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E. L. Kimball letter to Julian Janvier

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0032
Abstract

Letter from E. L. Kimball to Julian Janvier about the publication of Janvier's book on "the game" (draughts or checkers).

Dates: 1882 January 5

Land deed between Benjamin Enoch, Mary Enoch, and John Stapler

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0030
Abstract

One handwritten land deed between Benjamin Enoch, his wife, Mary Enoch, and John Stapler for a tract of land in New Castle County, Delaware.

Dates: 1772 October 10

As I remember Main Street and History of the Newark Senior Center

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0033
Abstract

Two typescripts, "As I remember Main Street" and "History of the Newark Senior Center," by Thomas Leonard Lilley on his memories of Main Street, Newark, Delaware, from 1900-1950 and on the history of Newark's Senior Center.

Dates: 1984

William Linsay warrant against John Wagg

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0081
Abstract

William Linsay's landlord warrant against John Wagg for unpaid rent. The verso of the warrant bears an inventory of Wagg's household goods.

Dates: 1782 July 8

Thomas McKean letter to Caesar Rodney

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0094
Abstract

Letter from Thomas Mckean, Signer of the Constitution from Delaware, President of the Continental Congress, and Governor of Pennsylvania, to Delaware Governor Caesar Rodney, concerning McKean's inability to act as Rodney's lawyer in a legal matter due to McKean's illness.

Dates: 1762 October 6

Meeting minutes of the education committee of the Trustees of the New Castle Common

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0093
Abstract

This manuscript volume contains the meeting minutes for the New Castle Common Trustees’ education committee from 1851-1853 and 1868-1875. The minutes focus on the establishment and maintenance of the New Castle Institute.

Dates: 1851-1853, 1868-1875

Charles Mifflin letter to Thomas Howard

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0077
Abstract

A letter of friendship, presumed to be from Charles Mifflin (signed "Nimrod"), on behalf of the Wilmington Fishing Club, lamenting the group's lack of replies to Thomas Howard's previous letters and their continued regard for him.

Dates: 1780 November 23

George W. Morrison document of manumission to Ann Hart

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0167
Abstract

One handwritten document from George W. Morrison, a former U.S. Representative (D-New Hampshire), written February 16, 1861, freeing Ann Hart from slavery, effective April 6, 1863, and signed by Justices of the Peace Wm. P. Veach and Jms. Bradford.

Dates: 1861 February 16

Kathryn L. Morrison secretarial diploma and advanced handwriting certificate

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0133
Abstract

Two items: Zaner-Bloser handwriting certificate and certificate of Secretarial Course awarded to student Kathryn L. Morrison, Beacom College, Wilmington, Delaware, 1932.

Dates: 1932 May 6-June 9

Margaret Murphy indenture

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0079
Abstract

One document of indenture, binding Margaret Murphy to Henry Fulton as a housemaid for a period of three years.

Dates: 1784 March 30

New Castle County, Delaware, citizens petition

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0012
Abstract

Petition by multiple citizens of New Castle County, Delaware, noting the activities of French and Spanish privateers in Delaware Bay and requesting the removal of vital records to a house at Christiana Bridge for safekeeping.

Dates: 1748 April 5

Odessa & Middletown Railway schedule of cars

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0019
Abstract

Printed card listing the arrival and departure schedule for the Odessa & Middletown Railway effective November 28, 1904.

Dates: 1904

Theophilus Parvin letter to Mary Rodney

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0152
Abstract

One autograph letter from Theophilus Parvin, a Presbyterian minister and missionary, to Delaware resident Mary Rodney, lamenting Parvin's inability to deliver a packet of letters to Rodney and her family personally. Also includes a short discussion of Parvin's upcoming meeting with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.

Dates: 1825 December 2

Henry Peterson court summons

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0004
Abstract

Official document detailing a suit against Henry Peterson for non-payment of one hundred and fifty-four pounds owed to John and James Bayard.

Dates: 1765 August

John Ross legal opinion

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0080
Abstract

Document giving the legal opinion of John Ross on how money should be distributed from fines levied against forgers in New Castle, Delaware.

Dates: 1739 October

Rules for the government of the public schools of Wilmington, Del.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0018
Abstract

Consists of a list of rules for parents with children attending public schools in Wilmington, Delaware, including rules on student absences, student behavior, and school holidays.

Dates: approximately 19th century

Alexander Rutherford receipt

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0022
Abstract

A handwritten receipt acknowledging delivery of seven regimental coats from Thomas Rodney, Clothier General for Delaware State, for seven soldiers of the Delaware regiment working in the Continental shoe factory in Newark, Delaware.

Dates: 1778 October 21

James C. Saltus letter and manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0102
Abstract

Confederate Lieutenant James C. Saltus's handwritten manuscript describing his Civil War experience from April-June 1864. The manuscript was written while Saltus was a prisoner of war at Division 22 Officers Barracks, Fort Delaware, on October 14, 1864. Also included is a letter from Saltus to his niece on her letter writing and family matters, sent while he was at Fort Delaware.

Dates: 1862-1864

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

Lester Snowdon Sinness manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0156
Abstract Three typescript (copied) manuscripts of a report and two addresses written by Lester Snowdon Sinness, a former executive of DuPont. The report is titled "The Rising Star in the East," which consists of a number of small travel stories in Japan, South Korea, China, and the United States, used to compare the societies of each nation. The first address, entitled "Accountability," was given at Carleton College and details Sinness's thoughts on the proper type of education needed to solve the...
Dates: 1981-1983

Summary and list of men inducted into national Army by local board division #4, Wilmington, Delaware

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0015
Abstract

Ledger showing date of induction and assignment for all men called by local board division #4, Wilmington, Delaware, into the national Army. Also includes a list of volunteer enlistments.

Dates: 1917-1918

The Hermitage plantation: A landscape of social distance in federalist New Castle

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0164
Abstract

Consists of a photocopy of an essay by University of Delaware graduate student Christopher Schroeder for Professor Bernard L. Herman's History 654 course.

Dates: 1991 December 13

Isaac Tine last will and testament

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0023
Abstract

One handwritten will and testament composed and signed by New Castle, Delaware, resident Isaac Tine.

Dates: 1692 October 20

United States Army 42nd infantry muster roll

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0016
Abstract

Descriptive list of a detachment of recruits assigned to the 42nd regiment, United States Infantry, forwarded to Camp McComb near New Castle, Delaware, by order of Major Thomas Stockton.

Dates: 1814

Lieutenant Sydney I. Wailes letters to unidentified recipient

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0096
Abstract

Two handwritten letters from Lieutenant Sydney I. Wailes, who served at Fort Delaware during the Civil War, to his friends, describing the day to day activities at the Fort. Typed transcripts of the letters are available in the collection file.

Dates: 1864 August 24-September 20

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Bayley, Solomon 1
Black, Robert M. (Robert Middleton), 1811-1878 1
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Bringhurst, Anna James Webb, 1843-1923 1
Bringhurst, Deborah, 1773-1844 1
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Bringhurst, Edward, 1884-1939 1
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Bringhurst, Mary Dickinson, 1806-1886 1
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Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
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Delaware College 1
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Du Pont, Sophie 1
Enoch, Benjamin 1
Episcopal Church. Diocese of Delaware 1
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Evans, Abbie Huston 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Friends' Social Lyceum (Wilmington, Del.) 1
Fulton, Henry 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
Goldey-Beacom College 1
Gray, Elizabeth 1
Hall, Willard, 1780-1875 1
Hannum, Robert Marshall 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Hart, Ann 1
Hastings, Daniel Oren, 1874-1966 1
Herdman, Mary 1
Herdman, William 1
Hilles, William S. 1
Hopkins, Charles B., Lt. -1817 1
Janvier, Julian Darragh, 1833-1899 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
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Kimball, E. L. 1
Kinsman, Frederick Joseph, 1868-1944 1
Lee, Alfred, 1807-1887 1
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Morgantown and Conestoga Valley Railroad Company 1
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Newark Senior Center (Newark, Del.) 1
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Pole, Thomas, 1753-1829 1
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 1
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton, 1751-1834 1
Rutherford, Alexander 1
Saltus, James C. 1
Schroeder, Christopher 1
Sellers, Alexander, 1875-1957 1
Sellers, William F., 1824-1905 1
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 1
Sinness, L. S. (Lester Snowdon), 1909-2003 1
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Thomas, Charles, 1790-1848 1
Thompson, John 1
Tine, Isaac 1
Trustees of the New Castle Common. Education Committee 1
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 42nd 1
United States. Selective Service System 1
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