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Box 8

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Contains 26 Results:

Phoenix Iron Co., 1855-1863

 File — Box: 8, Folder: F36
Scope and Contents

This folder includes a copy of the charter and bylaws of the Phoenix Iron Company, which was incorporated in 1855 and manufactured cannons for the Union Army during the American Civil War. Joseph Brevitt Townsend represented the company in an 1868 tax case.

Dates: 1855-1863

Wister, Richard (1 of 3), 1884-1889

 File — Box: 8, Folder: F47
Scope and Contents

The estate records of Richard Wister include an 1885 tax assessment of an area between Twelfth and Broad Streets at Girard (then known as the Twentieth Ward). Wister’s records also include Philadelphia real estate and stocks catalogs by auctioneers Davis and Harvey circa 1887.

Dates: 1884-1889