Box 2

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Includes correspondence written to and received by J.B. Townsend and James P. Townsend. Major correspondents include J.W. Lodge, W. Dunston of London, George Tucker Bispham, John Ashbridge, William Henry Ramey, E.S. Gleason, Edgar Petit, Thomas Lea, and Frank Faulkner of London in regards to the Woods estate.

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Includes Orphan's Court cases of Dr. George B. Wood estate, Joseph Singerly estate, and Charles Henderson, a minor. Also includes the wills of Robert Buist, horticulturalist, and John Goforth, and an insurance police held by Sarah Curtis with the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Germantown.

Scope and Contents Includes three copies of an agreement between the Pennsylvania Hospital and Bertha Hoffman in regards to the will of Sylvanus W. Godon, Surrogates Court of New York County in the matter of the will of Sylvanus W. Godon, and other documents related to the Pennsylvania Hospital and the Godon estate; Orphans' Court documents related to the estate of Alan Wood, Dr. James Bond, and Julia A. Miller's account with the estate of Richard J. Rutter; and estate of Robert Buist, copy of the last will...

Scope and Contents Includes documents related to the Robert Buist estate and his minor children ; McLaughlin and Sanger real estate auction held by James A. Freeman & Co. Auctioneers; Orphans' Court cases related to the estate of J, Thornton Weaver, estate of Robert Buist, and the estate of Catharine Alexander; an audit of the estate of Dr. James Bond; a Certified Copy of the Distribution of the estate of George Massey as settled in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia; an account of Robert V....

Scope and Contents Includes McLaughlin vs. Sanger case; A.S. Roberts account with the estate of Algernon Roberts; a copy of a Bond and Warrant binding David Woelpper, Benjamin H. Brown, and George Woelpper, lumber merchants, to James S. Mason; documents related to the estate of Alexander Young; a real estate case, heard by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, Alfred Wetherill, et al vs. John Price Wetherill, et al; "Policies of Insurance of the Insane Department for Males"; and James P....

Scope and Contents Includes a copy of the estate of Algernon Roberts; a copy of the deposition of Passmore Williamson, trustee in account with the estate of the late Thomas Williamson, and other documents related to this case; a copy of the will of Charles Spencer; Court of Common Pleas, Nelson F. Evans vs. John Crawford, Sophia A. Young vs. John Crawford; Court of Common Pleas regarding the Trust Estate created by Daniel J. Morrell; Orphans' Court concerning the estate of Sarah Clark, dec'd, Thomas Lea and...

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Includes Orphans' Court documents related to the Sarah Clark Estate, J.B. Townsend executor, the Rebecca Abbot Estate, James P. Townsend, Executor; Statement of amount due A.F. Ryon from J.B. Townsend for property in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania; documents related to the Sepviva Estate; mortgage between William Thomas and Joseph B. Townsend; and a list of land in Philip K. "Price's Addition to the Town of Lock Haven."

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Documents related to the estate of Charles Spencer; a valuation of the Sepviva Estate and other documents related to it; and J.B. Townsend insurance certificates for personal property at his residence in Overbrook; receipts, bills, and tax records for property in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania; and other documents related to the sale of the "Price Homestead" in Lock Haven, J.B. Townsend as executor, A. F. Ryan is the attorney overseeing the sale in Lock Haven.

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Includes letters written to and received by J.B. Townsend and James P. Townsend in their law practice. Main topics discussed include the Godon Estate and the Pennsylvania Hospital, Singerly estate settlement, and the Woods estate. Major correspondents include W. Dunston of London, D. Henderson, the firm of Lord, Day & Lord of New York, George Biddle, Helen Bunting, E. Coppee Mitchell, and Thomas Lea.

Scope and Contents Includes letters written to and received by J.B. Townsend. Major topics discussed include the Sharp's estate, the Godon Estate and the settlement with the Pennsylvania Hospital, and the Algernon. Sydney Roberts estate. Major correspondents include E. Coppee Mitchell, Thomas Lea, Samuel Wakeling, Edward Perkins, Charles Sanger, Henry J. Hoffman Bond and Stock Broker of New York, George De Forest Lord of Lord, Day & Lord firm of New York, R. L. Ashhurst, and Maitland Phelps of New...

Scope and Contents Letters written to and received by J.B. Townsend and James P. Townsend related to their law practice, as well as J.B. Townsend's involvement with the Pennsylvania Hospital. Major topics include J.B. Townsend's health, a marriage annulment for a former resident at the Pennsylvania Hospital, the estate of Algernon S. Roberts, the estate of Joseph Singerly, and the Price property in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. Major correspondents include Marianne Walker of England, Cyrus Elder of the Cambria...

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Letters written to and received by J.B. and James P. Townsend. Major topics discussed include the Leicester Knitting Mills in Germantown, Philadelphia, the estate of Charles Spencer, the estate of A.S. Roberts, the Lock Haven land in the Price estate, and the J. Aubrey Jones estate. Main correspondents include The Fidelity Insurance, Trust and Safe Deposit Company, A.F. Ryon, J.H. Barton, G.B. Roberts, and Horace F. Weeks.

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Includes bills for housework done at J.B. Townsend's home at Overbrook by R.Q. Gibbon, Contractor and Builder; "The Second Account of Daniel B. Cummins, Sole Surviving Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Isaiah V. Williamson"; account of the will of Robert J. Wright with the Providence Life and Trust Company of Philadelphia; and account of the estate of Alan Wood estate.

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Includes documents related to the sale of the Lock Haven property, owned by Philip K. Price but conveyed to J.B. Townsend in 1867, and the estate of Isaiah V. Williamson.

Scope and Contents Legal documents associated with the legal career of J.B. Townsend and James P. Townsend. Includes legal claims of the Provident Life Insurance and the Philadelphia Trust Company, a case involving George H. Earle, Jr. and the Art Library Publishing Company heard by the U.S. Circuit Court of Pennsylvania; a bill from the firm John Wanamaker; tax bills for the year 1899; bills for house repairs on various properties; and 3 copies of the rule from the Court of Common Pleas on the case of the...

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Legal documents associated with the law firm Townsend, Elliott & Townsend. Includes "Guaranteed Locality Claim Search" by the Land and Title Trust Company for property on Park Avenue in Philadelphia, Interrogatories for the case of S.E.M. Rice Varnish Company vs. W.O Bowman Trading Company heard by the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, and the account of Robert V. Massey, Trustee for Susanna Lea.

Scope and Contents Letters written to and received by J.B., James P., and Charles C. Townsend from various lawyers from eastern Pennsylvania, New York, and elsewhere. Main topics include the Price land in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Hospital, and the estate of Alan Wood. Major correspondents include A.F. Ryon, A. Sydney Biddle of the Philadelphia law firm Biddle & Ward, W.E. Doster, J.H. Barton, George S. Lay, The Law Offices of Wayne MacVeagh, George Tucker Bispham, A.H. Wintersteen,...

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Legal correspondence written to and received by J.B. Townsend. Major topics include the Price land in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, and The Pennsylvania Hospital. Main correspondents include A.F. Ryon, J. Barton Townsend and others of The Provident Life and Trust Company of Philadelphia, and J.H. Barton.

Scope and Contents Legal and personal correspondence written to and received from J.B. Townsend, and the firm of James P. Townsend, William Elliott, and J.B. Townsend, Jr., formed after the death of J.B. Townsend in 1896. Major topics discussed include a possible loan to J.B. Townsend's nephew Phillip Barton for an investment in the Ohio Valley Electric Co., a scholarship for a member of the Dover Baseball Club, and the rental of various properties in Philadelphia. Main correspondents include attorney A.M....