Box 3

Documents related to the Charles Picot estate, of which Eli K. Price and J.B. Townsend were executors.

Receipts, accounts and correspondence pertaining to the Chrisman estate, and the firm of Chrisman, Brothers & Company, of the Rolling Iron Mill in Bergen County, New Jersey.

Correspondence related to business affairs at the Pennsylvania Hospital and letters of recommendation written to J.B. Townsend concerning an available resident physician position.

Includes certificates enabling J.B. Townsend to practice as an attorney in the Court of Common Pleas Number One of Philadelphia, certificates enabling Charles C. Townsend to practice as an attorney in the Court of Common Pleas Number 3 and the Orphan's Court of Philadelphia, Joseph Brevitt Townsend, Jr.'s diploma from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and an obituary of Joseph Brevitt Townsend clipped from a newspaper.

Printed legal materials from various court cases J.B. Townsend was involved in. Includes cases heard by the Orphan's Court, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the District Court of Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas

Printed legal materials from various court cases J.B. Townsend was involved in. Includes cases heard by the Orphan's Court, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the District Court of Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas

Printed legal materials from various court cases J.B. Townsend or James P. Townsend were involved in. Includes cases heard by the Orphan's Court, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the District Court of Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas

Printed copies of wills of Mary P. Loxley, Thomas Williamson, Joseph Harrison, Jr., Charles Taylor, Joseph Singerly, Robert Joseph Wright, and William E. Lehman. Also includes a printed copy of an auditor's report of the Sepviva Estate of Joseph Parker Norris.

Checks filled out by J.B. Townsend drawing from an account with the Western Bank of Philadelphia.

Checks signed by J.B. Townsend drawing from an account with the Western Bank of Philadelphia.

Checks signed by J.B. Townsend, James P. Townsend, or members of the firm Townsend, Elliott & Townsend drawing from accounts with the National Exchange Bank of Philadelphia, Provident Life & Trust Co. of Philadelphia, the Fidelity Insurance, Trust and Safe Deposit Co. of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia National Bank, and the Independence National Bank of Philadelphia.

Includes legal documents associated with the estate of James S. Mason; the funeral of Elizabeth Taylor; the will of Rebecca F. Abbott; and the estate of John W. Dean, as well as telephone bills of the firm Townsend, Elliott & Townsend.

Personal and legal correspondence written to and received by members of the firm Townsend, Elliott & Townsend. Also includes Western Union and The Postal Telegraph-Cable Company telegrams. Main topics include J.B. Townsend's estate, a hunting trip planned by J.B. Townsend, Jr., the real estate issues of Francis Darley, and John Wanamaker as guardian of Jean M. Farquhar Reed. Major correspondents include Frank (Francis) Darley, J.H. Jolley & Co., and John Wanamaker.

Personal and legal correspondence written to and received by members of the firm Townsend, Elliott & Townsend. The real estate sales connected with the estate of Stuart Wood, dec'd. are discussed frequently. Main correspondents include H.M. Blake of The American Gas Company, Philadelphia bankers Reilly, Brock & Company, The Provident Life and Trust Company of Philadelphia, the Florence Iron Works.

Includes undated legal correspondence written or received by J.B. Townsend, Sr., and the members of the firm of Townsend, Elliot & Townsend.

Includes undated copies of legal documents and agreements of various types; estate accounts and records; and hand-drawn property maps.

Includes records of the unimproved real estate of the Sepviva Estate; copies of various Orphan's Court and Court of Common Pleas cases; and documents related to the estates of Robert Greer, Philetus Phillips, and Henry M. Crawford.

Undated legal documents, drafts, and notes related to the law practice of J.B. Townsend, Eli K. Price, and James P. Townsend. Includes copies of legal documents; drafts of arguments; house inventories; alphabetized list of names; and, possibly, a client list. Main topics include the shipbuilding agreement between Harry Drinker and C.H. Scott, the Valparaiso Estate, the Crawford Estate, and the reopening of Sedgely Avenue.