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John Richardson receipt book and bankbook
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0023
Abstract
These two volumes are the receipt book and bankbook of John Richardson of New Castle County, Delaware, kept between 1788 and 1801.
Dates:
1788 May 30-1801 May 25
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
James M. Watson docket book
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0031
Abstract
This docket book is a register of debt litigation and collection kept by James M. Watson, a justice of the peace in New Castle County, Delaware, between 1875 and 1883.
Dates:
1875-1883