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Edward Shippen Sr. (1703-1781) was born in Boston, MA and died in Lancaster, PA. In 1725, he married Sarah Plumly. He was in business with James Logan in 1732 and later with Thomas Lawrence in the fur-trade business. In 1744, he was elected mayor of Philadelphia. From 1745 and for several years, he was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas. In 1752, he moved to Lancaster where he served as a prothonotary (chief clerk of a court, including recorder of deeds) until 1778. Shippen was also paymaster for supplies for British and Provincial forces, a county judge under the provincial government. He founded Shippensburg College and was a founder of the College of NJ (Princeton), Pennsylvania Hospital, and the American Philosophical Society, an original subscriber to the University of Pennsylvania and was the first chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Edward Shippen Jr. (1728/9-1806) was born and died in Philadelphia. At the age of 17, he began to study law, completing his studies in London at the Middle Temple. He was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia in 1750. He was appointed judge of the Vice-Admiralty in 1752, prothonotary of the Supreme Court from 1762-76, a member of the Provincial Council from 1770-75. He became the president judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1784 and simultaneously, judge of the Court of Error and Appeals from 1784-1806. He was made justice for the dock ward in Philadelphia in 1785, president of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Peace and Oyer and Terminer in 1785, Associate Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1791-99 and Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1799-1805. He was a treasurer of the College of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania) in 1764 and was a trustee of the university from 1791-1800 wrote the first law reports in Pennsylvania in 1790 and received an LL.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Shippen Jr. often worked on behalf of his father, both in business and personal matters.
Edward Burd (1750/1-1833) was a lawyer, practicing in Reading, Pa. until 1776 when he joined the colonial army as a volunteer. Appointed to the High Court of Errors and Appeals, he was also Prothonotary of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court until 1805.
James B. Hubley (b. 1788) was a practicing attorney for the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held at Lancaster. The Bank of PA was founded in 1781.
(Information from Appleton's Cyclopedia, University of Delaware website and internal evidence)
The collection consists primarily of the papers of the Burd, Hubley, Patterson, Schall and Shippen families. The main protagonists are Edward Shippen, Sr., Edward Shippen, Jr., and Edward Burd. An additional, significantly-represented correspondent is James B. Hubley. Historically-prominent letter writers include: David Bacon, Owen Biddle, William Bradford, Benjamin Chew, George Clymer, Tench Coxe, John Dickinson, Josiah Dickinson, Henry Drinker, John Fothergill, Reuben Haines, Thomas Holme, Benjamin Levy, James Logan, Timothy Matlack, Thomas McKean, Anthony Morris, Israel Pemberton, John Penn, Willaim Plumsted, David Rittenhouse, Benjamin Rush, Nicholas Scull and Conrad Weiser.
The collection as a whole provides a view of 18th and19th-century Philadelphia. The greatest emphasis of the collection is on legal matters and cases appearing before the Pennsylvania Courts: divorce, assault, trespassing, murder, theft, counterfeiting, burglary, and property. There are also personal financial accounts, which provide a picture of life in 18th-century Philadelphia for people of means. The series on individual or family papers includes wills and property documents, such as for the estates of John Alford, William Allen and Humphrey Morrey, Edward Hubley, and James B. Hubley. Included in Edward Burd's court accounts is a list of payment to witnesses in the trial of John Roberts and Abraham Carlisle, two Quakers executed for treason during the Revolutionary War. Of special interest may be documents related to Richard Morrey's lease of land to Cremona (or Mooney), a Black woman.
The Patterson family papers include correspondence of Francis H. Patterson, with the US Patent Office and Scientific American in 1887-8 relating to his new photographic camera and patent process. Edward Shippen, Sr. correspondence is primarily on legal matters, some indicating how he and his son, Edward Shippen, Jr. worked together. There are also legal documents and accounts as well as personal accounts, the latter indicating household purchases for himself, family and servants, or services retained. Edward Shippen, Jr. letters relate to both family and business matters, especially land and money. There are also personal and business accounts, as well as documents on legal matters, including the shipment and sales of goods. There are documents reflecting both Edward Shippen, Sr. and Jr.'s involvement with the College of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania).
The series on financial accounts include Supreme Court (Pa.) or other legal costs, Corporation or City of Philadelphia accounts which relate primarily to the building and maintenance of the city, taxation, and fines, but also to civil affairs, and some miscellaneous personal, court or other legal financial records.
The series on legal documents relates to court, mostly criminal, matters. The legal documents point to the range of cases appearing before the Pennsylvania Courts: divorce, assault, trespassing, murder, theft, counterfeiting, burglary.
The series on organizational papers, graphics and miscellaneous includes information on the establishment of the Bank of Pennsylvania, on Philadelphia business, including petitions to the mayor and on city services; a list of subscribers to the Turnpike Road Company at Lancaster; an unattributed diary of a business trip to PA and NY; some genealogical and biographical information on the Evans, Gregg, Hubley, Patterson, Potter and Schall families; and some miscellaneous graphic materials.
The series on shipping, land and monetary documents includes documents relating to cargo, sale, ownership, accounts, insurance and condemnation of vessels, as well as agreements of sale for land in Philadelphia, Lancaster, Berks, Bucks and Schuylkill Counties and some personal promissory documents.
Materials are arranged in the following series: Series I. Individual or Family Papers Series II. Financial Accounts Series III. Legal Documents Series IV. Organizational Papers, Graphics, and Miscellaneous Series V. Shipping, Land and Monetary Documents
Gift of George Schall, December 1999.
People
- Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806
- Shippen, Edward, approximately 1703-1781
- Burd, Edward, 1751-1833
- Hubley, James B.
- Hubley family
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- Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
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Collection Inventory
Includes list of land holdings and misc. maps of properties, land is primarily in New Jersey, near the Delaware River. Edward Shippen Jr. was executor of Col. Alford's estate.
Includes land warrents and related documents of land owned by Alford in New Jersey. According to one survey, he was "looking after the land for 31 years"
Includes papers re land and miscellaneous accounts. One document describes John Ladd as the manager of Col. John Alford's land affairs (whereas Edward Shippen Jr. was an executor of Alford's estate). Most of the documents re: land appear to be around the negotiation of who would buy the land of Col. Alford after his death.
Includes: Extract of William Allen's will, accounts of the estate, survey of property, accounts, receipts, and more financial/legal documents (including Mary Allen's declaration of Edward Shippen Jr. as her attorney). Potentially of especial interest are the inventories of Allen's estate including lists of belongings and books in his possession.
Includes accounts, receipts, and invoices of the estate. Subject of the receipts and accounts range from taxes, to food stuffs, to land tracts.
Letters to Edward Burd from correspondents, last name A-B, most letters relate to legal matters. Letter writers include: Alexander Addison, Willie Atlee, James Biddle, W[illiam?] Bradford, William Bradford, Jr., Jacob Bowerly, George Bryan, Sam. Bryan, Edward Burd, Edward Burd, Jr., Elizabeth Burd, and James Burd.
Letters to Edward Burd from correspondents, last name C-D, most letters relate to legal matters. Letter writers include: Clossey & Brien?, Daniel Clymer, Tench Coxe, Coxe (Tench) & Frazier, James Clunie, John D. Coxe, William Coxe, George Craig, Edward Crawford, George Davis, Daniel Duncan, Thomas Duncan
Letters to Edward Burd from correspondents, last name E-K, most letters relate to legal matters. Letter writers include: John Elder, David Espy, Robert Galbraith, Alexander Graydon, John Hallowell, James Hamilton, Thomas Hamilton, John A. Hanna, Thomas Hartley, John Joseph Henry, John Herron & John Breckenridge, Homes & Rainey, Michael Huffnagle, I. Ingersoll, John Johnston, J.W. Kittera?, Luke Keating
Letters to Edward Burd from correspondents, last name L-P, most letters relate to legal matters. Letter writers include: Andrew Lee, Robert Levers, William Lewis, Timothy Matlack, David McClure, J. Montgomery, W. Montgomery, Samuel Moon, John Morgan, John Nicholson, Samuel Nicholson, James Olricks, John Otto, W. Paine, Samuel Powel, Thomas Powell.
Letters to Edward Burd from correspondents, last name R-S, most letters relate to legal matters. Letter writers include: James Ross, Thomas Ross, Jacob Rush, Christopher Reithmyer, Collinson Read, Joseph Reede, Thomas Scott, Thomas L. Shippen, George Sinclair, C. Smith, Thomas Smith, T. Smith and J. Riddle, George Stevenson, Grissel? Stewart
Letters to Edward Burd from correspondents, last name T-Z, most letters relate to legal matters. Letter writers Include: Edward Tilghman, Michael Voyge, John Wade, Abner Wickersham, Thomas Wigley, Widcocks, Alexander Wilcorbs?, Thomas Willing, Seth Willis, Dewalt Wink, J[asper] Yeates,
Includes documents primarily about sale and rental of property. Of especial note may be a document describing the "obligatories" of Christopher Myers to Edward Burd "in the sum of Forty Egiht pounds four shillings and [six?] pence"
Includes accounts relating to improvements on Burd's home, purchase of fabric, paper and art supplies, payment ("subsistence") to workers; painting coaches
Promissory notes to and from Edward Burd for legal services including from: William Bradford, Jr. 1783; Charles Willson Peale, 1794
Including legal documents, several pertaining to moneys due to or from Edward Burd as Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of Pa. or attorney, resulting from legal actions or decisions, such as penal bills, land surveys, prisoners, criminal acts; Official documents in this file offer a view of the kinds of cases that came before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Includes: testimonies (including by Thomas Mifflin, 1783); receipt of deed for a house on Market Street signed by Thomas Paine, 1795); Burd's list of legal precedents in the prosecution of a case (1803); lists of the types and numbers of cases appearing before the court (n.d.); a list of cases ("executions") in Schuylkill Co. (Pa., n.d.); and legal diary summarizing cases, probably kept by Edward Burd, ca. 1819-1825
Includes: testimonies (including by Thomas Mifflin, 1783); receipt of deed for a house on Market Street signed by Thomas Paine, 1795); Burd's list of legal precedents in the prosecution of a case (1803); lists of the types and numbers of cases appearing before the court (n.d.); a list of cases ("executions") in Schuylkill Co. (Pa., n.d.); and legal diary summarizing cases, probably kept by Edward Burd, ca. 1819-1825
Mainly consists of accounts of payment between indiviudals, especially Edward Burd, and the courts of Pennsylvania. Included here is the Dec. 28, 1778 list of payment to witnesses in the trial of John Roberts and Abraham Carlisle
Continuing in the same vein as the previous folder, these documents are primarily accounts recorded by Edward Burd, during his time as Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, for legal transactions between individuals and the courts of Pennsylvania.
Includes a range of types of documents including correspondence, financial accounts, and personal accounts and legal documents
Includes correspondence (dealing with land sales, legal matters, such as estates and personal news)
Includes correspondence (dealing with land sales, legal matters, such as estates and personal news)
Highlights include: a copy of Anna Hubley's will, appraisal of the estate of Edward B. Hubley, and a certificate re: James B. Hubley appointed public notary in the state of NY.
Consists of list of marriage licenses issued by John Hubley and a number of depositions taken in court and signed by Michael Hubley
The bulk of the letters in the book are in the date range 1868-1873 and appear to have been written by George Schall. The handwriting, and slight bleed from the ink, make some of the letters slightly illegible.The index included at the front of the book provides detail about each letter on the corresponding numbered page. An additional four or five letters, mostly typed, were inserted at the back of the book, signed by John Schall, dated 1909, and are not included in the index.
Includes: certificate of the appointment of John Schall as 1st Lieut. of the 192nd Regiment of the Penna. Volunteers, 1864; conditions of sale of the Schuylkill Forge signed by M. Schall and others, 1837
Includes receipts of grocery purchases
Copy of a poem "The Old Arm Chair, n.d." and short financial account , 1873
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Imported merchandise belonging to Morrey and account of sales for these goods; distilling and other accounts
First and second "Account of Distilling in Company with Humphrey Murrey and Edward Shippen," financial account of "adventures" made by Joseph Shippen on account of Humphrey Murrey and Edward Shippen, a land indenture, a financial account for supplies, and an account relating to the Estate of Humphrey Morrey
"Lease from Richard Morrey to Negro Mooney alias Cremona for 198 Acres of Land" [slightly unclear if this document is leasing the entire 198 acres to Mooney, or if it confirms 68 acres which she already held], list of legacies/legatees of the Morrey estate, description of a back and forth re: a piece of 198 acres which Richard Morrey "improperly" leased to "his Negro Woman Cremona [Satterthwaite] (or Mooney) for 500 year". One third of that 198 acres remained for Cremona [Satterthwaite] and the remainder was leased to other persons.
Two documents of the accounts payable to John Scott, surveyor, by William Allen and Edward Shippen, executors of the Morrey estate
Including sales of his estate by executor Edward Shippen; accounts with executors; manuscript map of Morrey property; land indentures; Edward Shippen's 1861 copy of survey document prepared in 1715 of land in western NJ
Includes 1751 account for 1850 ¾ acres in the Jerseys; account of land previously belonging to Thomas Fairman in Cheltenham Township, signed by Nicholas Scull; 1761 copy of 1687 certificate of survey of land signed by Thomas Holme; 500 acres in Limerick [n.d.]; draft of Morrey's land by surveyor John Scott in N.J., showing other landowners, including William Penn [n.d.].
Includes sales from the estate; accounts through the executors, including payments to James Logan, [Benjamin] and [William] Bradford, Anthony Morris, nurses who attended Morrey et al.
Includes draft of the codicil of Morrey's will, documents re: the sale of different pieces of land, a list of legatees for a second dividend from Morrey's estate.
Includes: Craig, Hugh to Burd Patterson. Shippensburg, [Pa.], 1862 2/26 re: old graveyard to be taken over by Presbyterians where some of Patterson's family was buried, the certificate of approval of Burd Patterson's appointment to the World's Fair Committee, History of the Sanderson family by Burd Patterson, n.d., and Resolution on the death of Burd Patterson to establish the Burd Patterson School of Mines,1867.
Materials related to George Patterson include a letter to his wife from April 12, 1812, a letter from James Patterson to George Patterson from April 30, 1789, a promissory note dated Feb. 27, 1809 between George Patterson and George Rex, and a letter from Andrew Gregg to George Patterson on January 28, 1813 re: Patterson's patent which was presented to the department by Gregg. Materials related to consists of an agreement between Samuel Bryson and Patterson allowing Bryson to board at James Patterson's house, 1783. Materials related to James Burd Patterson include an abstract of a deed from James Burd Patterson to Richard Hear, 1859; and a biographical sketch of James Burd Patterson by Malcolm Patterson, n.d.
Includes: correspondence between James. B. Patterson and S. Warren Ingersoll re: the Patterson's mortguage, 1879-1883; a certificate of James B. Patterson's membership in the Centennial Assocation of Montogomery Coutny, PA, 1884; a copy of the patent filed by Malcom D. Patterson on "Making Photographic Prints," 1889; and miscellaneous accounts and receipts.
Includes correspondence with US Patent Office and Scientific American (re Patterson's new photographic camera and patent process) and other documents,1887-8. and a deed of George Pawling to Francis Patterson, October 7, 1897.
Includes an inventory of the "goods, chattels, rights, and credits of the Estate of Mary Patterson," 1785; a letter from Theo. F. Patterson to J. R. Patterson re: a need for funds to travel West, 1870; an estate inventory appraised by Jane Patterson, n.d.; Notes of M. Patterson on placement of railroad tracks and re: Louis Hubley; genealogical information of the Patterson family; and four letters to additional Patterson family members, 1814-1853
Four receipts of payment received by Mary J. Peale from Mrs. James B. Patterson [Matilda (Dowers) Patterson?] and James B. Patterson, Oct. 1857 and Oct. 1861; Two letters from A. C. Peale to Mrs. James B. Patterson [Matilda (Dowers) Patterson?], September 1893
Letters are regarding land and estates written as a lawyer, sometimes to his son, as well as personal to his son, Edward Shippen, Jr.
Primarily on legal matters: land, bonds, wills, estates. Letter writers include: James Alexander, Margaret Alford, Samuel Budd, James Burd, Richard Cary, Stephen Chambers, Benjamin Chew, Isaac Cox, Tench Coxe, Rosina Diehl, Isabel Graham, Thomas Hartley, D.A. Henderson, John Henry, John Kenny, John Ladd, David Ogden, Charles Pettit, Joseph Reed, Jacob Richman, James Riddle, John Scott, Mathias Slough, Thomas Smith, William Smith, Archibald Stewart, Adam Thompson, Jo Turner, James Wallace, Daniel Welty, Jasper Yeates, Anthony Zunder.
Business-personal-administrative accounts of Edwin Shippen Sr. Some accounts or receipts in ES Sr.'s hand. Some indicate how father and son, Edward Shippen Jr., worked together. The personal accounts indicate household purchases for himself, family and servants, or services retained. Some are signed by ES Sr. in the capacity of prothonotary or other posts.
Includes accounts, receipts, and land deeds. One sub-folder focuses on Edward Shippen Sr.'s legal accounts, 1744-1781; the other sub-folder focuses on Shippen's legal accounts as estate attorney, including (but not limited to) the estate of Anthoney Morris, 1737-1780 with one n.d.;
Letters relate to both family and business matters, especially land and money. The miscellaneous document (1793) advises of a meeting of the trustees of the Academy of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Philadelphia.
Letters are primarily about monetary and land issues. Letter writers include: L. Allen, Francis Baily, Richard Cary, William Foulks, Herbertt Francis, Peter Panebacker, David Schulze, John Scott, and John Winslow.
Personal accounts and receipts for such items as home and family staples and maintenance
Personal accounts and receipts for such items as home and family staples and maintenance. This folder includes accounts and receipts for: "Electrical wire" in 1766, annual dues to the Library Company in 1766, a "great coat" for "Negro Scipio" in 1767, freight for a "pipe" of wine in 1774, and dancing lessons for daughter, 1774
Letters or other documents of Joseph Shippen, William Shippen. These are primarily financial accounts, but also include an extract of the will of William Shippen dated 1730 and a letter to Edward Burd from Joseph Shippen Jr, dated March 10, 1783.
Promissory note signed by Benjamin Levy, April 1759 Accounts for a trip to Jamaica, 1757-58 Account for making soldiers suits, 1758 Receipt for 10 lottery tickets, n.d.
Includes assorted courts documents and court accounts for 1758-1772; another sub-folder includes accounts of court costs related to Edwin Shippen Jr. from 1773-1789
Includes: Suit brought by Samuel Mifflin, William Plumsted and Thomas Luke against subjects of the French King for the return of 26 hogsheads of molasses, 1758; Receipt for money lodged in the Vice-Admiralty Court of Pa. from sales of indigo, 1772; Receipt for Mount Airy Deeds signed by Tench Coxe, 1782; Recommendation for an innkeeper to let the City Tavern signed by Thomas McKean, 1783; and "A ferry is a franchise and a flower of thecrown...every navigable River as high asthe sea flows and reflow is a flumen regaleand belongs to the King..." n.d.
Account of John Alford of Charles Town, New England in 1741 (examined in 1743) in which Benjamin Franklin, Post Master, was paid for a packet; list of lands belonging to John Alfordwhich were sold, 1764; account of services in disposition of the estate of John Alford, 1774
Shipments include sugar, and include from and to Antigua. Edward Shippen Jr. served in his capacity of Judge of the Vice Admiralty Court
Some documents may be E.S. Sr., most E.S. Jr.; the former was a subscriber, the latter wasTreasurer of the College in 1764-65. Including Subscription to the Academy in Philadelphia (U. Pa.), 1755; Account for salaries paid and furniture for the kitchen bought of William Rush, 1764; Account for stationery needs purchased from David Hall (partner of Benjamin Franklin),1765; List of professors and tutors and students from charity schools (2 men, 1 woman), n.d.
Receipt for naturalizing 215 foreigners, 1756; Account for provision of various types of legal assistance, 1757; Request to pay the Overseers of the Poor for the city of Philadelphia, 1758; Request to pay Samuel Finley, President of the College of New Jersey (Princeton), 1765
Document signers include: Joseph Allen, Nath[anie]l Allen, John Armitt, Richard Armitt, Ralph Ashton, Mathew Atkinson. Excluding William Allen and Col. Alford
Document signers include: Pat[rick] Baird, A[rtemus] Baker, John Bard, Birdfrye?, M. Blake, William Bradford, S.L. Breese?, Philip Bush. Excludes Edward Burd and Burd Family
Document signers include: John Cadwalader, George Campbell, Benjamin Chambers, William Cathcart, William Clark, Gerard Clarkson, George Clymer, Isaac Connely, James Coultas, John Cowley, John Coxe, Robert Craig, Hugh Crawford, E. Cunninghame, John Diemer, Thomas Duncan, George Ege, Robert Elliott, Bartram Galbraith,William Gooch, Thomas Griffitts, Burd Grubb.
Document signers include: John Harry, Samuel Hart, Thomas Hassard, Regina Heydrick, John Hitchcock, Paul Huber, Arnold Hufnail, Philip Hulbert, Richard Humphrey, Randolph Janney, Ann Johnson, Thomas Lea, Peter Litzenberger, James Logan, Lotting, Benjamin Loxley, John Lukens, William Lyon. Excludes the Hubley Family
Document signers include: Matt McGuire, Edward Meany, M. Meany, James Mear, John Miller, Abraham Mitchell, J.N. Mitchell, Anthony Morris, Archibald Muskett, G. Newell, John Nicholson, John Okely, William Paschall,Charles Willson Peale, John Penn, Richard Peters. Excludes Moorey and Patterson Families
Document signers include: David Rittenhouse ,Owen Roberts, Septimus Robinson, Conrad Schetter, John Schreidt, Nicholas Scull, Joseph Simon, Robert Smyth
Documents signers include: Catherine Thompson, James Thompson, Jeremiah Warder, George Webb, Jaspar Yeates, John Yeates, Sarah Yeates
Accounts include account of payment to witnesses in the trials of John Roberts and Abraham Carlisle, among numerous others
Primarily consists of receipts or longer form accounts of payments between individuals and the State of Pennsylvania as determined by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Includes accounts of recognizances, court costs such as payment for movement of a person on trial, and other fines determined by the courts
Includes accounts of recognizances, court costs such as payment for travel to and from specific locations for trials, and other fines determined by the courts
Includes accounts of recognizances, court costs such as payment for travel to and from specific locations for trials, and other fines determined by the courts
Includes accounts of recognizances, court costs such as payment for travel to and from specific locations for trials, and other fines determined by the courts
Includes: documents from D. Owen Roberts [Sheriff of Philadelphia] which were directed to the Corporation of the City of Philadelphia, accounts of payment for services provided to the City by various individuals and groups, and a list of fines collected by Charles Read [Sheriff in 1730-34 according to document]
Includes financial accounts for services rendered for the Corporation of the City of Philadelphia and lists of fines paid to the City
Includes accounts of the finances of the Corporations. Of potential interest is in the lists of fines served and paid to the Corporation since there is relatively frequent note of why a person could not pay their fine and the result of that failure
Includes financial accounts for services rendered for the Corporation of the City of Philadelphia (paving roads, repairing structures, providing entertainment) and at least one account of rent paid to the Corporation
Primarily consists of: Reports of the Committee of Accounts, Accounts of Rent, Sundry Accounts for services and other payments, and Accounts of fines paid to the Corporation
Includes financial accounts of the "Mayor and Commonalty"
Miscellaneous accounts and receipts of the Corporation of the City of Philadelphia
Miscelleneous financial accounts
Miscellaneous financial accounts and an unattributed account book [Book is dated 1814-1818]
Miscellaneous financial accounts
Legal documents signed by a single person--last name A-B, C-P. Of special note may be the four documents recounting the accusations leveled in four trials (three for homicide or manslaughter, one for arson); two petitions for clemency from people imprisoned; a transcript of evidence presented in the case of [Dr. William Shippen Jr.?], [1760?];
Includes documents signed by James Reade, Alijah Sands, John Sands, Benjamin Shoemaker, Jacob Shoemaker, Israel Sloan Jr. John Stanifier, and Thomas Trablesome
A range of documents on legal matters. Copies of indictments are prominent in this folder, ranging from indictment for dept to one instance of homicide. Also included is an account of fines and a list of payment to witnesses in trials.
Includes: doucments re: the appointment of William Lyons as Attorney, 1762, notes on court cases, two lists of fines forfeited in 1784, and bills of the court.
Includes: list of fines collected; a deposition; Interrogatories and chancery in the case of Welsh v. [Fiddis?]& Others; an incomplete copy of printed legal rules; an inventory of court cases, 1794; a list of subpeonas in Waynesburg, 1799; multiple jury lists 1800-1801; "outstanding debts" of John Elder, 1805; documents from the New York Mayor's Court, 1813-1815, and more.
Includes: a petition to Mayor of Philadelphia for bridge over the dock, miscellaneous documents related to witnesses in court cases, an indictment for manslaughter, multiple copies of "Rules to render the practice of the Court easy and to supercede the necesity of meeting to settle the Docquet," and a set of blank legal forms.
Includes: a survey of land by N. Scull, 1710; an inquest before justice of the peace in Conrad Weiser, 1752; an inquisition, Benj. Franklin, defendant, 1753; a petition to mayor against the building of stalls on High St., 1773; and a recommendation of Capt. [McGuire?]
Folder consists of two documents: a list of subscribers to the Turnpike Rd. Company, June 4th and 5th, 1792; and a list of voters at the Turnpike election, July 24, 1792
Includes: "Proposals for establishing another Bank in the city of Philadelphia," the Constitution of the Bank of Pennsylvania, correspondence re: the establishment of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and a receipt.
A small diary, unknown author
Includes: a letter from the Mayor of Philadelphia to Benjamin Shoemaker re: Shoemaker's appointment as attorney, 1751; numerous proposals and petitions to the Mayor of Philadelphia re: improvements to the City; responses and reports in response to petitions made about the City. Most petitions revolve around the wharfs, ferries, and water management, but there are at least a few petitions re: punishment or imprisonment.
Includes a genealogy of the Shippen family and genealogical and biographical information on the Evans, Gregg, Hubley, Patterson, Potter and Schall families
A large collection of miscellaneous fragments; Includes miscellaneous correspondence, accounts or receipts, and legal doucments
Includes a Fraktur document from 1815, portraits (both printed and photocopies) of James Patterson, Mrs. Edward Shippen, James Yeates, Edward Shippen, Edward Burd, and Margaret Shippen Arnold, and newspaper clippings related to portraiture of the subjects of the collection
A sampler completed by Mary Ann {Dover?] in 1810
Includes three photographs: a letter, signatures on a document, and a close-up of a seal; also includes an undated, unsigned document titled "The use of Wine"
Includes documents re: insurance, cargo, sale of goods, ownership, accounts, and condemnations of vessels
Includes documents re: insurance, cargo, sale of goods, ownership, accounts, and condemnations of vessels
Diagrams of the dimensions of houses and a diagram of the structure of a city block near the wharf
Three maps: a copy of a survey of land for the construciton of roads, a map of Penn, Pine and Front Streets in Philadelphia, 1771, and a draft of a map of Henry Sugrist's land in Lancaster, 1751
Consists primarily of land indentures (or "articles of agreement" re: land) which are unrelated to the primary subjects of this collection, also includes ejectments and deeds [Philadelphia, Lancaster, Berks, Bucksand Schuylkill Counties ]
Consists primarily of land indentures which are unrelated to the primary subjects of this collection, also includes deeds [Philadelphia, Lancaster, Berks, Bucksand Schuylkill Counties]
Includes indentures for a sum of money, promissory notes, and bills which are unrelated to the primary subjects of this collection