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Thomas McKean letter to James Rogers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0071
Abstract

Autograph letter from Pennsylvania politician Thomas McKean to James Rogers about a farm possibly purchased in his name at a Sheriff's sale. He also requests that a deed be drawn and presented to the Sheriff for execution. Thomas McKean served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and governor of Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1814 November 9

Louis McLane letter to Pere Biddle

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0040
Abstract

Diplomat, cabinet member, and Delaware politician, Louis McLane, sent this one-page signed and handwritten letter to his landlord, Pere Biddle, concerning improvements to his rental property, on December 4, 1824.

Dates: 1824 December 4

Morris family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0196
Abstract

Hugh M. Morris (1878-1966) was a Delaware lawyer and served as a federal district judge from 1919-1930. The Morris family papers, spanning the dates 1740-1985 and including legal deeds, account books, personal and busienss correspondence, legal records and photographs, documents the lives and career of Judge Hugh Morris and members of his extended family and network.

Dates: 1740-1985; 1864-1925

Richard Peters letter to George Stevenson

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0041
Abstract

Provincial Secretary of Pennsylvania, Richard Peters, wrote this one-page handwritten and signed letter to Dover surveyor, George Stevenson, requesting a survey of land in St. Georges Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, for Leonard Humphrys, on May 16, 1747. Includes watermark.

Dates: 1747 May 16

Shipley--Bringhurst--Hargraves family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0684
Abstract Shipley, Bringhurst, and Hargraves are the family names associated with Rockwood, a Victorian Rural Gothic Revival mansion and estate that was built in North Wilmington, Delaware, between 1851 and 1854. The Hargraves were the last family to privately own Rockwood before its donation to New Castle County in the mid-1970s as a historic house museum and public park. The Shipley-Bringhurst-Hargraves family papers document the personal and professional lives of several generations of Delawareans...
Dates: 1660-1987; Majority of material found within 1735 - 1975

Williams family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0353
Abstract The Williams family papers concern the business and personal affairs of prominent Delaware politician and landowner James Williams (1825-1899), and his son Nathaniel J. Williams (1857-1943), who was also a prominent politician and landowner. In addition, the collection contains documents relating to the business of Parvis & Williams, a Middletown-based fertilizer manufacturing company headed by James Williams once he joined John Parvis in 1885. The collection comprises correspondence,...
Dates: 1861-1947

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Names
Bayley, Solomon 1
Biddle, Pere 1
Biddle, Pere--Correspondence 1
Bringhurst, Anna James Webb, 1843-1923 1
Bringhurst, Deborah, 1773-1844 1
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Bringhurst, Edith Ferris, 1874-1947 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1809-1884 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1835-1912 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1884-1939 1
Bringhurst, James, -1810 1
Bringhurst, Joseph 1
Bringhurst, Mary Dickinson, 1806-1886 1
Bringhurst, Mary Thomas, 1865-1965 1
Bringhurst, Sarah Shipley, 1812-1896 1
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Citizen's National Bank of Middletown 1
Commercial Union 1
Delaware. General Assembly. Senate 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Humphrys, Leonard 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817 1
McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817--Correspondence 1
McLane, Louis, 1786-1857 1
McLane, Louis, 1786-1857--Correspondence 1
Merchant's Collecting Association 1
Morris family 1
Morris, Hugh M. 1
Morris, William Wilkinson 1
National Bank of Smyrna 1
Parvis & Williams 1
People's National Bank of Middletown 1
Peters, Richard, 1704-1776 1
Peters, Richard, 1704-1776--Correspondence 1
Pole, Thomas, 1753-1829 1
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 1
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 1
Rogers, James 1
Rogers, James--Correspondence 1
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton, 1751-1834 1
Saulsbury, Willard, 1861-1927 1
Sellers, Alexander, 1875-1957 1
Sellers, William F., 1824-1905 1
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 1
Smith, James A. 1
Stevenson, George 1
Stevenson, George--Correspondence 1
University of Virginia 1
Welsh, John, 1770-1854 1
Wilkins, Williams Woods, 1773-1795 1
Williams family 1
Williams, James, 1825-1899 1
Williams, Nathaniel J., 1857-1943 1
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