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Austin Dobson collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0644
Abstract The Austin Dobson collection comprises approximately six linear feet plus oversize material of correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, contracts, royalty statements, artwork, photographs, wills, genealogies, periodicals, clippings, scrapbooks, copper plates, and printed ephemera. The collection documents the work and life of English author and civil servant (Henry) Austin Dobson (1840-1921) and the management of Dobson's estate and literary legacy by his youngest son, Alban Dobson (1885-1962)...
Dates: 1762-1999; Majority of material found within 1861-1962

Robert C. Fraim poetical writings

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0435
Abstract

Delaware educator and attorney Robert C. Fraim collected the poetry and articles he wrote for Philadelphia and Wilmington newspapers in this volume. The papers also include a history of the Fraim family, estate inventory, and other clippings.

Dates: 1873-1901

John Hill Martin family history

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0148
Abstract

This volume contains an extensive history of the Martin family of Chester County and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, created by John Hill Martin. Martin created the history during the 1870s-1890s, but included materials from both the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Dates: 1726-1899; Majority of material found within 1870-1899

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

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

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Clippings (information artifacts) 4
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Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century 2
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African American authors 1
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Albumen prints 1
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Architectural drawings (visual works) 1
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Authors, English--19th century 1
Authors, English--20th century 1
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Banks and banking--Delaware--History--19th century 1
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Brandywine Hundred (Del.) 1
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Chester County (Pa.) 1
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Delaware County (Pa.) 1
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Delaware--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 1
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Gothic revival (Architecture)--Delaware--New Castle County 1
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Larne (Northern Ireland) 1
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Names
Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911 1
Bayley, Solomon 1
Bringhurst, Anna James Webb, 1843-1923 1
Bringhurst, Deborah, 1773-1844 1
Bringhurst, Edith Ferris, 1874-1947 1
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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
Burd, Edward Shippen, 1779-1848 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
D.C. Heath and Company 1
Darley, F. T. S. (Francis Thomas Sully), 1833-1914 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
Dobson, Alban, 1885- 1
Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921 1
Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921--Bibliography 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Fraim, Robert C. 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Macmillan & Co. 1
Malin, W. G. (William Gunn) 1
Martin, John Hill, 1823-1906 1
McArthur, John, 1823-1890 1
Oxford University Press 1
Partridge, Bernard, 1861- 1
Pennsylvania. Supreme Court 1
Pole, Thomas, 1753-1829 1
Price, Eli K. (Eli Kirk), 1797-1884 1
Provident Life & Trust Company of Philadelphia 1
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 1
Reynolds, Alexander Welch, 1817-1876 1
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 1
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton, 1751-1834 1
Sellers, Alexander, 1875-1957 1
Sellers, Horace Wells, 1857-1933 1
Sellers, William F., 1824-1905 1
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 1
Thomson, Hugh, 1860-1920 1
Townsend, Elliot & Townsend 1
Townsend, J. Barton (John Barton), 1865- 1
Townsend, James Price, 1851-1900 1
Townsend, Joseph Brevitt, 1821-1896 1
Townsend, Joseph Brevitt, Jr., 1861- 1
Welsh, John, 1770-1854 1
Wilkins, Williams Woods, 1773-1795 1
Woodlands Cemetery (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
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