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Mather family papers
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Isaac B. Mather (1806-1907) operated a gristmill at Washington Lane and Tacony Creek in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
This collection consists of 6 items of Isaac B. Mather (1806-1907), including his daybook, August 1835-April 1841, for gristmill business, showing sales of flour, rye, corn meal, and other grains from his mill at Washington Lane and Tacony Creek (acc. 1969.001); Isaac B. Mather receipt book, 1847-1866, for farm rent, mortgage and bond interest, Anthony Webster estate, with later notes including deed of Waterman's Tract and notes on family papers in attic; Isaac Mather daybook, 1919-1920 (1991.017); Tamenend Archers Scorebook, 1881-1882, 1884. (1992.003). Also "Old Man's Reverie" poem by Isaac Mather, 1906 (printed) and a sketch of Old York Road at Jenkintown, c. 1830, drawn by J. W. Ridpath, dictated by Charles Mather.
See OYRHS Bulletin, vol. LII, 1993, pp. 14-23.
The Mather family papers were all donated by Isaac B. Jarrett.
Summary descriptive information on this collection was compiled in 2011-2012 as part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania’s Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories (HCI-PSAR), using data provided by the Old York Road Historical Society. The HCI-PSAR project was funded by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
This is a preliminary finding aid. No physical processing, rehousing, reorganizing, or folder listing was done in the HCI-PSAR project.
Photographs transferred to Photograph Collection 2 volumes on archery removed--copies of title pages with papers.
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- Finding aid prepared by staff of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories using data provided by the Old York Road Historical Society.
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- This preliminary finding aid was created by staff of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania’s Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories (HCI-PSAR) using data provided by the Old York Road Historical Society. The HCI-PSAR project was made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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