Box 8
Container
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
Messchert, Mathew Huizinga (2 of 2), 1895 December 9
File — Box: 8, Folder: F30
Dates:
1895 December 9