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Joseph Bloomfield (1753-1823), lawyer and soldier, was the son of Dr. Moses Bloomfield and Sarah Ogden Bloomfield. Dr. Moses Bloomfield was a founder of the New Jersey Medical Society and a member of the colonial assembly and of the provincial congress, who freed fourteen enslaved people on July 4, 1783, to prove his belief in the Declaration of Independence. Joseph was educated at the Rev. Enoch Green's Classical Academy in Deerfield Street, Cumberland County, he then studied law under Cortlandt Skinner, the Colony's royalist attorney-general, at Perth Amboy. He was admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1775, but in 1776 was commissioned captain, later major and judge advocate of the northern army. He m. Mary McIlvaine in 1778. She died in 1818 and his second wife was Isabella Ramsay Macomb. There were no children.
In 1794 Bloomfield commanded an infantry brigade of New Jersey militia and took an active part in suppressing the Whiskey Rebellion without bloodshed. He was mayor of Burlington, New Jersey between 1795-1800, clerk of the state assembly for several years, register of the court of admiralty, and attorney-general of New Jersey, elected in 1783, re-elected in 1788, resigning in 1792 when he served as a presidential elector, opposing John Adams. Changing his politics to Jeffersonism, he was elected governor by the New Jersey legislature, 1801, over Richard Stockton and served until 1812. In 1804, he signed the gradual emancipation act, which reduced the enslaved population of New Jersey from six percent of the total in 1800 to eighteen individuals by 1860. Bloomfield, as governor, requested the prosecutor of Bergen County to enter a nolle prosequi to the indictment of Aaron Burr for shooting Alexander Hamilton in their duel at Weehawken. This was done, as urged by leading Republicans, and Burr thus left free to preside at the impeachment trial of Justice Samuel Chase of the United States Supreme Court. In 1812 President Madison appointed Bloomfield brigadier-general in the U.S. Army. He was twice elected to Congress, sitting from 1817 to 1821. (Information from Biography Resources)
George M. Coates (1845-1894) was the son of Joseph Coates and Elisa Troth Coates. He graduated from Haverford College in 1863 and received an M.A. from Haverford in 1866. He was a member and president of the Everett Society while at Haverford and later became a wool merchant in Philadelphia.(Information from internal evidence, and the Matriculate Catalog (HC))
Caleb Cresson (1742-1816), son of James and Sarah Emlen Cresson, apprenticed to become a merchant. In 1791 he journeyed with Thomas Scattergood to New England. He was assistant clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. He married Sarah Hopkins (1767), Annabella Elliott (1772) and Jane Evans (1795). (Information from Dictionary of Quaker Biography)
Caleb Cresson (1775-1821), son of Caleb and Annabella E. Cresson, was a Philadelphia merchant and farmer. A philanthropist, he was one of the founders and members of several institutions, including the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of their Reason (later Friends Hospital) and the Philadelphia Prison Society. He married Sarah Emlen in 1807. Caleb Cresson (1839-), son of William P. Cresson and Susan Vaux Cresson, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He married Isabella Gumbes. (Information from Colonial Families / Jordan)
Elliott Cresson (1796-1854), son of John Elliott and Mary Warder Cresson helped to buy land in Liberia and was the author of "What can colonization do?" which appeared in the Boston Daily Advertiser and advocated for supporting the resettlement of free African Americans in Africa, a cause that was funded and encouraged by the American Colonization Society, whose members were largely white and included both abolitionists and enslavers. (Information from Dictionary of Quaker Biography, "What can colonization do?", Britannica)
George Vaux Cresson (1836-1908) was the son of William P. and Susan Vaux Cresson. He married Mary Beavan. He was president of the George V. Cresson Co. in Philadelphia. He was also president of the Manufacturers' Club, a member of the Franklin Institute and a vestryman at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. William P. (Penn) Cresson (1814-1892) was an attorney who retired from active business life in 1857. He continued to work in the law, but perhaps only on a personal basis, as for example, with the estate of his mother, Sarah Emlen Cresson who died in 1870. He was president of the Howard Hospital in Philadelphia and a charter member of the Holy Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church and one of its vestrymen. He was a charter member of the Philadelphia Art Club and a member of the Union League. He married Susan Vaux Cresson. (Information from Colonial Families / Jordan and internal evidence)
Sarah Hornor (1767-1848) and her cousin Elizabeth Lawrence were Quakers. (Information from internal evidence)
John Price Wetherill (1794-1853), son of Samuel and Rachel Price Wetherill, was involved with his father and grandfather's drug, chemical and paint manufacturing business. He married Maria Kane Lawrence. He was a vice-president of the Academy of Natural Sciences, a member of the American Philosophical Society and Franklin Institute. He was elected to the Common Council of Philadelphia and later to the Select Committee. He was a clerk of the Society of Free Quakers. He was president of the Schuylkill Bank from 1846 until his death.
Samuel Wetherill (1736-1816) was in the fabric business, and, establishing a chemical laboratory for dyes, created an industry for the manufacture of drugs and chemicals. He married Sarah Yarnall, daughter of a minister of the Society of Friends. Wetherill supplied cloth for the Continental army and his connection caused his Quaker meeting, Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia, to disown him in 1779. Samuel's son, Samuel joined the business, Wetherill's Drug Store, in 1785, pioneers in the manufacture of white lead in America. Samuel Wetherill joined other disowned Quakers who had participated in the struggle for Independence forming the Free Quakers. A subscription was taken up to build a meetinghouse to which Washington, Franklin and others contributed and it was erected at Fifth and Arch Streets in Philadelphia. Samuel Wetherill was its first clerk and preacher. He was a member of Common Council of Philadelphia.
Samuel Wetherill (1764-1829), son of Samuel Wetherill, became a partner in his father's drug and chemical business. He succeeded his father as clerk of the Society of Free Quakers. He married Rachel Price.
William Wetherill, M.D. (1804-1872), son of Samuel and Rachel Price Wetherill, practiced medicine in Philadelphia and with his brother, John Price Wetherill, was a partner in the Wetherill White Lead Works. He married Isabella Macomb.
William H. Wetherill (1838-), son of William and Isabella Wetherill, took over the Wetherill White Lead Works after his father's death. Wetherill was an Episcopalian, but was also clerk of the Society of Free Quakers for over 30 years. He was a member of numerous organizations. He m. Elizabeth Putnam. (Wetherill family information from Colonial Families / Jordan and internal evidence)
In his book History of the religious Society of Friends, called by some the Free Quakers, in the city of Philadelphia / by Charles Wetherill originally published in 1894, he lists the following people represented in this collection as members of the Free Quakers: Samuel Wetherill, John P. Wetherill, Samuel Pr. Wetherill, William H. Wetherill, Isabella B. Wetherill, Frances S.D. Gumbes, Isabel G. Cresson, Francis M. Cresson, Caleb Cresson, Susan V. Cresson, Rebecca W. Gumbes.
The collection primarily consists of the correspondence and papers of members of twelve different families in the Philadelphia area. A great deal of the correspondence relates to concern for health and relationships among family members. The papers are often concerned with matters of business as well as estates, both in terms of the exchange of property, but also as property and possessions of deceased family members. Many of the principals in the collection traveled for business or pleasure. As some of the families or family members were Quaker, issues such as attendance at meetings and the conduct of business are also discussed. There are some photographs and other images.
There are many correspondents in this collection. Among the most prolific and/or significant are: Isabella Macomb Bloomfield, Joseph Bloomfield (1753-1823), Benjamin Coates (1808-87), Benjamin Hornor Coates (1797-1881), George M. Coates (1845-94), Rebecca Hornor Coates (1781-1853), Sarah Hornor Coates (1825-1912), William Morrison Coates, Fanny Jackson Coppin, Caleb Cresson (1775-1821) Francis Macomb Cresson, George Vaux Cresson (1836-1908), Isabella Bloomfield Gumbes Cresson (1844-1913), Mary B. Cresson, Sarah E. Cresson (1787-1870), Susan Vaux Cresson (d. 1890), William Penn Cresson (1814-1892), Stephen Grellet (1773-1855), Frances Gumbes, Rebecca W. Gumbes (1789-1869), Samuel Wetherill Gumbes (1813-65), Benjamin Hornor (1737-1823), Benjamin Hornor (1769-1810), Benjamin C. Hornor (1806?-1875), Sarah Hornor (1767-1848), William A. Muhlenberg, Isabella Wetherill (1807-71), Samuel Wetherill (1736-1816).
Content is organized alphabetically by family name
Series I. Bloomfield family Series II. Coates family Series III. Cresson family Series IV. Emlen family Series IV. Gumbes family Series V. Hornor family Series VI. Howell family Series VII. Lloyd family Series VIII. Macomb family Series IX. Moore family Series X. Ramsay family Series XI. Vaux family Series XII. Wetherill family Series XIII. Photographs and Miscellaneous
Transfer from the Free Library of Philadelphia, May 2002
Original processing information unknown. Reboxed and finding aid updated November 2021 by Lauryn White and Hannah Kolzer.
People
- Bloomfield family
- Coates family
- Cresson family
- Emlen family
- Gumbes family
- Hornor family
- Howell family
- Lloyd family
- Macomb family
- Moore family
- Ramsay family
- Vaux family
- Wetherill family
- Bloomfield, Isabella Macomb
- Bloomfield, Joseph, 1753-1823
- Coates, Benjamin, 1808-1887
- Coates, Benjamin Hornor, 1797-1881
- Coates, George M., 1845-1894
- Coates, Sarah Hornor, 1825-1912
- Coates, William Morrison, 1845-1937
- Coppin, Fanny Jackson
- Cresson, Caleb, 1775-1821
- Cresson, Francis Macomb, 1867-
- Cresson, George Vaux, 1836-1908
- Cresson, Isabella Bloomfield Gumbes, 1844-1913
- Cresson, Mary B.
- Cresson, Sarah E., 1787-1870
- Cresson, Susan Vaux, -1890
- Cresson, William Penn, 1814-1892
- Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855
- Gumbes, Francis
- Gumbes, Rebecca W., 1789-1869
- Gumbes, Samuel Wetherill, 1813-1865
- Hornor, Benjamin, 1737-1823
- Hornor, Benjamin, 1769-1810
- Hornor, Benjamin C., approximately 1806-1875
- Hornor, Sarah, 1767-1848
- Muhlenberg, William Augustus, 1796-1877
- Wetherill, Isabella, 1807-1871
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Collection Inventory
Letters are to her children and on financial issues
ca. 20 items; Letters are in Spanish and include a summary note in the back of the folder.
There are 198 pages, followed by an index with full descriptions of the letters. Most of the letters were translated from Spanish; some are in Spanish
Bloomfield names her attorney and executors of her estate
Letters re health and family, but mostly on financial matters; Letters writers include: James F. Armstrong, Elizabeth Bennett, James Giles, John McIlvaine, D. B. Ogden, Ann Paton, David Paton, C. Read, M. Bloomfield Wale
Most of the documents relate to financial transactions. Included is a document with the seal of New Jersey signed by Joseph Bloomfield as governor in 1811.
Joseph Bloomfield, later Isabella Bloomfield was executor of the estate
Accounts from personal items to tuition for her daughter Isabella Macomb
ca. 15 items; Rough copy of deed for land in PA 1775, including Benjamin Chew and Edward Shippen; Garden calendar [kept by Joseph Bloomfield?]; Photographs of gravestones of Isabella and Joseph Bloomfield
Letter writers include: Alice Coates, Amy Hornor Coates, Anna Coates, Anna Troth Coates and Anne M. Coates;
Highlights include: Coates, Alice and Elihu Pickering to Beulah Coates. [Philadelphia], 1916 5/4. Invitation to visit. ;Coates, Amy (1765-1838) to son (Reynell). 1834 1/30. [religious letter]; Coates, Anna Troth. 1869-76 and n.d. 5 items. [on travel, family life]
the letters are primarily addressed to his sister, Beulah Coates and father, George Coates and are on health (including references to Asiatic cholera), family, references to business, considerable travel (including to Sault Ste. Marie and Lake Superior, Cleveland and elsewhere) To sister. [Philadelphia], 1868 9/8. [will be attending a meeting of the board of the Institute for Colored Youth]
Coates' letters appear to be drafts and are difficult to read. There are 5 notes relating to agreement to give poor people coal, some signed by B.H. Coates, some by Beulah Coates or others, but referring to B.H. Coates' permission to allot the coal. To Mr. Chase and others. Philadelphia, 1865 1/12. [will be meeting with Mr. Peale at the American Philosophical Society] To Mrs. Thomas Large. Philadelphia, 1865 6/13. [speaks of his complicated life and wants to know if she will reside in his house as promised]
Letter relates to trip to Watkins Glen and Niagara Falls.
Includes diary entries for 1827 which she sends to Sarah Pugh. Many of the letters are addressed to her sisters, Mary Coates and Sarah Coates, and relate domestic and other daily activities, as well as friends, family and acquaintances, health and attending Meeting
Letter to F. M. Cresson about providing information on the genealogy of the Coates family
Letter writers include: Edward Coates, Eliza Troth Coates, Elsie Coates, Esther M. Coates, Florence Coates
Highlights include: Coates, Edward to Aunt. Haverford College, 1860 12/9. [getting ready for junior class "the exhibition;" visit to the college by Eliza Gurney, Eliza and William Backhouse and John Whitall] Printed solicitation by the Penna. Academy of Fine Arts, signed by Edward H. Coates, president. Ca. 1900. Coates, Eliza Troth. Writes from Santa Cruz (St. Croix), V.I. where she and her husband seem to be located some period of time. 1849-1862.Coates, Esther M. to Coates aunts. Edinburgh, 1895 10/9. [describes trip to Scotland]
Letters are to family members. To Rebecca. Albany, 1827 7/25. [is traveling by boat and in 30 miles will ascend 28 locks and doesn't have a clear notion of when he'll return]
All the letters are written to family members, especially his Aunts Mary and Sally, and quite a number while he was a student at Haverford College. A number of the letters address business issues. To Aunt Beulah Coates. Haverford, Pa., 1860 10/7. [reports on becoming an editor of the Everett Society paper; had a Lincoln torchlight parade] To Aunt Beulah Coates. Haverford, 1861 5/5. [20 days since Lincoln called out 75,000 men and gave the "traitors" time to return to their homes, but the war will soon start after Lincoln retook all the property of the U.S.] To Aunt Sally [Coates]. Haverford, 1865 3/8. [the $10,000 needed to build Alumni Hall has been raised] To Aunt Beulah. Phila., 1870 11/10. [suggests she sell properties at 4 and 6 N. 2nd St. in Phila. if she can get $25,000] To Aunt Mary. Haverford College, n.d. [although there is no college rule against the playing of chess, "Timothy" opposes, since it takes the place of physical exercise] Note: If the "Timothy" referred to is Haverford principal Timothy Nicholson, then the date of the letter is between 1859 and 1861. To Aunt Sallie. Haverford College, n.d. [read report of attack on Fort Sumter; reference to rebels possibly coming north and that Fort Delaware is commanded by a Virginian, "a rank Democrat"; Henry Hartshorne lecture before the Loganian Society]
Letter writers include: Helen L. Coates, Henry Troth Coates, Joseph Hornor Coates
Highlights include: Coates, Henry T. to Benjamin Coates. Haverford College, 1860 4/15. [hopes his uncle will give him autographs of President Benson of Liberia and ex-President Roberts as he had promised; discussing dueling with knives v. pistols] Coates, Joseph H. to Benjamin Coates. Madison, N.J., 1875 7/8. [wants to become independent publisher and needs $20,000, so asks his uncle for $10,000]
8 items, including to Mrs. Rebecca H. Coates (mother). New Orleans, 1848 4/24. [describes trip from Cuba and Belize to New Orleans, visiting family along the way] subsequent letters continue the description of this and other trips, including to Trinidad stating he prefers traveling; to Misses Coates, n.d. [asks if building has begun on the lot where Thomas P. Cope's house stood; asks if they will come to Haverford College during exams and graduation when they will hear the new Haverford Diploma written in English]
Letter writers include: Joseph Sanders Coates, Josiah L. Coates, Laura Coates, Malcolm Coates.
Highlights include: Coates, Laura Lloyd. 1881-1902 and n.d. 5 items, including letters from Dresden, Germany, in 1896 and 1897 to her aunts on family matters, including scarlet fever
All but two items from Mary Coates (1815-1913). All are family letters on family matters, such as health (including cholera), clothing, family members, one resigning membership as a manager of the Old Man's Home; three written from Westtown School and all of uncertain date. The two letters from Mary Coates Jr. are written from Dresden at the same time as Laura Coates and where she studies German, and from Switzerland
Lengthy letters are to her family, filled with family concerns and local news, but are also philosophical
Letter writers include: Reynell Coates; S. Coates; Samuel A. Coates
Highlights include: Coates, Reynell to parents. Mauritius, 1824 1/13. [mentions the slavery system in Mauritius and that his next stop will be Calcutta with no stops in Batavia or Bourbon] Coates, S. Cheltenham, 1830 8/21. [includes account of Elizabeth E. Randolph's death]
Letters concerning family health
To sister. Charley Forest, 1862 7/6. [has been sewing with the Relief Association to make clothes for sick soldiers] To friend. N.d. In French. [describes the House of Industry located in Philadelphia]
Letters primarily of W.M. Coates and mainly written from Haverford College relating some aspects of life there To Aunt. Haverford, PA, 1862 3/9. [students being photographed by F. Gutekunst] To Aunt Mary. Philadelphia, 1905 10/5. [discusses local Philadelphia politics]
A letter addressed to Sallie Coates includes a very good pencil sketch
Includes extract from letter of Martha Routh, 1798
Some letters are directed to Benjamin Coates. Most are general relating to visiting and health, as well as some invoices. Some as early as 1793 Letter writers include: A.B. Carver & Co., Rebecca Abbott, Adeline, H. Allen, Phoebe Anderson, D.C. Applegate, S.C. Armstrong, George P. Ashmun, Jessy Hornor Benedict, Henry Benners, Benson & Seal, Mary Bettle, Jacob Blackstone, Helene Bourgognat, A.M. Bride, John Butcher, P.M. C., William Clark, E. Clifton, Letitia P. Collins, William M. Collins, Jasper and Rebecca Cope, Margaret Cope, Rebecca Cope, Jr., Fanny Coppin, Elizabeth P. Cresswell, Susan B. Curry
Highlights include: Armstrong, S.C. to Mary Coates. Hampton VA, 1887 3/12. [condolences on the death of her brother (Benjamin?) stating his many virtues] C., P.M. to Beulah [Coates]. Redcliffe Cottage [Baltimore], n.d.. [is glad to note that she is on the board of the Howard Home] Coppin, Fanny J. to Sarah Coates. 1884 8/27. [expresses great gratitude to her as well as to Benjamin Coates] Curry, Susan B. to Beulah Coates. The Mount, n.d. [congratulates her on the good likeness expressed in her carte-de-visite]
Written to her Coates aunts from Switzerland and Germany as well as Pennsylvania, and includes a photo
Primarily letters discussing family, health and acquaintances. Letter writers include: C.G. Darrach, Samuel Dickson, Emily, Thomas Evans, Everett Society, D.D.L. Farson, Franklin Fell, Addie Fry, Joshua Gaunt, George Gerhard, Gimbel Bros., Thomas Glenn, Samuel Gorgas?, Margaret Grennall?, May Griffith, Guardians of the Poor
Highlights include: Darrach, C.G. 1865 10/12. [is sending casts to the Phrenological Society] Everett Society. Haverford, Pa., 1861 11/18. Invitation to George Coates to attend a meeting of the Society to hear Henry T. Coates. Gaunt, Joshua to Miss Coates. 1862-63. 5 items. [a soldier in the Civil War, he earnestly hopes for letters from Miss Coates and requests a blanket, because there is a great need for them; tells of marches and destinations; 4/4/63: how poorly the sick are care for in the army]. Gimbel Bros. Philadelphia, 1901 11/5. [sends a numbered coin with which a customer may charge items and have them delivered]. Guardians of the Poor. 1822 and n.d. 3 items. [requests to Dr. Coates that he see a patient who will be paid for by the Guardians of the Poor]
Letter writers include: H., M.B., Mary Haines, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute A.C. Hartshorne, Charles Hartshorne, Edward Hartshorne, M. Hartshorne, David Henderson, Lydia S. Hinchman, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, William Hodgson, Rachel Hopkins, Benjamin Hornor, Charles Hornor, Ellen Hornor, Jane Hornor, Joseph Hornor, M.E. Hornor, Rebecca Hornor, Sarah Hornor, House of Refuge, Harriet Howell, M. C. Hussey Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (Carrie Hooker). Hampton, VA, 1888 2/6. [thanks Mary Coates for $70 in scholarship aid to her]. Hartshorne, Anna Cope. 1897 2/24. Copy. [description of the last days of her father, Henry Hartshorne]. Hartshorne, Henry to Mary Coates. Germantown, Pa., 1887 4/22. [on the death of his wife, Mary]. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 1865 2/13. Benjamin H. Coates, M.D. reelected one of the vice presidents of the Society. Hornor, Sarah to Samuel Coates. Alexandria, 1803 10/5. [a rumor was spread that African Americans would start a rampage under pretext of a fire, and when the fire actually occurred, locals were convinced they would be murdered, but African Americans helped most in the face of the devastation]
There are several sympathy letters to Mary and Sarah Coates on the death of their sister and concern for Sarah (Sally) after her accident. Letter writers include: Jack, James Wilson & Co., Jeanne, Mary Jenks, John, Mary Lambert, Eleanor Lawney, Thomas Leiper, Susan Lesley, Saunders Lewis, M.A. Longstreth, H.B. McCalla, Margaret, Mary, Anna Massey, Sarah Morris, Evan Morrison, A. Nebinger, Mary Newbold, R. Nicholson, Sallie Nylie, Hector Orr, Morris Orum
Letter writers include: Mary P., W.B.P., Frederick A. Packard, L.W. Parrish. Mary Passmore, A.J. Paxson, Robert Pearsall, Elizabeth Peirson, S.E. Peterson, Anna Pickering, Elizabeth Pickering, W.B. Poste, Benjamin Potts, Mrs. Potts, Maria Potts, Martha Potts, William Potts, Sarah Pugh
Highlights include: P., W.B. to Beulah Coates. Haverford, 1855 10/26. [speaks of returning to Haverford College and seeing about 75 students; the new classical teacher is Thomas Chase and is highly regarded, being very communicative and familiar but also immutable when needed; Joseph Harlan begins lectures on astronomy]. Peirson, E[llen?] to Sidney Coates. Philadelphia, 1866 8/4. [At their Select Quarterly Meeting, Joseph Elkinton was recorded a minister without a dissenting voice]. Potts, William H. to Mary and Sarah Coates. Trenton, NJ, 1894, 7/26. [given the poor economic times, asks for a loan of $350]. Potts, Benjamin to Benjamin Coates, 1876, 1/21 [mentions Theodore Tilton's (abolitionist) lecture and a court case in which Potts is defending a pauper against a corporation].
Letter writers include: Hannah R., Caroline Randolph, George Randolph, Hannah Randolph, Richard Randolph, Rebecca, Jonathan Richards, Hannah White Richardson, Sally, S.B. Scanlay, T.B. Scanlon, J. Henry Scattergood, Anna H. Scofield, Jenny Scofield, S.C. Scofield, Hannah Scull
Highlights include: R., Hannah to Beulah [Coates]. Westtown, NY. [Mary is now a monitor whose job includes washing children; George Taylor, an elegant man, was lecturer at their school; a boy has run off from school; hope to be excused for nonsense in letter]. Richards, Jonathan. 1875-77. 2 items.. [has been planting seeds; a large garden has been planted for Manual School and Agency and to the Native Americans; great thanks to Benjamin Coates for his contribution]. Scattergood, J. Henry to Mary and Sarah Coates. Haverford, Pa., 1906 9/13. [asks if they will contribute to the work of Christiansburg Industrial Institute (managed by Friends Freedmen's Association), explaining the needs and work of the Institute]. Scofield, Jenny Hartshorne, 1855-1868. 10 items [Many people and activities mentioned ]
Letter writers include: Anna P. Sherman, (cousin Sherman), J.A. Sherman, James T. Sherman, Olivia Sherman, Sarah T. Sherman
Highlights include: Sherman, Anna P. 1825-1881 and n.d. 7 items Sherman (cousin). St. Paul, MN, 1859 /7 [Despite national economic situation, buildings are being built; hope to purchase a drugstore]. Sherman, Olivia. 1863-1883 and n.d. 8 items. On family and health
Letter writers include: Benjamin H. Shoemaker, Edith H. Shoemaker, E.P. Smith, Robert Smith, Elizabeth Snowdon, Henry M. Springer, William and Polly Sykes
Highlights include: Smith, Robert. Philadelphia 1846 7/. [begins as a printed letter on the new invention of "phonography" or "talking on paper"]
Letter writers include: Alice N.T., Mrs. M.F. Talbot, Julianna R. Tatum, Lucy R. Tatum, Adelaide Torl?, W.P. Troth
Highlights include: Tatum, Lucy R. 1845-1902 and n.d. ca. 15 items Most letters are to Sarah Coates and speak of relationships, travel to Europe, interest in poetry, attendance at Meeting and many Friends/ acquaintances, death and books. To Sarah Coates. Ashley, 1845 12/28. [asks how House of Industry is faring; is sorry to hear of Henry Hartshorne's accident]. To Sarah Coates. Oakland, n.d. [reports that Inazo Nitobe has come to see the industrial institutions of the U.S., while his wife Mary (Patterson Elkinton Nitobe) and their adopted son have been spending the summer in a home in Malvern; thinks Anna Hartshorne is already in Japan]. To Sarah Coates. N.d. [refers to a daguerreotype taken, including one of her with two others in which they appear too "disconsolate"].
Letter writers include: Welement?, Elizabeth, Jane West, R. Lyle White, Alexander Wilcocks, Wm. Hartshorne and sons, Elizabeth Williams, Mary R. Williams Phoebe Williams, Sarah Williams, John Wisner, Josephine Wisner, S.F. Wood, Joseph H. Woodman, Harriette Wurts, Anna Yarnall, Benjamin and Eliza Yarnall, Caroline C. Yarnall, R. Yarnall.
Highlights include:William Hartshorne and Sons to Coates & Randolph. Alexandria, 1796. 6 items.. [their schooner to take the 1000 bushels purchased for them; where to send a vessel and if W. Indies would be best, for a cargo of flour]
includes bills and receipts
Includes math notebook and commonplace book and a notebook with the copy of a letter from Esther Tuke to Martha Routh
Documents include income tax record, expenses, membership, printed plan to found a society to promote the "Christian civilization of Africa," ca. 1859
includes accounts, including estates of Sarah Buchanan, Eliza Merrihew and a photograph of Coates; the second folder includes many verses copied by Coates: Coates, Benjamin Hornor (1797-1881) 1830-1880 (ca. 30 items)
Coates, Benjamin Hornor (1797-1881) Copies of Verses (approx. 100 sheets)
includes accounts, verse by Coates, Mary Coates' account of the life of Beulah Coates and miscellaneous; 2 published poems by Florence E. Coates, an receipt book and address book
An unidentified letter found outside of a folder
Includes: 1. book of receipts and legal documents: deeds, promissory notes; there is also a printed states re current wool prices in Phila (1875) for the Coates Brothers firm; 2. manuscripts: "The uncertainty of the future," 1863;
mortgage promissory notes and fragment of published bio account 4. membership in Library Company of Phila.
Account book, 1848-? (barely filled); marrige announcement newspaper clipping
Wills for which Coates was executor; Promissory notes Copy of marriage certificate
Copy of Coates' will; Accounts; Accounts relating to Coates' material goods
poem on piety; obituary; receipts of Mary and Sarah Coates
Includes: Commonplace book, 1830 Composition book (commonplace book?) written at Westtown Boarding School, 1830 Certificate of membership in the Bible Association of Friends in America, 1831 Copy of will, 1884 Membership in Penna. Academy of Fine Arts, a 1846 drawing of a cottage nannie Ward, 1900 Birthday and other poems written by Coates, 1904-08 and n.d.
account book for work or services or monies owed to Coates, with a separate folder of papers to Coates from Elizabeth Balderston and others consisting of promissory notes, Coates as legatee from estate of Beulah Coates (her daughter) ;
Original copy of Coates' will and dispersal of money from her estate
Receipt book 1809-1842
Exercise books, 1793 and 1795, Religious musings, Account book, 1819
Diary entries, 1804, 1830-1850 Poems Miscellaneous, including poems, Sarah Hornor's will mentioning Rebecca (1823) and printed invitation to funeral of Rebecca Coates (1853) manuscript copy of the life and death of the son of Reynell Coates
Promissory note of Benjamin Longstreth to Richard Swanwick, 1777, signed by Coates and others; Promissory note of John Hatcher to Samuel Coates, 1795; Group of promissory notes due Samuel Coates, all prior to 1809; Promissory note and receipts of Samuel Coates, 1820s; Book of the estate of Samuel Coates
School reports for Sarah Coates from Friends Select School for Girls, 1837-1841; Commonplace book, 1846; Notebook, entitled "Descriptions etc. to accompany the Scripture slides contained in a sett to be shown through the phantasmagoria lantern, 1853"; Memberships, contributions and financial accounts, 1892-1910; Poems, n.d.; Clippings, especially poems
Various newspaper clippings, invitations, poems, certificate and Joseph Hoag's vision
Two inventories of house contents receipt and a drawing
Arrest warrant for Mrs. Elizabeth Meade, 1687, Photocopies of fragment of a letter by James Logan and recipe for curing deafness by [John?] Fothergill, with transcriptions, Will of William Annis, 1748, Isaac Childs, Letter from Charles Dingee, Lancaster Jail, 1778, First minute of the Female Society for assisting the distressed held in Phila., 1795. Ann Parish chosen clerk, Promissory note, 1774
Map of Native American reservations, showing areas of religious work, including Quaker. Ca. 1870s, receipt book, wallet containing recipes, receipts and newspaper clipping-"Cholera in the Arch St. Prison"
Assorted essays, including religious exposition, Notes from Jones' "Church History", Visions of Caleb Carmalt, Description of the work performed by Mr. Coates as superintendent of Christ Church Sunday School, n.d., Vision of Joseph Hoag, n.d., "Remarks on Insanity," n.d. "belongs to T. Stewardson", Visit to English country house. Fragment, Letters, accounts, recipes, compositions, scenes from a play
on vellum
on vellum, except for one copy Includes part of indenture between Israel Pemberton and George Shoemaker. 1718
Copies of queries, advices, Welsh sermon, Letter of Thomas Ellwood to ITY on prohibitions in marriage among Friends, 19th c., "Episcopalian and Quaker"
Attributed poetry is not by Coates family members, though occasionally to them, and not by known writers, except one by H.B. Stowe, one by William Whitehead, Poet Laureate
"Poems or as Aunt Mary terms them Verses"
Burge, Sarah Coates (wife of William Rawle). Lithograph and engraving from portrait by Gilbert Stuart Coates, Benjamin (1808-1887). 2 albumen prints, copies Coates, Beulah. Carte-de-visite, albumen print. Coates, Edward. Carte-de-visite, albumen print. Coates, Florence, with daughter. Photograph.
Coates, George M. Carte-de-visite, albumen print and hand-colored albumen print. Coates, H[enry] T[roth]. Photograph and carte-de-visite as a child. Coates, Mary. 2 Carte-de-visite, albumen prints, 1 albumen print. Coates, Rebecca Hornor. Carte-de-visite, albumen print, hand-colored. Coates, Sarah. Carte-de-visite, albumen print. Hornor, Benjamin (1737-1823). Albumen print from portrait
Several unknown sitters, mostly carte-de-visite, though one may be of Lucretia Mott
George Morrison Coates, 1817-1893. Published pamphlet; The Family (Coates) in the Phila. City Directories, 1785-1901. Published pamphlet
Samuel Coates: accounts and promissory note, 1780s (ca. 30 items)
Biographical information on Thomas Coates (1659-1719), including published pamphlet Thomas Coastes who removed from England to the province of Pennsylvania,1683 compiled form old records by Henry T. Coates (2 copies)
Notebook containing genealogy of the Coates family and biographical notes about various Coates family members (also contains Hornor, Yarnall, Potts, and Bowne genealogies); inventory of Coates house contents; Biographical information on Roger Coates, Josiah Langdale Coates and Samuel Coates written by Mary Coates
Last 4 years of Beulah Coates' Life by SH Coates;
Two certificates of membership from the Pennsylvania Hospital, given to Mary and Sarah H. Coates (rolled)-Oversized
Biographical information (partial manuscript) on Benjamin Hornor (1737-1823) and descendants
insurance policy for vessel, 1775; promissory notes; accounts, 1760s-1780s (ca. 10 items)
Material from the Head family, Garrett family, Cresson Family genealogical material
Cresson Family History, Americans of Royal Descent
Biographical information about Solomon Cresson, Jacobus Cresson, Marie (Mary) Cresson, James Cresson, Sarah Cresson,
newspaper clippings; material about the Union Church; material about the Cresson family
Photos of Alexander Macomb and a memoir Major General Alexander Macomb; Dedication of the Thomas Mardomough Memorial
primarily assorted financial documents; also one brief document on a meeting of the Philadelphia Society for alleviating the miseries of public. Letter writers include: Caleb Cresson, W. Cresson, Lydia Dillwyn, William Dillwyn, Stephen Grellet, John Hobson, George Jepson, John Pim, W. Skinner?, Samuel R. Wood Cresson, Caleb to George Jepson et al. Phila., 1817-18. Copies of letters sent [reports on the opening of the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of their Reason (later Friends Hospital) in Frankford, PA. with Isaac Bonsall as superintendent, and reports on acquisition of restraints and methods] Cresson, W. to Uncle (Caleb Cresson). Springfield, 1818 8/-. [asks Caleb Cresson's opinion about renting a house, prior to buying, in Byberry as it suits him and the soil seems good for farming] Dillwyn, William. Higham Lodge, 1816 6/24. [refers to a painting of himself, perhaps executed by B[enjamin?] West to be exhibited at Friends Hospital] Grellet, Stephen. New York, 1817 8/20. [has corresponded with Thomas Stewardson about the 300 Germans who are Quakers (or are sympathizers) for whom he is raising money and arranging for the purchase of land for them] Jepson, George. Retreat near York, 1817 1/25. [discusses requirements such as restraints, in the asylum]
These are no.3 and 4 of Cresson's personal account books
the folder is roughly divided into financial documents relating to property and inventories of Cresson's estate and other financial documents. A section of the financial property documents relate to bills for the Auburn Farm
Estate Booklet for Caleb Cresson
There is only one short letter by Cresson to his brother, William; the rest primarily deal with business Allen, William. London, 1851 (or 1857)/3/31. [plight of about 300 Separatists who have left Germany and want to come to America and work as agriculturists]
Diary
regarding taxes, bills, property and membership certificate from National Geographic, death notice and certificate
Primarily detail daily details, including death of sister; one letter to Cresson relating to death of sister
to his Uncle George V. Cresson
Primarily business letters to his brother, William, regarding the Auburn farm property
two deeds relating to Cresson's property following his decease ca. 1855. Letter to Richard Smith. 1853 3/2 [re Penna. Railroad and need for better facility, an enterprise to which he will give up to $10,000]
Short letters and postcards to husband Francis M. Cresson; also one poem
2 items relating to estate of Sarah Moore, one re dissolution of partnership which included Cresson and published will of Elliott Cresson
Letter to brother
Record of the weather in Philadelphia from 1881-1884
Letters sent to family members while traveling abroad, primarily in Switzerland and Germany
Divided into letters to and from. Letter writers include: George Abbot, Fr. Dehue, Isabel Cresson, H. Cresson McHenry, Joseph Rhoads, Katie Simons
Highlights include: Rhoads, Joseph. 1901 3/? [asks Cresson to contribute to the Apprentices Library; enclosed is a list of Board of Directors, including John G. Bullock, William M. Coates, Benjamin Coates, Benjamin Cadbury, Coleman Sellers Jr. and others]
Papers re estate of Hilborne I. Cresson
Letters to husband, George V. Cresson; account of events during her day while away from home Boston, 1865 8/4. [shook hands with General Grant who seemed to be "frightened out of his wits."]
Letters to husband, George V. Cresson, Accounts of daily life, including reports on her health, including trip to England and R.I
Mary B. Cresson to George V. Cresson
Letters to husband, George V. Cresson; Accounts of daily life, including reports on her health. [Seem often to be written from various places where people go to restore health and report on her health, illness and death.]
Most of the letters are short, many of them are thank you notes, most are undated
Family and local events, thank you notes. Also, primarily letters of sympathy on the death of Isabella Cresson
Inventory list inside folder; Includes such items as address books, cards with botanical designs, lists of people whom Cresson has visited and various receipts.
Includes such items as address books, cards with botanical designs, lists of people whom Cresson has visited and various receipts.
Letters from George Cresson to Mary B. Cresson (his wife) and William P. Cresson (his father); Letters are about events of the day, but also tightness of funds. Others to his parents include lengthy descriptions of transatlantic journey by ship, and to his wife on impressions of England, Paris and Holland, to each in 1879
letters of sympathy on the death of Mary B. Cresson. his wife; Letter writers include:Caleb Cresson, Elizabeth Cresson, H.I. Cresson, Susan Cresson, L. Duryea, Anna Giesecke, Craige Lippincott, J. Meyer, Helen Porter, Scott Smith, George Vaux, William S. Vaux, A.C. Wistar, several first name only; Cresson, Elizabeth (Lillie). 1878-1898. 4 items. Writes about their trip to Europe– Paris and Interlaken (1878); glad business outlook is good despite war (1898); Cresson, H.I. Paris, 1878. [refers to the Paris exhibition]; Cresson, Susan. Attaches an account of the last days of the life of her daughter; Sally Emlen Cresson
George V. Cresson certificate
Letters relate to Cresson's business venture relating to a casino at Narragansett Pier in R.I.
Many of the letters relate to Cresson's business venture relating to a casino at Narragansett Pier in R.I., but also about horses. Letter writers include: Charles Boon, August Brehmer, Charles Brinley, George Campbell, E. Casselbury, Herbert Caswell, R.D. Douglass, George Hubbard, Hugh Joyce, Samuel McClellan, Everett Reynolds, H.A. Whitson, James Wilson, Charles Yost
Similar to above, arranged A-Z
Includes leases, accounts, layout of Cresson house; booklet prepared for a dinner commemorating the Baldwin Locomotive Works, including engraving of George V. Cresson, 1902; Foreign trade prospects in China / T. Philip Terry, foreign representative, Yokohama, Japan, 190
deeds for Cresson's property in Philadelphia and deeds for a property in Philadelphia, passed from owner to owner, prior to Cresson
Deeds for land in George V. Cresson estate
Includes Cresson's assignment of Caleb Cresson as his attorney and deeds
Laid in is a poem in memory of Sarah E. Cresson Jr. (1838-45) Letters by Sarah Cresson are mostly on financial matters, including how much money to donate to several institutions (7 items). Letters to Sarah Cresson (9 items) include a description of her son, William's, accident while riding a horse (1832) and trips to Europe (1833-35)
Included are taxes, bonds, warrants, bills, securities, accounts relating to her estate
Included are 2 notebooks of accounts kept by William P. Cresson for Sarah Cresson, taxes, bonds, warrants, bills, securities, accounts relating to her estate
Auburn Hill was Sarah Cresson's country house near Frankford. Primarily re tenant and railway
Included are Sarah Cresson's affidavits giving power of attorney to her son, William, 1866, other legal documents
Here are materials directly relating to the disposition of Sarah Cresson's estate, but also bonds and warrants of other people, which possibly later passed to Cresson
Includes copies of Sarah Cresson's will, lists of heirs and some distribution of money
Here are materials that primarily refer to Sarah Cresson's son, William, but as they were found with other materials relating to her, they have been left here
Letters predominantly by Susan Cresson primarily from Philadelphia and mostly written to her husband, William P. Cresson, while he was traveling on business, but also to her son, George, while traveling in Europe in 1877 and 1878. Topics include: scarlet fever and small pox and other health issues, family; visitors and religious sensibilities. Letters to Susan V. Cresson Letter writers include: Mary Cooke, M.E. Smith, F.V. Tenefitt (?), George Vaux, A Wharton, Emily ? Many of the letters are written by correspondents while traveling in Europe
Letters predominantly by Susan Cresson primarily from Philadelphia and mostly written to her husband, William P. Cresson, while he was traveling on business, but also to her son, George, while traveling in Europe in 1877 and 1878. Topics include: scarlet fever and small pox and other health issues, family; visitors and religious sensibilities. Letters to Susan V. Cresson Letter writers include: Mary Cooke, M.E. Smith, F.V. Tenefitt (?), George Vaux, A Wharton, Emily ? Many of the letters are written by correspondents while traveling in Europe
Primarily religious musings, but also some financial
letters are to his wife, Susan Vaux Cresson, with affection, brother and son (Caleb) and describe intricacies and difficulties of travel to such places as Pennsylvania and Alabama, Massachusetts, Louisiana, London and elsewhere while attending to or currying business, and with discussion of business; church business; To Susan. St. Louis, 1851 5/25. [refers to streets being "McAdamized" with limestone and method of preparation and other paving issues]; To dear wife. 1856 2/12. [description of new air engine called the vampire to run on the Erie Road]
Letters generally convey events of the day. Letter writers include: Phillips Brooks, D. Cooper, Annie (Annabella Cresson?), Debora Emlen, Joseph Fisher, D.M. Gregor?, Sunna Thomson, MacKay, Robert E. Peterson, Fanny Trufitt, Lewis Trufitt, A.L. Vaux, George Vaux
Highlights include: Cooper, D. Philadelphia, 1853 7/18. [church business, including principles of the Puseyites] Vaux, George. Philadelphia, 1853 6/9. [a comparison of English and American railroads and interest of English capitalists in stock; new railroad project from Philadelphia to Lancaster; real estate news; health]
Letters inform of the difficulty of travel; also business of buying houses
Documents relate to his work as a vestryman at Grace Church, his passports, an inventory of his estate, his will and some miscellaneous items
includes description of trip to Europe in 1877 for over 9 months and business engaged in; also son's exhibition. To George. Paris, 1877 11/6. [doesn't like Paris, a city where people live for this life]. To George. Paris, 1877 11/27. [method of artificial insemination of chickens and much other bird information] (continuation in next letter)
There are five diaries relating to his trip to Europe in 1877-78 and sympathy letters on the death of his wife, Susan Vaux Cresson. There is also the wedding certificate for their golden anniversary in 1885.
William P. Cresson was an attorney, thus much of the material in this box relate to his activities as a lawyer. They include his activities on behalf of family members as well.
Includes a blueprint, checks, and letters.
Letters and accounts
Letters and accounts
Spike and splinters from the Confederate army warship Ram Atlanta, which was captured and used by U.S.; came under repair in Philadelphia in 1863 and recommissioned
Business correspondence of W.P. Cresson
Business letters and correspondence of W.P. Cresson
Business letters and correspondence of W.P. Cresson
William Penn Cresson Business corrrespondence with George Ashmead
W.P. Cresson in re estate of Isabella B. Cresson
W.P. Cresson in re estate of Sarah E. Cresson
Letters related to the Third Street Sale
W.P. Cresson in re Priscilla P. Cresson and the will of William Pritchett
W.P. Cresson in account with Caleb Cresson re farm on Perkiomen estate
Photographs of Francis Macomb Cresson
Photographs of William Penn Cresson and Susan Vaux Cresson and photos of their summer home and home in Philadelphia
Includes photgraphs of Caleb Cresson, Isabella B. Cresson, George V. Cresson, Cresson family members (and possible Cresson family members), Isabella Hewson
Oversized photo of Annabella Cresson Wistar
Letters to "Mrs. Cresson" 1922
Financial accounts of various Cresson Family Members
Map of Cresson Property
Miscellaneous Anonymous Letters or to People Outside This Collection; Anonymous Diary
Mostly Anonymous Financial accounts and Letters
Papers From Charles Lippincott's House
Rebecca Shannon Cresson and the Berry Family
List of Legatees and Amounts left by Samuel Emlen, 18th century
Letters are to George Vaux and to William and Susan Cresson and are primarily of a business nature; George Vaux was the executor of William Vaux's estate
Relating to George, William P. and Margaret French Cresson
Emlen Genalogical Information
Notes on the Emyerys and Emlens of England and America By Phillip S. P. Conner- Oversized
some of the documents relate to Lydia Emlen's estate, including several deeds relating to a lot on Powell Street [Philadelphia] on vellum that precede her death; others are financial documents
Including: Insurance policy for the Brig Success, underwritten in part by George Emlen Jr., 1775
Including: Copy of marriage certificate of Caleb Emlen and Mary Warder, 1773, Extract from will of Jeremiah Warder, 1780, bequeathing property to Mary Warder Emlen, Deborah Emlen appoints William S. Vaux as attorney, 1870
primarily legal documents, e.g. promissory notes; also two letters from [cousin?/niece?] Hannah Haydock
Letter from Mildred Roberts to Sarah Emlen
Daily record of the weather, 1861-1869 kept by a member of the Emlen family. 1 notebook. Note: Laid in back are published cadastral maps from several townships in PA
Letters to family and others, including: To Miss Savery. Oakland, 1869 8/7. [have taken up collection in Sunday School for the African Mission]
Letters are primarily from family members, mostly Wetherill family members, also from a Catharine Seaton and some from Gumbes family members, and from her granddaughter Susan Cresson. There are many with only a first name, especially "Gus," placed in an "unknown or illegible" category
Letters are primarily from family members, mostly Wetherill family members, also from a Catharine Seaton and some from Gumbes family members, and from her granddaughter Susan Cresson. There are many with only a first name, especially "Gus," placed in an "unknown or illegible" category
Letters are primarily from family members, mostly Wetherill family members, also from a Catharine Seaton and some from Gumbes family members, and from her granddaughter Susan Cresson. There are many with only a first name, especially "Gus," placed in an "unknown or illegible" category
friends calling cards
Includes poems, sermon given on her death, a copy of her will, financial account information, etc.
Materials include poems, 2 letters to IBG Cresson and two essays. These is also a list of the people invited to her wedding
Oversized wedding certificate for marriage of Isabella Gumbes and Caleb Cresson in 1866
Materials are all financial receipts
The notebooks all appear to be schoolwork.
Handwritten unattributed notes about individual people as they appear in the material of this folder. Letters (most with typed transcriptions) from Rebecca W Gumbes to her son and Isabella Wetherill to her nephew Samuel W Gumbes, via. Rev. William A. Muhlenburg in New York. Occasional other correspondents. Discuss family news, health, religious feelings.
Letters (most with typed transcriptions) from Rebecca W Gumbes and Isabella Wetherill to Samuel W Gumbes via Rev. William A Muhlenburg. Discuss school, family matters, health, religion.
Typed booklet by a Chas. Gumbes "Important Extracts" with descriptions of contents. Letters (most with typed transcriptions) mostly from Rebecca W Gumbes to Samuel W Gumbes via Reverend William A Muhlenburg. Discuss school, health, clothing, family affairs. Includes a color print "The Life & Age of Woman" by Currier & Ives; not dated.
Letters (these have not been transcribed) from Rebecca W. Gumbes to her son Samuel W Gumbes via Reverend W. A. Muhlenburg. Discuss family news, health, religious feelings. Very similar to above.
Letters (these have not been transcribed) from Rebecca W. Gumbes to her son Samuel W Gumbes (and three undated notes from Isabella Wetherill to same) via Reverend W. A. Muhlenburg. Very similar to above.
Typed list of dates of letters (includes letters in through 1832). Letters Samuel Wetherill Gumbes to his mother, Rebecca W Gumbes (most of these have been transcribed) from Institute Hill (Flushing Institute, Flushing, Long Island, under the care of Rev. W. A. Muhlenburg) describing his studies and the events of his days.
Letters Samuel W Gumbes to his mother Rebecca W Gumbes (these have been transcribed). Very similar to previous folder, discussing school, religious feelings, family news, health, daily actvities.
Letters Samuel W Gumbes to his mother Rebecca W Gumbes (most have been transcribed). Most are very similar to previous folder, discussing school, religious feelings, family news, health, daily actvities. Untranscribed letters are later, from Oakland Hall.
Papers relating to Oakland Farm including 1839 Indenture contract--include some papers of his father, Samuel Wetherill. Letters from Rev. James May to Samuel W Gumbes, with booklet of notes on scope/contents of letters. Letters to/from Samuel Gumbes and other miscellaneous correspondents.
Financial papers-including some papers of his father, Samuel Wetherill. Papers relating to the estate of Mary Haffey (and letters Mary Haffey to Samuel W Gumbes). Other papers includng Marriage Certificate for Samuel W Gumbes and Francis Macomb 4/30/1838.
Biographical sketch of Rebecca W Gumbes by Caleb Cresson. Letters from Rebecca W Gumbes to family members and others. Letters to her from others, especially her nephew J. M. Wetherill. Writings on religious topics.
Papers relating to the property at 1718 and 1720 Chestnut Street, includng leases and terminations, a copy of the will of Samuel Wetherill and various other financial papers. Property deeds from 1836, 1837, 1853. And materials relating to other Philadelphia properties
Inventory of estate of Rachel Wetherill; papers relating to Rebecca Gumbes' rental properties (leases, other) and incomes; various receipts; financial account notebook.
Copy of will; membership for American Bible Society; calling cards.
Commonplace book 1831; financial accounts book 1837-1854; weekly time/rollbook c.1854; Diary from 1863
Handwritten texts of lectures on Christianity, notes. Some are incomplete.
index of some letters from his mother while he was at Flushing Institute (the letters are filed under Rebeca W Gumbes); School papers: Latin homework/exams; class compositions.
Financial account notebooks/ledgers; sunday school rollbooks. For some of these, authorship is unclear.
Diaries from the 1850s and 1860s--including one from 1866, which might have belonged to someone else.
Miscellaneous letters to members of Gumbes family, some anonymous. Diary.
Two unidentified photos by F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia, 1 photo of Frances S. Gumbes, 3 drawings of Rebecca Gumbes, pen and ink drawing of men and women
Letters from Mary Potts Hornor to her husband Isaac Hornor Jr.; letters from Mary Potts Hornor to others; diary 1788-1789. Some items may be by a different Mary Hornor.
Letters from Benjamin Hornor to his son and his wife Sarah Hornor; Letters to Benjamin Hornor from his wife Sarah Hornor; biographical note about Benjamin Hornor by one of his daughters; rent contract for Benjamin and Sarah Hornor; photo of Benjamin Hornor's chair.
Letters to Benjamn Hornor Jr. from his sisters Emilia, Sarah, Maria, and Henrietta. Financial account book which postdates his death--this likely belonged to his son Benjamin C. Hornor. Account of his estate.
Mostly business papers: Creation and dissolution of various business partnerships including him; materials related to rental properties; letters to/from business partners including Caleb Cresson; release of Cresson's estate from financial obligations after the dissolution of their partnership and Cresson's subsequent death.
Letters to Sarah Hornor from family members and friends: including Samuel Coates, Amy Coates, E. C. Cliffton, Rebecca Cliffton, Phebe Sharpless, Charles Yarnall, E. C. Yarnall, others. Discussing friendship and family relations. Letters not in typical alphabetical order--letters were found bound in groups and this structure is preserved in subfolders.
Letters to Sarah Hornor from Elizabeth Lawrence, her cousin. Discuss family matters and health, other personal matters--Letters from Sarah Horor to Elizabeth Lawrence, which were found bound together.
Letters from Sarah Hornor to various family members, friends, members of society. She speaks about health and family, attendance at meeting, and about Christianity and faith. Some letters are signed "Henrietta S. Hornor"
Invitations, including to the Adelphi School "where the system of education...will be exhibeted" 1812, riddles, poems addressed to Sarah Hornor. All found clipped together, most undated.
Joseph P. Hornor poetry, diary, promissory note; Rebecca Hornor financial account book, renunciation of position of executor of Mary Hornor's will, copywork; short play by Hornor family member; receipts of Mary Hornor and others; misc. checks of Hornor family (19th. C.); newspaper clippings; sihouettes of Elizabeth Hornor Mallery and unidentified man.
journal, commonplace book, unattributed letter.
Letters to/from includng Amy Hornor, Mary Hornor, Sarah Potts Hornor, Stacy Potts. Discuss family, health, reigion; mentions Charleston S.C. visit; laudanum.
Letters to Amy Hornor from various: including Isaac Briggs, C. Dawes, John Henry, A. Kenyon, William Kenyon, Peggy McCulloh, Alinda -, Eugenio -, Leontine -, Lusculus -. All written in the 1780s.
Letters written by various Hornor family members: Charles, Ellen, Joseph P., Maria, Mary, and unattributed.
Genealogical notes on Hornor familys: especially early establishment of the Philadelphia branch of the family. Biograhical sketches of members of the family, too, including people without much material in the collection.
Isaac Howell letters to, receipts, indenture contracts; other Howell family receipts.
Poem by H. L. Neal about Esther Malcolm Lloyd. Lloyd family geneological material, incl. family trees, copies of Chester County Collections issues 11, 12, 13 1938-9, with notes about family members, and "Ancestry of Robert Lloyd, born 1669, died in Merion, Philadelphia" which traces Philadelphia branch of Lloyd family back to Wales, 614 AD. Material seems to have been gathered in the 1930s-40s.
Letters concerning gathering of Geneological Material from David B. Macomb to family members, 1898. Biographical information on Major General Alexander Macomb. Photos of paintings of Alexander Macomb, and glass plate negatives of those photos.
Genealogical material, newspaper clippings, Letters to Francis Macomb, 1830s, Letters to/from David B Macomb (same person as in Alexander Macomb folder), 1908. Isabella Ramsay Macomb Bloomfield fnancial accounts book with other papers laid in. Pen and ink drawings by Francis Macomb 1830; miscellaneous.
Letters mostly address financial matters. From Jane Parke, Steven Moore, M Gilbert, Sarah P. Moore
Papers mostly pertaining to Sarah Emlen Moore's estate: notebook of agreements between Sarah Moore and others, 1800, signed by people including Sarah Moore, Thomas Moore, Caleb Cresson; copy of Sarah Moore's will; papers related to the estate.
Probate of will of her brother, Hudson Emlen, signed by Benjamin Chew; letters to her father Samuel Emlen by others
Letters between 1784 and 1797 to/from Thomas Moore and others including Dani Mildred, Charles Moore. Papers including probate and copy of will: Sarah Emlen Moore, his wife, is sole executor; papers concerning transatlantic trade.
Ramsay family genealogical material includng correspondence, family trees, family crests. Focused on Ramsay family branch origins in Scotland and movement to U.S. in mid-1700s. Papers of Charles Ramsay, who "had established himself in Trinidad," and was hoping to spend some time in Havana, in French, Spanish, and English, 1797-1811. Images of Ramsay family homes and graves; miscellaneous notes/recipes/signatures.
Genealogical information, including newspaper clippings, partial family trees, some correspondence.
Letters to various (including Vaux and Cresson family members) by Vaux family writers including Eliza H. Vaux, George Vaux VII (1779-1836), George Vaux VIII (1832-1915), Robert Vaux.
Library plates with personal crest of William S. Vaux. Funeral invitation for George Vaux VII. Real estate deeds. George Vaux membership in Lbrary Company of Philadelphia. Account of estate of Elizabeth V. Graham.
Papers, mostly letters between William P. Cresson, George Vaux, and others, relating to acquisition, contents, value, division of James Vaux's Estate, especially real estate property on Passayunk Ave.
Silhouette and negative of Vaux family. Slhouettes of George Vaux and Susan Vaux.
Printed material by or about Vaux Family members: "Some Observations on the Illecellewaet [Illecillewaet] and Asulkan Glaciers of British Columbia" by George and William S. Vaux Jr. "Extracts from the Will of William S. Vaux, Deceased, relating to his Mineralogical and Archaeological Collections". Newspaper clipping about Richard Vaux.
three acconts books: ledgers keeping track of debts/credits of different people--authorship is unclear.
For Christopher Wetherill: rule of reference, NY State, 1784; receipt for taxes paid in 1787. For Rachel Wetherill: receipt, letter to her grandson Samuel W. Gumbes, letters to her daughter Rebecca Gumbes, 1832-40 and n.d.
Samuel Wetherill was one of the executors of this estate--papers include receipts for payments made, papers related to land surveying, copy of the settlement of the estate, bond of indemnity for John Young, Esq. to Samuel Wetherill.
Settlement of his Estate. Letters to and from, mostly relating to his apothecary business/money. Business papers and receipts. Schoolbook with math exercises (1805).
Letter to Wetherill concerning Bank of United States. Copy of settlement of Estate of Rachel Ash deceased 1817--Wetherill was executor.
Letters between Samuel Wetherill, his mother Maria Kane Lawrence, and his sister Rebecca P Wetherill while he was at the Flushing Institute run by Reverend A. W. Muhlenburg.
small financial account book (payments for services) and two personal letters.
Letters by Wetherill family members not represented elsewhere in this series, some miscellaneous receipts and papers.
Copy of letter written to David Lloyd and other Quakers from London, 1709. Documents about Wetherill membership in various Meetings for Worship.
Promissory note of Moses Patterson, 1770; Promissory note of Gottlieb Buhl, 1816; Mortgage of Isaac and Patience Howell, 1756; misc. letters 18th and 19th C.: letters between General Bloomfield and Col. Davidson; other correspondence; receipts.
Photograph portraits of various members of the Wetherill family, includng Rachel Price Wetherill, Samuel Wetherill, a group photo of Rachel, Isabella, Maria and Elisabeth-with glass plate negative, Emily Musgrave Foster, Isabella Wetherill, and others.
Miscellaneous printed materials about Wetherills: newspaper clippings, obituaries, book about Rachel Wetherill and her role in Union Church (with portraits of many family members), genealogical material.
Photographs of people represented in the collection (Cresson, Macomb, Gumbes, Wetherill) and not (Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Dr. James May, Dr. J. H. Fowles, etc.) and some landscapes. All labeled within folder.
2 prints of drawings: "The First Steps" by C. Brack, and "The Father's Welcome Home" by Fred Morgan.
About 30 Photographs of unknown subjects--mostly portraits.
Information about rations, clippings from New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, and others containing maps, photos, opinion pieces, news about WWII. This is an oversized file--it was moved to Box 34 (OVS) of the collection.
Maps: road map of Sullivan County, PA, map of Eaglesmere Golf Club, Mill Grove Farm, Greater Washington, DC Area. Postcards of Philadelphia and surrounding areas; Flushing, Long Island; Valley Forge.
Various: Biography of the Ash Family; Bulletin of the Friends' Historical Society concerning John Bowne, Genealogical information for Morgan, Paschall, Wistar. Yarnall Letters and Papers.
Commonplace book containing Epictetus's Enchiridion translated to English, autograph of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, bound journals, a notebook of verse by Elizabeth Morrison, various notes.
Incomplete letter to Frederick Douglass; Letter Richard Jordan to his wife Pharaby; letter by Sarah Pugh; Letter Sarah Tuke to Richard Shackleton; Letter Emilia to Edith Newbold.
George Smith book 1754-1760; Margaret Ale book 1844-1858.
Account of lots, receipt for shipping, conditions for sale of land.
Extracts from wills of Jane Dring, Josiah Dawson, William McIlvaine. Searches against Samuel Smyth and others, searches against Charles and Mary Wurtz, Searches against Edward Starr, searches against others.
About 15 items--deeds and promissory notes, most dealing with the same piece of ground on the West bank of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia.