Place: United States--Politics and government--19th century - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Lewis family papers, 1696-1915 (inclusive) 1791-1874 (bulk)

Extent:: 3 linear foot (7 boxes) and 2 oversize box
Abstract:: The Lewis family papers consist of three linear feet of material related to this Newark, Delaware, farming family, who also owned property in Little Creek Hundred in Kent County, Delaware. Material in the collection dates largely from the mid- to late-nineteenth century. Members of the family were farmers and large landholders who maintained business relations with many prominent citizens of early Newark, such as George Platt, Samuel Donnell, James T. Maxwell, and Eri Haines. The collection sheds light on domestic and business issues during the time period. It also demonstrates trends in education, politics, and land dealings.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

George Gray papers, approximately 1871-1925 (inclusive)

Extent:: 10 linear foot (10 boxes) and 1 oversize box
Abstract:: George Gray (1840-1925) was a politician and judge from New Castle, Delaware. A member of the Democratic party, he served as a United States Senator from Delaware from 1885-1899. He was later appointed to the U.S. Circuit Court, Third District from 1899-1914, and served as a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. Records in this collection include correspondence and legal papers, primarily documenting his career as a judge and arbiter. An index of papers in the collection is included.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

John W. Forney: The Letters of "Occasional", 1857-1861 (inclusive)

Extent:: .6 linear foot (2 volumes)
Abstract:: This small collection, The Letters of "Occasional," by the American editor and publisher John Wien Forney, comprises two volumes of news clippings "compiled and revised from the files of The Press by James Forney," the son of John Forney. The news clippings represent the elder Forney's editorial column in the Philadelphia Press, spanning the dates August 30, 1857-June 25, 1861.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Robert C. Fraim poetical writings, 1873-1901 (inclusive)

Extent:: .3 linear foot (1 box)
Abstract:: Delaware educator and attorney Robert C. Fraim collected the poetry and articles he wrote for Philadelphia and Wilmington newspapers in this volume. The papers also include a history of the Fraim family, estate inventory, and other clippings.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Autograph Abraham Lincoln documents from the Lincoln Collection at the University of Delaware, 1855-1887 (inclusive)

Extent:: 18 item
Abstract:: Documents in the University of Delaware's Lincoln Collection that contain Abraham Lincoln's original signature or other autograph writing, including rare signed copy of "A Resolution," submitting the Thirteenth Amendment to the States. Part of a much larger collection of Lincolniana that came to the University from the Lincoln Club of Delaware in 1972.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Rowell family papers, 1846-1894 (inclusive)

Extent:: 98 item (1 box)
Abstract:: The Rowell family papers, spanning the years 1846 to 1894 (bulk dates 1849 - 1853), preserves the letters exchanged by a Quaker family of Loudon, New Hampshire, recording their responses to significant social and political issues of the period leading up to the national crisis over slavery and states' rights.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Lincoln Club of Delaware records, 1944-2005 (inclusive) 1970-2004 (bulk)

Extent:: 9 linear foot
Abstract:: Begun in 1929 as an informal dinner-meeting of Abraham Lincoln admirers, the Lincoln Club of Delaware broadened its mission in the 1940s to "promote a better understanding of the ideals and achievements of Abraham Lincoln." The archive includes minutes, financial papers, publications, agenda, reports, invitations, programs, membership lists, clippings and other material related to the Club's activities and to Abraham Lincoln. In addition, the collection contains material publicizing the Lincoln Collection and its special exhibits and events, as well as the files of John Clayton, University of Delaware liaison to the Lincoln Club.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Winthrop Topliff Doolittle, Sr., button collection, 1892-2008 (inclusive) circa 1892-1920 (bulk)

Extent:: .66 linear foot (2 boxes)
Abstract:: Dr. Winthrop Topliff Doolittle, Sr. (1895-1967), was a Milford, Connecticut, dentist and an avid collector of stamps, coins, campaign buttons and related ephemera. His collection contains approximately 200 political campaign buttons, tobacco and advertising pin-back buttons, pins and medals, the bulk of which date between 1892 and 1920.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

1892 Republican National Convention ticket, 1892 June 7

Extent:: 1 item
Abstract:: Guest ticket to the third day of the Republican National Convention, June 7, 1892, held in Minneapolis, MN.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Swan family journal, 1838-1840, 1842-1843, 1856-1857 (inclusive) 1838-1840 (bulk)

Extent:: 10 item (1 volume and 9 letters)
Abstract:: This manuscript volume is a family journal kept by George Washington Jonson and members of the Swan family of Easton, Massachusetts, between September 1838 and January 1839. Also included are nine letters from Louisa Sophia Johnson Swan, Jr., to Jonson, her uncle.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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