Box 4

Included are accounts for the estates of Mary M. Smylie, Daniel V. Allen, Charlotte Bostwick, and Catherine M. Shacklett. Robert Bright was either the trustee or administrator for most of these individuals.

Robert Bright was the executor of her estate, and co-executor of her will, along with the Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Company of Philadelphia. Included are one typed and three hand written copies of her will; correspondence from Tradesmens National Bank and Trust Company, and the law offices of Roper and Caldwell (1930); general correspondence; and an audit of estate accounts.

Papers relating to the establishment of this company, of which Robert Bright was elected Secretary. Included is a 23-page Articles of Agreement with the state of Maine, which lays out the company's by-laws. Also included is a two-page Certificate of Organization of a Corporation under the General Law, signed by the Attorney General and Secretary of the State of Maine.

Includes two leases from the Brooklyn Home for Aged Men to Robert Bright (1903 & 1904), and a lease for several law offices from the City of Philadelphia to Robert S. Bright, William W. Roper, and J. Gaven Roper (1915).

For goods purchased and services rendered.

Includes financial correspondence from Thomas A. Biddle & Co.; and statements from the Tradesmens National Bank and Trust Co., the Augusta Trust Co., and the Fidelity Philadelphia Trust Company. These statements are for accounts of both Robert S. and Caroline Bright.

Accounts established with R.S. Bright, including accounts for the estate of Catherine M. Shacklett, general accounts, and fee accounts for his legal work. The fee accounts span the entire period of the ledger, and are listed in chronological order according to year and date. The book is bound in a hard cover, and was manufactured by William Murphy's Sons, Co. of 509 Chestnut St. in Philadelphia. There is an index on the first page.