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Stanley Arthurs papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0111
Abstract

Signed Christmas card with original art work by Stanley Arthurs, an autograph letter of appreciation to "Dick," and half of a signed check comprise the collection with dates ranging from 1921 to 1939.

Dates: 1921-1939 August 8

Ashhurst family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0549
Abstract

Personal and business papers of three generations of the Philadelphia-based Ashhurst family, including Richard Ashhurst (1784-1861); sons John Ashhurst (1809-1892) and Lewis Richard Ashhurst (1806-1874), partners with their father in the drygoods firm Richard Ashhurst & Sons; as well as the legal papers of Richard L. Ashhurst (1838-1911?).

Dates: 1818-1909

Burd family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0379
Abstract

The Burd Family Papers concern the business, legal, and personal affairs of the Burd family, prominent lawyers and landowners from Philadelphia from the eighteenth to the nineteenth century, as well as the legal and business affairs of other branches of the extended family, including the Shippens and Coxes.

Dates: 1703–1937; Majority of material found within 1800–1860

Oliver St. John Gogarty poems and documents

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0469
Abstract

Poems and Documents originally laid in Gogarty's Perennial.

Dates: circa 1944

David Watts Hulings papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0575
Abstract

The business records of nineteenth-century lawyer, land investor, and businessman David Watts Hulings of Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. In addition to legal documents - case judgments and settlements, depositions, power of attorneys, and summonses - the collection also includes deeds, leases, letters, and bank checks.

Dates: 1796-1850

Papers of Wilmington banks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0594
Abstract

The Papers of Wilmington Banks, 1831-1895, consists of .1 linear feet of material pertaining to the chartering and dissolution of specific independent and national banks in Wilmington, Delaware, and the passing of the National Banking Acts of 1863 and 1864.

Dates: 1831-1895

Joseph Brevitt Townsend papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0525
Abstract

The Joseph Brevitt Townsend papers, spanning the dates 1810-1917 (bulk dates 1840-1896), document the professional career, and to a lesser extent the personal life, of the Philadelphia lawyer, Joseph Brevitt Townsend.

Dates: 1810-1917; 1840-1896

Joseph Brevitt Townsend papers supplement

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0525s
Abstract Joseph Brevitt Townsend (1821-1896) was a prominent Philadelphia lawyer who practiced estate law and acted as legal consultant to several commercial, insurance, and trust companies. The Joseph Brevitt Townsend papers supplement, spanning the dates 1800-1920, contains substantial additions to the original collection and documents the professional career of the Philadelphia lawyer. The supplement comprises 5.8 linear feet of legal and personal correspondence, wills and estate records, legal...
Dates: 1800-1920; Majority of material found within 1840-1920

Woman's Club of Claymont (Del.) records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0532
Abstract

The Woman's Club of Claymont (Del.), records, spanning the dates 1920-2002, and detail the social and civic life of this women's club located in Claymont, Delaware.

Dates: 1920-2002

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Price, Eli K. (Eli Kirk), 1797-1884 2
Provident Life & Trust Company of Philadelphia 2
Townsend, Elliot & Townsend 2
Townsend, J. Barton (John Barton), 1865- 2
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Townsend, Joseph Brevitt, Jr., 1861- 2
Arthurs, Stanley Massey, 1877-1950 1
Ashhurst family 1
Ashhurst, John, 1809-1892 1
Ashhurst, John, 1839-1900 1
Ashhurst, Richard Lewis, 1838-1911 1
Ashhurst, Richard, 1784-1861 1
Betts, Mahlon 1
Burd family 1
Burd, Edward Shippen, 1779-1848 1
Central National Bank of Philadelphia 1
Chrisman, Brothers & Company 1
Chrisman, John B. 1
Darley, F. T. S. (Francis Thomas Sully), 1833-1914 1
Delaware State Federation of Women's Clubs 1
Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank in the City of Philadelphia 1
First National Bank of Wilmington 1
First National Bank of Wilmington and Brandywine 1
General Federation of Women's Clubs 1
George W. Bush & Sons (Wilmington, Del.) 1
Gogarty, Oliver St. John, 1878-1957 1
Hope Furnace (Granville, Pa.) 1
Hoyt, Henry M. (Henry Martyn), 1830-1892 1
Hulings, David Watts, 1793-1858 1
Jones, Washington 1
Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768-1844 1
Junior Woman's Club of Claymont (Del.) 1
Malin, W. G. (William Gunn) 1
Manufacturers National Bank of Philadelphia 1
McArthur, John, 1823-1890 1
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Miller, Mary Owings, 1900- 1
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Reynolds, Alexander Welch, 1817-1876 1
Sellers, Horace Wells, 1857-1933 1
State Bank at Camden, New Jersey 1
Union Bank of Delaware 1
Union National Bank (Wilmington, Del.) 1
University of Pennsylvania. Law School 1
Woman's Club of Claymont (Del.) 1
Woodlands Cemetery (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
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