to Sarah Cresson

Archival Resource Key. Husband, [J.].
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- ALS, Asylum, 1 mo. 19, 1870, to "cousin" Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar

Archival Resource Key. Jacks, James.
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- ALS, Manor Township, May 30, 1772, to Moore & Snowden, brewers

- 2 ALS, Aug. and Oct. 1772, to Thomas Moore re: hops, money

Archival Resource Key. Jaffery, John.
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- DS, 1722, re: his estate, "Release from David Morris to Bartholomew Wyatt"

Archival Resource Key. Jones, Rebecca.
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- 2 D, 1813, 1818, copies of will

- 2 receipts from estate, 1818, 1821

Archival Resource Key. Kaighin, Abigail.
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- DS, 1766, re: her estate, discharge from her children to Samuel Emlen, signed by Hannah and Sarah Kaighin, witnesses Mary Armitt and Joshua Cresson

Archival Resource Key. Kimber, Emmor.
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- DS, 1818 bond

Archival Resource Key. Lawrie, George G.
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- ALS, New York, Jan. 13, 1845, to B. Wyatt Wistar

Archival Resource Key. Longdale, Margaret.
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- D, 1798, ms. copy of will

Archival Resource Key. Longstreth, Mary Anna (1811-1884).
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- 2 ALS, Philadelphia, 1846, to Ellen Collins

- ALS, Philadelphia, 10 mo. 31, 1852, to "E.C.C." [Eliza Cope Collins?]

Archival Resource Key. McKeever, J.L.
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- TLS, Chicago, March 9, 1916, to Joseph Morris Wistar re: sympathy at death of father

Archival Resource Key. Marriage, Francis.
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- ALS, London, 4 mo. 8, 1873, to Charles Caleb Cresson w/ note added by Benjamin H. Lightfoot

Archival Resource Key. Mildred, Daniel.
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- ALS, London, March 21, 1759, to Samuel Emlen

Archival Resource Key. Mildred & Roberts.
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- 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

Archival Resource Key. Mitchell, Jethro.
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- ALS, Nantucket, 9 mo. 1791, to Caleb Cresson

Archival Resource Key. Moore, Anthony.
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- DS, Phila., 10 mo. 18, 1770, request for [Charles Moore] to pay John Bryan

Archival Resource Key. Moore, Charles.
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- 5 ALS, 1768-1796, to his brother, Thomas Moore

- 2 receipts, 1794-1795

Archival Resource Key. Moore, H.W.
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- D, Phila., April 15, 1918, postal card to Horatio C. Wood from Secretary of Univ. of Pennsylvania Alumni Committee

Archival Resource Key. Moore, M.M.
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- ALS, 9 mo. 19, 1800, to her sister, Sarah Moore

Archival Resource Key. Moore, Samuel Preston.
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- DS, bond, 1768 [in 2 pieces]

- ALS, Wilmington, Nov. 5, 1785, to his uncle, Thomas Moore

Archival Resource Key. Moore, Sarah.
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- 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

Archival Resource Key. Moore, Sarah Emlen.
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- ALS, Phila., Oct. 17, [before 1769], to her brother, Hudson Emlen

Archival Resource Key. Moore, Thomas.
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- 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

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Letters, etc. filed alphabetically by writer as follows:

General note

[Note: Wistar and Wood families filed separately in boxes 12-29]

General Physical Description note

(3 folders)

Archival Resource Key. Neate & Pigon.
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- ALS, London, Aug. 25, 1768, to Sarah Emlen re: business, her brother's estate

Archival Resource Key. Neate, Pigon & Booth.
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- ALS, London, Feb. 11, 1765, to Hudson Emlen re: business

- ALS, London, Feb. 18, 1765, to Hudson Emlen re: business

Archival Resource Key. Needham, Alice.
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- 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

Archival Resource Key. Newbold, C.
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- receipt, n.d., re: firm of Newbold & Wistar

Archival Resource Key. Newbold, R.S.
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- ALS, Phila., July 25, 1840, to cousin, Bartholomew Wistar re: financial matter

Archival Resource Key. Noyes, George R.
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- ALS, Cambridge, July 6, 1866, to Mr. Wistar

Archival Resource Key. P[?], J[oseph] L.
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- 8 ALS, Exeter and Augusta, May 7 - August 7, 1865, to Dillwyn Wistar re: friendship

Archival Resource Key. Parke, Thomas M.
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- ALS, Liverpool, July 18, 1803, to "my dear aunt" re: full of remorse for some offence [not mentioned]

Archival Resource Key. Philpotts, Margaret.
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- DS, Salem, N.J., 1 mo. 1785, manumission of Jess, an enslaved woman, witnessed by Bartholomew Wyatt and Samuel Austin

Archival Resource Key. Physics, Edmund.
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- 2 receipts, 1770, 1773, for rent

Archival Resource Key. Physics, [J?].
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- receipt, June 30 [?], 1804 for medical services

Archival Resource Key. Pleasants, Ann Emlen.
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- ALS, Phila., 11 mo. 1810?, to Sarah E. Cresson

Archival Resource Key. Pleasants, Charles.
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- ALS, Aug. 20, 1825, to Sarah E. Cresson re: news of death of brother Samuel

Archival Resource Key. Pleasants, George [].
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- ALS, [?], Nov. 5, 1825, to uncle, Jeremiah Emlen

Archival Resource Key. Pope, Ebenezer.
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- ALS, Boston, 8 mo. 10, 1791, to Caleb Cresson

Archival Resource Key. Potts, Samuel.
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- ALS, Wilmington, Feb. 23, 1792, to Caleb Cresson

Archival Resource Key. Potts, Thomas.
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- ALS, Phila., June 17, 1793, to Caleb Cresson

Archival Resource Key. Powell, Anna Morris.
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- ALS, 10 mo. 14, 1867, to her niece, Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar

Archival Resource Key. Price, R.
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- 2 ALS, Phila., 5 mo. 28 and 7 mo. 6, 1827, to Bartholomew Wistar re: news of family (death of child) and friends

Archival Resource Key. R., Ethel.
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- ALS, March 3, 1897, Germantown, to Annabella C. Wistar Wood, on her wedding trip

Archival Resource Key. Randolph, Thomas H.B.
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- 4 ALS, Johnston's Island, Ohio, Feb. 16 - May 7, 1865 to family [written while a prisoner during Civil War]

Archival Resource Key. Reeve, M. [S.].
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ALS, 12 mo. 3, 1864, to cousin "Meta" [Meta Howland?]

Archival Resource Key. Reeve, Sallie C.
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- 3 ALS, Salem, 1868, to Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar

Archival Resource Key. Richardson, Charles (Mrs.).
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- D [her card], Feb. 27, 1897, to Annabella C. Wistar Wood, invite to tea

Archival Resource Key. Risk, David.
Archival Resource Key. Risk, James.
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- note to Capt. Wm. Ames to pay David Risk, [Nov.] 21, 1737

Archival Resource Key. Ro[bson?], E.
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- 2 ALS, Liverpool, 1830, 1833, to Bartholomew Wistar re: news of family and friends

Archival Resource Key. Rodman, Samuel.
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- 3 ALS, Nantucket, 1791-1792, to Caleb Cresson re: news of family and friends

Archival Resource Key. Scott, Samuel.
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- 2 ALS, Ware near London, 4 mo. 21 and 6 mo. 16, 1745 to John Dillwin re: financial matters

Archival Resource Key. Sillyman, Charles.
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- 2 ALS, Pottsville, 1859-1860, to B. Wyatt Wistar re: mining business

Archival Resource Key. Spackman, Samuel.
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- AL, 8 mo. 26, 1842, to B. Wyatt Wistar re: money due Wistar

Archival Resource Key. Tate, James H.J.
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- TLS, Dec. 16, 1966 to Annabella C. Wistar Wood thanking her for contribution to fund

Archival Resource Key. Thorton, James.
Scope and Contents note

- ALS, Byberry, 12 mo. 1, 1793, to Caleb Cresson re: Meeting business

Archival Resource Key. W., A. E.
Scope and Contents note

- ALS, Cuba, [July] 1912, to John B. Wood, New Jersey

Archival Resource Key. Waln, William.
Scope and Contents note

- ALS, Dec. 29, 1842, to B. Wyatt Wistar

Archival Resource Key. Warder, Benjamin H.
Scope and Contents note

- ALS, Phila., 8 mo. 18, 1827, to Bartholomew Wistar

Archival Resource Key. Warder, Jeremiah.
Scope and Contents note

- DS, Oct. 18, 1783 re: estate of JW [agreement of the executors] signed by Thomas Mayburry, Caleb Emlen, James Vaux and Wm. Morris

Archival Resource Key. Ware, John.
Scope and Contents note

- ALS, Shoholon [?], July 22, 1769, to James & Drinker [firm]

Archival Resource Key. Webb, John.
Scope and Contents note

- ALS, n.d., to Caleb Cresson re: religious in nature

Archival Resource Key. Wesley, John.
Archival Resource Key. Wesley, Charles.
Scope and Contents note

- 1 p. ms., "copy of advice directed by John & Charles Wesley to the preachers of their country"

Archival Resource Key. Wilbur, Julia A.
Scope and Contents note

- 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"

Archival Resource Key. W[ills]ters, Isaac.
Scope and Contents note

- 2 ALS, Bush Rangers Lodge, 4 mo. 27 and 5 mo. 8, 1794, to Caleb Cresson

Archival Resource Key. Wishart, William.
Scope and Contents note

- DS, "Edwards vs. Wishart &ec: Partition, Sherif Cowperthwait return to Court of Common Pleas the fourth September 1787"

Archival Resource Key. Zane, S.
Scope and Contents note

- ALS, n.d., to Sarah Moore

Scope and Contents note

includes:

General Physical Description note

(4 folders)

Scope and Contents note

- bill and receipt for medical treatment, 1815

Archival Resource Key. Cresson, Annabella Elliot (1743-1793).
Scope and Contents note

- 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"

Archival Resource Key. 2. Cresson, Caleb (1742-1816).
Scope and Contents note

- 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

Archival Resource Key. 3. Cresson, Caleb (1742-1816).
Scope and Contents note

- 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")

Scope and Contents note

- 2 ms. books labeled "Grandfather Cresson." These volumes are chiefly annotated transcriptions of documents of Caleb Cresson made by Charles Caleb Cresson.

Archival Resource Key. "Grandfather Cresson #1" includes:.
Scope and Contents note

- "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.

Archival Resource Key. "Grandfather Cresson #2" includes:.
Scope and Contents note

- second copy of the above Caleb Cresson memoranda and copies of extracts related to his family history, etc. made by CCC

Scope and Contents note

includes:

General Physical Description note

(5 folders)

Archival Resource Key. 1. Letters, , 1790-1805.
Scope and Contents note

- 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

Archival Resource Key. 2. Letters of trip to Europe, , 1815-1816.
Scope and Contents note

- ca. 20 ALS, [sewn together into a booklet], 1815-1816, to his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson while he was traveling in England and France

Archival Resource Key. 3. Diary, , 1815-1816.
Scope and Contents note

- ms. book "Copy of diary of Caleb Cresson's visit to Europe, 1815-1816" [transcription made by Charles Caleb Cresson]

Archival Resource Key. 4. Receipt book, , 1830-1841.
Scope and Contents note

- "Receipt book Estate of the minor children of C. Cresson Decd." 1830-1841, kept by the guardians of his minor children

Archival Resource Key. 5. Miscellaneous papers.
Scope and Contents note

- 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

Scope and Contents note

5 volumes of notes, copies of mss., etc. made by CCC

Archival Resource Key. 1. "Some account of John Archdale, a member of the Society of Friends who was Colonial Governor of the Carolinas, in America, 1695-1696" [ms. book] compiled by Charles C. Cresson w/ printed map laid in.
Archival Resource Key. 2. "Penn's Schools" [spine title of ms. book] compiled by Charles C. Cresson on William Penn Charter School and colonial education.
Archival Resource Key. 3. "X 3" [spine title of ms. book] compiled by Charles C. Cresson from records of Friends Monthly Meeting for the Northern District of Philadelphia, also notes on Timothy Matlack, John Kelpins, Abigail Abbott and others.
Archival Resource Key. 4. Copies of Cresson family wills, made by CCC in 1880.
Archival Resource Key. 5. Land related, no title. Includes hand copied and colored maps, items laid in re: to "Poor Island" tract belonging to Peter Neelson. With book plate of CCC inscribed "My own work &c. Bound 6 mo. 14th/61 by Pawson & Nicholson $1" and note in front from H.C.W. [Horatio Curtis Wood?], 1928 on the connection of Poyntel land to "Auburn" estate of B. Wyatt Wistar.

Scope and Contents note

4 volumes, 1 folder of papers includes:

General note

The volume "Ancestral volume for the Wood, Bacon..." is oversized and is standing near box 7.

Archival Resource Key. 1. Genealogy of the Cresson, Elliott, Emlen and Warder families [referred to by CCC in his notes as his "Large Volume"].
Scope and Contents note

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]

Archival Resource Key. 2. Ancestral tablet of the Wood line.
Archival Resource Key. 3. Ancestral volume for the Wood, Bacon, Cope, Wistar, Cresson, Evans & other families .
Scope and Contents note

includes photographs, prints, biographical/historical information and some letters, as well as ancestral lines

General note

The volume "Ancestral volume for the Wood, Bacon..." is oversized and is standing near box 7.

Archival Resource Key. 4. Misc. items from Genealogy volume..
Scope and Contents note

- ca. 60 items laid in front and back of above volume placed in folder [includes letters to CCC re: ancestors, clippings, etc.]

Archival Resource Key. 5. Letterbook, , 2 mo. 1893 to 7 mo. 1895.
Scope and Contents note

- contains ms. copies of letters of Charles C. Cresson, w/ items laid in (index in separate booklet in front, also newspaper clippings)

Scope and Contents note

includes:

General Physical Description note

(9 folders)

Archival Resource Key. 1. Letters, etc. of Charles Caleb Cresson,, 1839-1894.
Scope and Contents note

- 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

General note

[Note: there are a few letters addressed to CCC in Box 7, accompanying his genealogy volume]

General Physical Description note

20 items

Archival Resource Key. 2. Emlen family research of Charles C. Cresson.
Scope and Contents note

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 note

ca. 20 items

Archival Resource Key. 3. Genealogical notes of Charles C. Cresson.
Scope and Contents note

includes his notes, copies of mss. made by CCC on Bacon, Cresson and related families

General Physical Description note

ca. 20 items

Archival Resource Key. 4. William Penn Charter School.
Scope and Contents note

includes his notes on his research into whether William Penn Charter School was the first public school in America

General Physical Description note

2 items

Archival Resource Key. 5. Miscellaneous notes and memorandums of Charles C. Cresson.
Scope and Contents note

includes his notes on various topics [other than genealogy], including his own writings

General Physical Description note

ca. 45 items

Archival Resource Key. 6. Newspaper clippings.
Scope and Contents note

includes clippings with notations in his hand, topics include Charles M. Cresson (d. 1893) and clippings sent to "Herrman"

General Physical Description note

ca. 50 items

Archival Resource Key. 7. "Our Saviour as a Wine Drinker" by Charles Caleb Cresson, 1892,.
Scope and Contents note

2 copies of printed pamphlet (p.1-2 missing from one copy)

Archival Resource Key. 8. Facsimiles (of 4 apparently unrelated mss., printed on one sheet for inclusion in a book of Charles C. Cresson?).
General Physical Description note

36 copies

Archival Resource Key. 9. Elias Hicks portrait (from a book?) with note on back in hand of CCC.

Scope and Contents note

includes:

General Physical Description note

(7 folders)

Archival Resource Key. Cresson, Elliott (1796-1854).
Scope and Contents note

- ALS, Phila., 12 mo. 4, 1816 to his aunt, Sarah E. Cresson

- ALS, Pattonsburgh, Va., 3 mo. 24, 1823 to "Dear friends"

Archival Resource Key. Cresson, John Elliott (1773-1814).
Scope and Contents note

- 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

Archival Resource Key. 2. Cresson, James (1740/1-1799).
Scope and Contents note

- 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

Archival Resource Key. 3. Cresson, James (1740/1-1799).
Scope and Contents note

- receipt book, 1799-1803, inscribed on front cover "Receipt Book began the 3 mo. 6th: 1799 James Cressons"

General note

(note: after June 1, 1799, kept by his widow, Sarah (Hooton) Cresson)

Archival Resource Key. 4. Cresson, Joshua (1744-1793).
Scope and Contents note

- 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"]

Archival Resource Key. 5. Cresson, Mary Hopkins.
Scope and Contents note

- ADS, her account of the death of her and husband Joshua Cresson's son, Ebenezer, from tetanus in 1800 (age 27)

Archival Resource Key. 6. Cresson, Pierre (ca. 1610-ca. 1681).
Scope and Contents note

- "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.)

Archival Resource Key. Cresson, Sarah (1771-1829, "the Preacher").
Scope and Contents note

- ALS, Phila., 2 mo. 13, 1822 to cousin, Sarah Emlen Cresson

Archival Resource Key. Cresson, Sarah Emlen (1787-1870).
Scope and Contents note

- ALS, n.d., to son Charles

- ALS, Auburn, 29 7 mo. 1831 to B. Wistar

- ALS, 8 mo. 18, 1851 to Hannah

Archival Resource Key. Cresson, Solomon (ca. 1674-1746).
Scope and Contents note

- 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

Archival Resource Key. Cresson, W.
Scope and Contents note

- ALS, Kingsess, 1 mo. 19, 1817 to his aunt, Sarah Cresson (religious in nature)

Archival Resource Key. Cresson, William P.
Scope and Contents note

- Receipt for Philadelphia taxes, 1860

Scope and Contents note

includes:

General Physical Description note

(8 folders)

Archival Resource Key. 1. Morris family reunion and 200th anniversary celebration of the marriage of Samuel Morris and Rebecca Wistar,, December 18, 1955.
Scope and Contents note

7 items (includes programs, list of names at anniversary dinner, sheet music)

General note

[Note: Elizabeth Stokes Morris filed separately in folders 3-8; Joshua H. Morris filed in boxes 11-12]

Archival Resource Key. Morris, Anna Morris Wistar (1823-1861).
Scope and Contents note

- AL, 2 mo. 1848, to her mother Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar

General note

[Note: see Anna Morris Wistar Morris under Sarah Cope]

Archival Resource Key. Morris, Anthony.
Scope and Contents note

- 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

Archival Resource Key. Morris, Edward S.
Scope and Contents note

- ALS, 4 mo. 17, 1868, to his niece, Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar [encloses copy of letter to him re: cow, from Catherine M. Brown]

Archival Resource Key. Morris, Elizabeth C.
Scope and Contents note

- ALS, March 9, 1897, Germantown, to Annabella C. Wistar Wood on her wedding trip

Archival Resource Key. [Morris, Elizabeth Stokes see folders 3-8].
Archival Resource Key. Morris, John Stokes (1873-).
Scope and Contents note

- 3 ALS, July and August 1876 (while traveling in Europe) to his nieces, Annabella and Edith Wistar

Archival Resource Key. Morris, Isaac.
Scope and Contents note

- D, ms. copy of his will, 1734

Archival Resource Key. Morris, Isaac W.
Scope and Contents note

- ALS, 8 mo. 14, 1815 to Thomas Stewardson re: estate of Thomas Wistar

Archival Resource Key. Morris, Samuel B.
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- ALS [w/ Thomas C. James], Phila., 4 mo. 18, 1834 to Bartholomew Wistar

Archival Resource Key. Morris, Sarah B.
Scope and Contents note

- ALS, Reading, Aug. 16, 1827, to Sarah E. Cresson

Scope and Contents note

[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]

Archival Resource Key. 3. Letters, , n.d., 1867-1868, July-Dec. 1876.
Scope and Contents note

- 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]

Archival Resource Key. 4. Letters, , Jan.-June 1877.
Scope and Contents note

- 10 ALS, [from Egypt, Greece, Austria, Germany and Bohemia (Czech Republic)]

Archival Resource Key. 5. Letters, , July-Dec. 1877.
Scope and Contents note

- 9 ALS, [from Switzerland and France]

Archival Resource Key. 6. Letters, , Jan.-May 1878.
Scope and Contents note

- 8 ALS, [from France and Germany]

Archival Resource Key. 7. Letters, , June-Oct. 1878.
Scope and Contents note

- 10 ALS, [from Norway, etc.]

Archival Resource Key. 8. Letter,, 1897.
Scope and Contents note

- 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]

General note

[Note: see also under ACWW, box 17, folder 1]

Scope and Contents note

includes:

General Physical Description note

(3 folders)

Archival Resource Key. 1. Miscellaneous items of Joshua H. Morris.
Scope and Contents note

- 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 note

5 ms. items

Archival Resource Key. 2. Essays and other writings by Joshua H. Morris,, 1842-1863, n.d.
Scope and Contents note

- 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 note

6 ms. items

Archival Resource Key. 3. Estate papers of Joshua H. Morris,, 1886-1939.
Scope and Contents note

- copies of will, 1882

- agreement of indemnity, 1939

General Physical Description note

3 items (TDS, TD)

Scope and Contents note

includes:

Letters written by Joshua H. Morris:

General Physical Description note

(12 folders)

Archival Resource Key. 1. Letters written on bark.
Scope and Contents note

- 2 ALS, n.d. [date not known as letters are very faint and fragile]

Archival Resource Key. 2. Letters, , 1864-1867.
Scope and Contents note

- 17 ALS, chiefly written to his parents while traveling

Archival Resource Key. 3. Letters, , 1868-1875.
Scope and Contents note

- 17 ALS, chiefly written to his parents while traveling

General note

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

Archival Resource Key. 4. Letters, , Jan.-Aug. 1876.
Scope and Contents note

- 17 Letters, [from Egypt, Great Britain, Austria, Germany, Bohemia (Czech Republic), etc.]

Archival Resource Key. 5. Letters, , Sept.-Oct. 1876.
Scope and Contents note

- 15 Letters, [from Bohemia (Czech Republic), Austria, Bavaria (Germany) and Italy]

Archival Resource Key. 6. Letters, , Nov.-Dec. 1876.
Scope and Contents note

- 15 ALS, [from Italy and Egypt]

Archival Resource Key. 7. Letters, , Jan.-April 1877.
Scope and Contents note

- 19 ALS, [from Egypt, Italy, Greece and Austria]

Archival Resource Key. 8. Letters, , May-July 1877.
Scope and Contents note

- 17 letters, [from Germany, Bohemia (Czech Republic) and Switzerland]

Archival Resource Key. 9. Letters, , Aug.-Oct. 1877.
Scope and Contents note

- 23 ALS, [from Switzerland, Italy, France and Spain]

Archival Resource Key. 10. Letters, , Nov.-Dec. 1877.
Scope and Contents note

- 16 ALS, [from France]

Archival Resource Key. 11. Letters, , Jan.-May 1878.
Scope and Contents note

- 36 ALS, [from France, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Norway]

Archival Resource Key. 12. Letters, , June-Oct. 1878.
Scope and Contents note

- 28 ALS, [from Norway, England and Scotland]

Scope and Contents note

includes:

General Physical Description note

(5 folders)

Archival Resource Key. 1. Wistar, Annabella Elliott Cresson (1818-1869).
Scope and Contents note

- 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]

Archival Resource Key. 2. Wistar, Bartholomew (1754-1796).
Scope and Contents note

- "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

Archival Resource Key. 3. Wistar, Bartholomew (1790-1841).
Scope and Contents note

- 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

Archival Resource Key. 4. Wistar, Bartholomew (1790-1841).
Scope and Contents note

- letterbook, 1830-1841, containing ms. copies of his business letters

- letter of E.L. Blaine (ALS), 1839, found in letterbook

Archival Resource Key. 5. Wistar, Bartholomew Wyatt [B. Wyatt] (1818-1869).
Scope and Contents note

- 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?]

Scope and Contents note

includes:

General Physical Description note

(7 folders)

Archival Resource Key. Wistar, Caleb Cresson (1846-).
Scope and Contents note

- 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

Archival Resource Key. Wistar, Caspar (1696-1752).
Scope and Contents note

- 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..."

Archival Resource Key. Wistar, Caspar (1795-1872).
Scope and Contents note

- 2 ALS, 1834, 1840, to his brother, Bartholomew Wistar

Archival Resource Key. Wistar, Catharine (1703-1786) [wife of Caspar].
Scope and Contents note

- ALS, Phila., Aug. 2, 1780, to her grandchildren

Archival Resource Key. Wistar, Charlotte Newbold (1762-1819).
Scope and Contents note

- 4 ALS, n.d., to her son, Bartholomew Wistar

Archival Resource Key. Wistar, Dillwyn (1844-).
Scope and Contents note

- 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]

Archival Resource Key. [Wistar, Elizabeth Buckley Morris (1801-1863) see under Sarah Cope].
Archival Resource Key. (2) 21 ALS, to her daughter, Annabella Cresson Wistar Wood, July 5, 1891 - Feb. 15, 1899,.
Archival Resource Key. (3) 9 ALS, to her daughter, Annabella Cresson Wistar Wood, while traveling in Europe, Aug. 15- Oct. 14, 1908,.
Scope and Contents note

- ALS, 1911, to Mrs. Thomas Wistar "Beatrice" from "Aunt Lily"

Archival Resource Key. (4) 9 D, re: to her estate,, 1926.
Scope and Contents note

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)

Archival Resource Key. Wistar, Elizabeth Morris.
Scope and Contents note

- 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]

Archival Resource Key. Wistar, Emma F. (1848-).
Scope and Contents note

- 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

Archival Resource Key. Wistar, Frederick Vaux (1878-).
Scope and Contents note

- D, "In the matter of the estate of Frederic Vaux Wistar (a mentally defective person)", 1947

Archival Resource Key. 6. Wistar, John (1759-1815).
Scope and Contents note

- 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

Archival Resource Key. Wistar, Mary.
Scope and Contents note

- envelope addressed to her

Archival Resource Key. Wistar, Richard.
Scope and Contents note

- ALS, April 12, 1841, to "Cousin"

- ALS, May 4, 1846, to Sarah Cresson

Archival Resource Key. Wistar, Richard (1727-1781).
Scope and Contents note

- receipt, 1766

- ALS, Phila., Sept. 1, 1779, to his children (Bartholomew and John Wistar)

Archival Resource Key. Wistar, Richard.
Scope and Contents note

- 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

Archival Resource Key. Wistar, Susan F.
Scope and Contents note

- 4 ALS, Germantown, 1867 and n.d., to Elizabeth B. Morris Wistar [encloses ALS, 9/12/1867 of EBMW's great aunt Sarah]

Archival Resource Key. Wistar, Susan Lawrie (1796-1869).
Scope and Contents note

- 4 ALS, 1860 and n.d., to her son, B. Wyatt Wistar

Archival Resource Key. Wistar, Thomas.
Scope and Contents note

- DS, article of dissolution of partnership between Thomas Wistar and John Cooke, 1800

Scope and Contents note

includes:

General Physical Description note

(10 folders)

Archival Resource Key. 1. Diaries, , 1918-1924.
Scope and Contents note

- 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]

Scope and Contents note

[album is in folder 10]

letters are from:

Archival Resource Key. (2.) 2 ALS, Alex [McElwain], , n.d.; March 6, 1925.
Archival Resource Key. 2 ALS, Marjorie [Taylor], , n.d.; Feb. 8, n.y.
Scope and Contents note

(from envelope labeled "From McElwain and Marjorie Taylor"

Archival Resource Key. (3.) ALS, Otis [Boles], , Aug. 11, n.y.
Archival Resource Key. AL, "Grandma" [Wistar], , n.d.
Archival Resource Key. ALS, "Tommy" , Sept. 14, 1924.
Archival Resource Key. ALS, Rosa Xeranian, , July 19, 1925.
Archival Resource Key. ALS, Gertrude Wynkoop, , Aug. 14, 1925.
Archival Resource Key. ALS, Esther, , July 24, 1925.
Scope and Contents note

(from envelope labeled "From Otis Boles, Grandma Wistar and Northfield girls")

Archival Resource Key. (4.) 7 ALS, "Bam" , Aug. 1, 1924-Sept. 12, [1924] and n.d.
Archival Resource Key. 2 ALS, Frank [Tatnall], , June 3, [1924] and June 22, 1924.
Scope and Contents note

(from envelope labeled "From Bam and Frank Tatnall"]

Archival Resource Key. (5.) 4 ALS, Charles [Harris], , March 1- Sept. 18, 1924 and n.d.
Scope and Contents note

(from envelope labeled "From Chas. Harris")

Archival Resource Key. (6.) 5 ALS, AL, Brooks [Fenns], , Nov.-Feb. n.y., n.d.
Archival Resource Key. 3 ALS, AL, Sarah [McL. Williams], , April 12, n.y., n.d.
Scope and Contents note

- typed poem [anonymous]

from envelope labeled "From Sarah McL. Williams and Brooks Fenns")

Archival Resource Key. (7.) 3 ALS, John Story Wright, , April-Aug. 1926.
Archival Resource Key. ALS, [H.P.V.D.],, Sept. 28, 1925.
General note

[note: no letters from "Bill McLean" in this envelope]

Scope and Contents note

(from envelope labeled "Letters to Bonn from John Wright and Bill McLean and Van Dusin")

Archival Resource Key. (8.) 4 ALS, "Tommy" [Teague], , April 1925-Aug. 1926, n.d.
Scope and Contents note

- poem, 4/4/1924

(from envelope labeled "From `Tommy' Teague")

Archival Resource Key. (9.) 11 ALS, Edward [Pulling, also signs with initials TJE and TEP?].
Scope and Contents note

(from envelope labeled "From Edward Pulling")

Archival Resource Key. 10. Album of envelopes.
Scope and Contents note

- above letters were placed in these before being removed during processing of collection

General note

[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]

Scope and Contents note

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)

Archival Resource Key. 1., July 29? - Nov. 9, 1894.
Scope and Contents note

- written to him from Jamestown, R.I. and Canada and from her home in Germantown

General Physical Description note

10 ALS

Archival Resource Key. 2., July 23 - August 31, 1896.
Scope and Contents note

- written by ACWW to him while she was at Sea Girt, N.J. and Jamestown, R.I.

General Physical Description note

24 ALS

Archival Resource Key. 3., August 18 - Sept. 16, 1897.
Scope and Contents note

- 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 note

10 ALS

Archival Resource Key. 4., June 29 - Sept. 24, 1910.
Scope and Contents note

- love and travel letters, written while she was in Europe with her parents

General Physical Description note

26 ALS

Scope and Contents note

includes:

General Physical Description note

(8 folders)

Archival Resource Key. 1. Letters, invitations, etc. of ACWW's childhood, , 1874-1891.
Scope and Contents note

(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]

Archival Resource Key. 2. Letters to ACWW from students of her "Sewing School," etc., , 1891-1896.
Scope and Contents note

letters are from:

- William J. [C]asho (1); Martha M. VanSteenburgh (5); Emma Hilderbrand (1); Fannie Richardson (3)

General Physical Description note

10 ALS

Archival Resource Key. 3. Letters of congratulations on her engagement to Horatio Curtis Wood, B - K, 1895,.
Scope and Contents note

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)

Archival Resource Key. 4. Letters of congratulations on her engagement to Horatio Curtis Wood, L - W, 1895,.
Scope and Contents note

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)

Archival Resource Key. 5. Letters of congratulations to ACWW on the birth of Morris Wistar Wood, , 1899.
Scope and Contents note

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.

Archival Resource Key. 6. Letters to ACWW from her children, while she was in Europe with her parents in 1910.
Scope and Contents note

(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]

Archival Resource Key. 7. Letters of sympathy on death of her husband, Horatio C. Wood in 1943.
Scope and Contents note

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)

Archival Resource Key. 8. Letters from family thanking her for gifts of family silver pieces at Christmas, , (1966-1967, n.d.) 1966.
General Physical Description note

(ca. 16 ALS, TLS)

Scope and Contents note

Papers and diaries

(7 folders)

includes:

Archival Resource Key. 1. Speeches given to the Sedgeley Club, etc..
Scope and Contents note

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

Archival Resource Key. 2. Applications for membership in lineage societies.
General note

[Note: there are errors in dates recorded on forms]

General Physical Description note

5 items

Scope and Contents note

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:

Archival Resource Key. (3.) 4 items [ADS, TLS].
Scope and Contents note

- power of attorney and accompanying letters, 1957-1966

Archival Resource Key. (4.) ca. 21 items (found together in folder labeled "Bella's estate") [includes D, ALS, TLS, TL].
Scope and Contents note

- re: her finances, health care arrangements, etc., 1959-1968

Archival Resource Key. (5.) 5 items (found together in folder) [TL, TLS].
Scope and Contents note

- re: her will and trust, 1966-1967

Archival Resource Key. (6.) ca. 17 items (found together in folder) [includes ALS, TLS, TL].
Scope and Contents note

- re: her finances, will, health care arrangements, 1966-1967

Archival Resource Key. 7. Diaries, , 1884-1895.
Scope and Contents note

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 note

5 ms. vols.

Scope and Contents note

Diaries

includes:

General Physical Description note

(3 folders)

Archival Resource Key. 1. Diary , (April 2, 1893-July 31, 1895).
Scope and Contents note

ms. vol. ["#5" on front cover]

Archival Resource Key. 2. Diary , (June 1896-Feb. 1898).
Scope and Contents note

ms. vol. ["#7" on front cover]

General note

[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]

Archival Resource Key. 3. Diary , (Feb. 1898-Jan. 1905).
Scope and Contents note

ms. vol. ["#8" on front cover]

General note

[Note: includes entries by both Annabella and Horatio Wood, also numerous items and photographs pasted in]

Scope and Contents note

includes:

General Physical Description note

(7 folders)

Archival Resource Key. 1. Miscellaneous items, letter, etc., undated.
Scope and Contents note

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 note

12 items

Archival Resource Key. 2. Letters,, February - April, 1866.
Scope and Contents note

- 8 ALS, 1 D [while at Haverford College]

Archival Resource Key. 3. Letters,, August - December, 1878.
Scope and Contents note

- 27 ALS [from France, Switzerland, Germany, Poland and Russia]

Archival Resource Key. 4. Letters,, January - April, 1879.
Scope and Contents note

- 17 ALS [from Russia, Germany and England]

Archival Resource Key. 5. Letters,, May - July, 1879.
Scope and Contents note

- 13 ALS [from England]

Archival Resource Key. 6. Letters,, August - September, 1879.
Scope and Contents note

- 7 ALS [from England, Scotland and France]

Archival Resource Key. 7. Letters,, October - December, 1879.
Scope and Contents note

- 10 ALS [from France, Spain and Italy]

Scope and Contents note

includes:

Letters written by Charles Wood, primarily to his parents

General Physical Description note

(8 folders)

Archival Resource Key. 1. Letters, , January - February, 1880.
Scope and Contents note

- 10 ALS [from Italy]

Archival Resource Key. 2. Letters, , March - May, 1880.
Scope and Contents note

- 13 ALS [from Italy]

Archival Resource Key. 3. Letters, , June - August, 1880.
Scope and Contents note

- 11 ALS [from Italy and Switzerland]

Archival Resource Key. 4. Letters, , September - December, 1880.
Scope and Contents note

- 16 ALS [from Hungary, Greece, Syria and Palestine]

Archival Resource Key. 5. Letters, , January - March, 1881.
Scope and Contents note

- 14 ALS [from Lebanon, Egypt and India]

Archival Resource Key. 6. Letters, , April - July, 1881.
Scope and Contents note

- 9 signed letters [from India, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and China]

Archival Resource Key, July- September, 1903.
Scope and Contents note

- 6 ALS, addressed to his mother while traveling in Europe

Archival Resource Key, 1906.
Scope and Contents note

- 5 ALS, June 7 - Nov. 13, to his mother

Archival Resource Key, 1907.
Scope and Contents note

- 2 ALS, April 18, Oct. 21, to his mother

Archival Resource Key, 1908.
Scope and Contents note

- 4 ALS, April 7 - May 4, to family

Archival Resource Key. 8. Letters of Charles and Holly Wood,, 1872-1902.
Scope and Contents note

- chiefly addressed to Dolph F.R. Runyon and Alice Runyon, and to his parents, many while traveling in Europe

General note

Note: these letters are taped to sheets in chronological order and were previously arranged in a 3-ring binder

General Physical Description note

ca. 65 ALS

Scope and Contents note

includes:

General Physical Description note

(6 folders)

Archival Resource Key. 1., 1878, 1880.
Scope and Contents note

- ALS, from D.C., Buffalo Courier, Buffalo, N.Y., Dec. 9, 1878

- ALS, from Thomas Chase, Nov. 18, 1880

General note

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.

Archival Resource Key. 2., 1870 [Jan., May-August].
Scope and Contents note

- 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 note

ca. 32 ALS

Archival Resource Key. 3., 1871-1879.
Scope and Contents note

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.?]

Archival Resource Key. 4., 1881-1908.
Scope and Contents note

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

Archival Resource Key. 5. School composition notebook, , ca. 1865.
Scope and Contents note

ms. book

Archival Resource Key. 6. Biographical material on Charles Wood.
Scope and Contents note

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.

General note

[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)

Archival Resource Key. Wood, Ellen C. letter.
Box 23

Scope and Contents note

includes:

Archival Resource Key. 1. ALS, Germantown, to Annabella C. Wistar Wood, on her wedding trip, March 9, 1897,.
Archival Resource Key. 2. Diaries,, 1923-1928, 1929-1933, 1955.
Scope and Contents note

- 1955 diary is record of travel in Europe

- 1923-1928 diary includes time in China

General Physical Description note

3 vols.

Archival Resource Key. 1. Letters, etc.
Scope and Contents note

- 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?]

General note

[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]

Scope and Contents note

(folders 2-9)

Archival Resource Key. 2., 1890, 1892.
General Physical Description note

2 ALS

Archival Resource Key. 3., July - June 1894.
Scope and Contents note

- love and friendship

General Physical Description note

9 ALS

Archival Resource Key. 4., Aug. - Sept. 1894.
Scope and Contents note

- love and friendship

General Physical Description note

9 ALS

Archival Resource Key. 5., Nov. - Dec. 1894.
Scope and Contents note

- 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 note

8 ALS

Archival Resource Key. 6., Jan. - Feb. 1895.
Scope and Contents note

- love and friendship

General Physical Description note

6 ALS

Archival Resource Key. 7., July 1896.
Scope and Contents note

- 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 note

15 ALS

Archival Resource Key. 8., August 1-16, 1896.
Scope and Contents note

- love letters written to her while she was at Jamestown, R.I.

- includes enclosure of ALS from [his] mother

General Physical Description note

19 ALS

Archival Resource Key. 9., August 17 - Sept. 1, 1896.
Scope and Contents note

22 ALS

- love letters written to her while she was at Jamestown, R.I.

- includes enclosure of ALS from his mother, Lydia C. Wood

Scope and Contents note

Letters, etc.

General Physical Description note

(5 folders)

General Physical Description note

(2 folders)

Archival Resource Key. 1., August 1897.
Scope and Contents note

- love letters written to her while she was at Newport, R.I.

General Physical Description note

13 ALS

Archival Resource Key. 2., 1910.
Scope and Contents note

- 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 note

39 ALS

Archival Resource Key. 3. Letters of Horatio C. Wood from Europe, , 1913.
Scope and Contents note

- 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

Archival Resource Key. 4. Letters to Wood congratulating him on his engagement to Annabella Cresson Wistar, , 1895.
Scope and Contents note

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 note

ca. 27 ALS

Archival Resource Key. 5. Estate related papers of H.C. Wood, , 1936-1958.
General Physical Description note

ca. 9 items

Archival Resource Key. Wood, Horatio Curtis (1870-1943).
Box 26
Archival Resource Key. Wood, Lydia Cope Collins (1845-1921).
General Physical Description note

(2 folders)

Archival Resource Key. 1. Diaries,, 1910-1943.
Scope and Contents note

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]

Archival Resource Key. 2. Letters, etc.
Scope and Contents note

- 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

General note

[Note: see also under Caleb Cope)

Archival Resource Key. 1. Trip to China, , 1921-1922.
Scope and Contents note

- 3-ring notebook of typed letters and photographs of his trip to and stay in China

Archival Resource Key. 2. Letters of Morris Wistar Wood.
Scope and Contents note

- 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

General note

[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]

Archival Resource Key. 1. Diaries, , 1922-1953.
Scope and Contents note

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.)

Archival Resource Key. Wood, Morris Wistar (1899-1980).
Box 29
Archival Resource Key. Wood, Ned.

Archival Resource Key. 1. Diaries,, 1954-1978.
Scope and Contents note

5 volumes as follows:

- 1954-1958, 1959-1963, 1964-1968, 1969-1973, 1974-1978 [w/ numerous items laid in]

Archival Resource Key. 2. ALS, Germantown, to Horatio C. Wood, on his wedding trip, March 10, 1897,.

General Physical Description note

(4 folders)

Archival Resource Key. 1. Misc. unidentified mss..
Scope and Contents note

11 items, includes:

- ms. volume "Extracts from Deeds" [kept by?]

- poetry

Archival Resource Key. 2. Misc. mss. items.
Scope and Contents note

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

Archival Resource Key. 3. Misc. printed items.
Scope and Contents note

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

General Physical Description note

7 items

Archival Resource Key. Cresson family.
Scope and Contents note

- "Cresson family from the colonial families of Philadelphia" [booklet] 1911

Archival Resource Key. Dumaresq family.
Scope and Contents note

- "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]

Archival Resource Key. Eliot/Elliott family.
Scope and Contents note

- "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]

Archival Resource Key. Emlen family.
Scope and Contents note

- "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]

Archival Resource Key. Gleason, Anne Morris (1879-1938).
Scope and Contents note

- memorial of her [booklet]

Archival Resource Key. Huguenots.
Scope and Contents note

- "The Huguenots on the Hackensack" by D.D. Demarest, 1886, [booklet]

General Physical Description note

(14 folders)

Archival Resource Key. 1. Unidentified photographs.
Scope and Contents note

- 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 note

3 items

Archival Resource Key. 2. Photographs of documents, maps, etc. [mounted and unmounted, some with notes on back in hand of Charles Caleb Cresson, most of these are probably related to his family research] 10 items (w/ many dups.).
Scope and Contents note

- 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"

Archival Resource Key. 3. Armitt family.
Scope and Contents note

- photograph of silhouette of Mary [Emlen] Armitt, w/notes on back in hand of Charles C. Cresson

Archival Resource Key. 4. Butler family.
Scope and Contents note

- photograph (cyanotype?) of silhouette of Margaretta Butler

Archival Resource Key. 5. Carrington family.
Scope and Contents note

- photograph of Waring Parker Carrington

Archival Resource Key. 6. Collins family.
Scope and Contents note

- 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

Archival Resource Key. 8. Cox family.
Scope and Contents note

- photograph (daguerreotype, hand-colored) of Mary Fullerton Hazard Cox

Archival Resource Key. 7. Cresson family.
Scope and Contents note

- 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 note

9 items

Archival Resource Key. 7a. Dickson family.
Scope and Contents note

- photograph (daguerreotype) of Fanny Hazard Dickson

Archival Resource Key. 8. Dillwyn family.
Scope and Contents note

- photograph (cyanotype?) of silhouette of George Dillwyn

Archival Resource Key. 9. Elliott family.
Scope and Contents note

- photograph of silhouette of Annabella Bonnyman Elliott w/ caption "Taken in her glorious Age of Eightytwo."

- photograph (cyanotype?) of silhouette of Annabella Bonnyman [Elliott]

Archival Resource Key. 10. Emlen family.
Scope and Contents note

- 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]

Archival Resource Key. 11. Graydon family.
Scope and Contents note

- photograph of Helen Helherington Graydon

11a. Morris family

- albumen print of Joshua Husband Morris, 1882

- albumen carte-de visite of Lillie D. Morris, 1878

Archival Resource Key. 12. Page family.
Scope and Contents note

- 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

Archival Resource Key. 8. Vidal family.
Scope and Contents note

- photograph (daguerreotype) of Maria Clarissa Vidal

Archival Resource Key. 13. Warder family.
Scope and Contents note

- 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

Archival Resource Key. 14. Wistar family.
Scope and Contents note

- 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 note

6 items

Archival Resource Key. 15. Wood family.
Scope and Contents note

- 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 note

28 items

Archival Resource Key. 16. Wurts family.
Scope and Contents note

- 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]

Archival Resource Key. 17. Germantown Friends School.
Scope and Contents note

- 5 sports team photographs with Morris Wistar Wood (soccer 1914, 1915, 1916; basketball 1916-7; baseball 1917)

Archival Resource Key. 1. Photograph album [mainly Wood family, including James E. Rhoads].

Archival Resource Key. 1. Photograph album [mainly Woodfamily].
Scope and Contents note

Includes members of the Wood, Bacon, Cope, Wistar, Morris, Cresson, Evans, Collins, Elliott and Emlen families

Archival Resource Key. 1. Photograph album [mainly Wistar family].
Archival Resource Key. 2. Photograph album [mainly Cresson family] inscribed on flyleaf "Dillwyn Wistar from his mother 4/69".

Archival Resource Key. 1. Bispham, William.
Scope and Contents note

"Wm. Bispham (son of Aunt Martha Bispham (nee Collins)) [in small brown case]

Archival Resource Key. 2. Collins, Elizabeth Cope (1812-1880).
Scope and Contents note

[in blue velvet oval case]

Archival Resource Key. 3. [Collins, Elizabeth Cope]?.
Scope and Contents note

- 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

Archival Resource Key. 4. Collins, William Morris (1811-1864).
Scope and Contents note

- [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

Archival Resource Key. 5. Cresson, Warder.
Scope and Contents note

silhouette, with note on back "Not a direct forebear"

Archival Resource Key. 6. Cresson, Warder.
Scope and Contents note

silhouette

Archival Resource Key. 7. Dillwyn, George [and wife].
Scope and Contents note

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

Archival Resource Key. 8. Morris, Isaac W. (d. 1872).
Scope and Contents note

"Taken for my friend & cousin Lilla, Nov. 14th 1868... Isaac W. Morris" with note that he died 1872

Archival Resource Key. 9. Wood, Ellen Collins.
Scope and Contents note

"Ellen Collins Wood three years old taken 5th [] 1871" on back of photograph, [label on back of frame says "Lydia Cope Collins"]

Archival Resource Key. 10. Wood, Lydia Cope Collins (1845-1921).
Scope and Contents note

[in a case]

Archival Resource Key. 11. Wood, Lydia Cope Collins and her mother Elizabeth Cope Collins.
Scope and Contents note

[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)

Archival Resource Key. 1. Cresson, Charles Caleb (1816-1902).
Scope and Contents note

photograph

Archival Resource Key. 2. Wistar, Annabella Elliott Cresson (1818-1869).
Scope and Contents note

colored portrait

Scope and Contents note

[all but #9 are on vellum]

Archival Resource Key. 1. "Deed, Wm. Lawrence & uxr. to John Wistar" , 1758.
Archival Resource Key. 2. "Patent, Richard Wistar, Enjoyment 303 3/4 a, Bedford County" signed by John Penn, w/ seal attached, also Deed poll endorsed Sarah Wistar to Richard Wistar,, 1776, 1832.
Archival Resource Key. 3. "Deed Poll, James Logan & others Trustees & Executors of William Logan to Charles Logan and others, assigning to C. Logan a Lot on Chestnut Street Part of Logan's Square, 1 May 1781" with drawing of block.
Archival Resource Key. 4. "Patent, Reuben Haines, 401 3/4 acres, Northumberland County, 1786".
Archival Resource Key. 5. "Deed, Counterpart, Sarah Wistar to Richard Wistar" , 1790.
Archival Resource Key. 6. "Patent, John Wistar, 342/4 acres Land, Northumberland County" Fair view", 1793, ".
Archival Resource Key. 7. "Deed, Richard Wistar & wife to Joseph Burrows" , 1796.
Archival Resource Key. 8. "Patent, Richard Wistar, 303 3/4 as land, Northumberd. County" Mount Pleasant", 1796, ".
Archival Resource Key. 9. "Covenant, John Wistar to Richard Wistar & others" ms. copy made, 1799, 1815.
Archival Resource Key. 10. "Deed of Gift, Sarah Wistar to Richard Wistar & others for 12 tracts of land now or late in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania", 1803.
Archival Resource Key. 11. "Deed, Caspar W. Morris & ors. Exrs. of Samuel Morris deceased to Richard Wistar & wife", 1819.
Archival Resource Key. 12. "Deed, Israel W. Morris to Richard Wistar" , 1827.
Archival Resource Key. 13. Marriage certificate of B. Wyatt Wistar and Annabella E. Cresson, , 1841.
Archival Resource Key. 14. Marriage certificate of Joshua H. Morris and Ann M. Wistar, , 1847.
Archival Resource Key. 15. Deed of Bartholomew Wistar to Richard Wistar. Northumberland Co., PA, 1788.
Archival Resource Key. 16. Passport for Caleb Cresson Jr. signed by John Quincy Adams, 1815.

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