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J. Morton Poole letter to James Canby

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0185
Abstract

This brief note, written by Delaware businessman J. Morton Poole to his cousin James Canby, accompanied a copy of the 1857 edition of The Ordinances of the City of Wilmington.

Dates: 1857 January 23

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

Robert Taylor letter to John Reynell

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0068
Abstract

Brief autograph letter from Robert Taylor of Wilmington, Delaware, to Philadelphia merchant and banker, John Reynell, requesting 12 small loaves of loaf sugar.

Dates: 1768 September 2

Christopher Ward letter to Marina Wister

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0176
Abstract

Delaware author Christopher Ward sent this three-page signed and handwritten letter to his friend Marian Wister in 1926.

Dates: 1926 May 27

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Wilmington (Del.)--History--20th century 9
Minutes (administrative records) 7
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Greeting cards 4
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VHS 4
Wilmington (Del.)--History--19th century 4
Account books 3
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Administrators 3
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Audio cassette 3
Color slides 3
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Financial records 3
Historic buildings 3
Invitations 3
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Newark (Del.) 3
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World War, 1939-1945 3
Agendas (administrative records) 2
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Banks and banking--Delaware--History--19th century 2
Boston (Mass.) 2
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Children's theater--United States--History--20th century 2
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Delaware--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 2
Delaware--Politics and government--1951- 2
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Education in the theater--United States--History--20th century 2
Financial statements 2
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Genealogies (histories) 2
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Gothic revival (Architecture)--Delaware--New Castle County 2
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Journalists--United States 2
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New Castle County (Del.) 2
New Castle County (Del.)--History--18th century 2
Newspaper columns 2
Nonprofit organizations--Delaware--History--20th century 2
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Philadelphia (Pa.) 2
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Sheet music 2
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Soldiers--Family relationships--United States 2
Soldiers--United States--Correspondence 2
Speeches (documents) 2
Stock certificates 2
Studio portraits 2
Theater--United States--History--20th century 2
Tintypes (prints) 2
Visitors' books 2
Wills 2
Wilmington (Del.)--History--18th century 2
Women--Delaware--History--20th century 2
World War, 1939-1945--United States 2
World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States 2
1/4 inch audio tape 1
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Language
Cherokee 1
French 1
German 1
Greek, Modern (1453-) 1
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Names
Biden, Joseph R., Jr. 3
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 3
University of Delaware 3
Bringhurst, Edward, 1835-1912 2
Bringhurst, Edward, 1884-1939 2
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Bringhurst, Mary Thomas, 1865-1965 2
Carper, Thomas R., 1947- 2
Delaware Theatre Company 2
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 2
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 2
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 2
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 2
Kalmar Nyckel Foundation 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 2
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 2
Allmond, Charles M., 1931-2019 1
American Pilot (Training ship) 1
Arthurs, Stanley Massey, 1877-1950 1
Bayley, Solomon 1
Bethany College (Bethany, W. Va.) 1
Betts, Mahlon 1
Bishop's Mill Historic Institute 1
Bluenose (Ship) 1
Bluenose II (Ship) 1
Boggan, Patrick, approximately 1725-1817 1
Boyce, Doris Lee Jolls, 1920- 1
Bringhurst, Anna James Webb, 1843-1923 1
Bringhurst, Deborah, 1773-1844 1
Bringhurst, Edith Ferris, 1874-1947 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1809-1884 1
Bringhurst, James, -1810 1
Bringhurst, Joseph 1
Bringhurst, Mary Dickinson, 1806-1886 1
Bringhurst, Sarah Shipley, 1812-1896 1
Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission 1
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
Brown, Harry Fletcher 1
Callender, Donald W., Jr. 1
Callender, Donald W., Jr.--Archives 1
Camp Croft (S.C. : Military camp) 1
Canby, James, 1781-1858 1
Canby, James, 1781-1858--Correspondence 1
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 1
Central National Bank of Philadelphia 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Conrad, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1852- 1
Conway, Charles 1
Coxe, Tench, 1755-1824 1
Coxe, Tench, 1755-1824--Correspondence 1
Creator unidentified 1
Delaware Alliance Federal Credit Union 1
Delaware Humanities Forum 1
Delaware. Department of Public Instruction 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808--Correspondence 1
Dorsey, George M., 1897-1984 1
Du Pont, Alice Belin, 1872-1944 1
Du Pont, Peter, 1960- 1
Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 1
Edwards Air Force Base (Calif.) 1
Elderhostel, Inc. 1
Elliot, Mary Jane 1
Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank in the City of Philadelphia 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
First National Bank of Wilmington 1
First National Bank of Wilmington and Brandywine 1
Fogel Grip (Ship) 1
Fort Dix (N.J.) 1
Four States Railway Services 1
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 1
Friends of Rockwood Inc. 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
George W. Bush & Sons (Wilmington, Del.) 1
Globe Newspaper Co. 1
Governor Bacon Health Center 1
Greater Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau 1
Grier, A. O. H. (Albert Oliver Herman), 1867-1953 1
Grier, A. O. H. (Albert Oliver Herman), 1867-1953--Correspondence 1
HMS Rose (Ship : Replica) 1
Half Moon (Ship : Replica) 1
Harker, Patrick T., 1958- 1
Historic Red Clay Valley, Inc. (Del.) 1
Howard High School (Wilmington, Del.) 1
Hutchinson, Betty Lee 1
Hutchinson, Harry D. 1
James B. Eads (Ship) 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 1
Jones, Russel C. (Russel Cameron) 1
Jones, Washington 1
Kalmar Nyckel (Ship : Replica) 1
Kalmar Nyckel (Ship : Replica)--Design and construction--20th century 1
Lady Maryland (Ship: Replica) 1
Layton, C. S. (Caleb Sipple), 1798-1882 1
League of Women Voters of Delaware 1
Lewis, Horacio D. 1
Little Key (Ship) 1
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