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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

Virden family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0489
Abstract

This collection relates to the Virden (or Virdin) family of Delaware, specifically Samuel Virden (1793-1876) of Kent County and his descendants. Samuel's children and their spouses also figure prominently in this collection. The Virden family papers, spanning the years 1783-1901, consist of thirty-six letters, receipts, deeds, accounts, and other documents.

Dates: 1783-1901; Majority of material found within 1820s-1860s

James M. Watson docket book

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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

White and Doharty account book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0009
Abstract

This account book records financial judgments awarded to the firm of White and Doharty of Sussex County, Delaware, dating between 1810 and 1822. It also contains information related to the administration of Alexander White’s estate and the collection of debts on behalf of the Doharty family by Joshua A. Ellegood, dated 1822 to 1834.

Dates: 1810 August 3-1834 October 1

Williams family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0353
Abstract The Williams family papers concern the business and personal affairs of prominent Delaware politician and landowner James Williams (1825-1899), and his son Nathaniel J. Williams (1857-1943), who was also a prominent politician and landowner. In addition, the collection contains documents relating to the business of Parvis & Williams, a Middletown-based fertilizer manufacturing company headed by James Williams once he joined John Parvis in 1885. The collection comprises correspondence,...
Dates: 1861-1947

James Patriot Wilson docket book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0034
Abstract

James Patriot Wilson (1769-1830) was a Delaware lawyer and Presbyterian minister. The James Patriot Wilson docket book, also known as Wilson's Red Book, is a small, red leather notebook of approximately 430 handwritten pages recording Delaware court cases from 1792 to 1801, argued before the Court of Common Pleas, Court of Quarter Sessions, Delaware Supreme Court, Court of Oyer and Terminer, Court of Chancery, and the High Court of Errors and Appeals.

Dates: 1792-1800

Wilbur T. Wilson map collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0377
Abstract

Civil engineer, surveyor, and landlord Wilbur T. Wilson (1856-1942) maintained this collection of survey notebooks, files, plans, blueprints, and approximately 500 maps related to land and structures in his home of Newark, Delaware.

Dates: 1880-1941

William Wilson receipt book

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Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0149
Abstract

This receipt book records payments William Wilson of New Castle County, Delaware, made to his creditors between 1785 and 1798.

Dates: 1785 May 29-1798 August 29

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Receipts (financial records) 11
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Bookkeeping--History 6
Clippings (information artifacts) 5
Deeds 5
Diaries 5
Farmers 5
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Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century 5
Photographs 5
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Shopkeepers 5
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Finance, Personal--United States--History--19th century 4
Lawyers 4
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Newark (Del.)--History--19th century 4
Notebooks 4
Agriculture--Delaware--History--19th century 3
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Delaware 3
Education--Delaware--History--19th century 3
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Financial records 3
Land surveys 3
Leases 3
Legal correspondence 3
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Merchants--United States--History--18th century 3
New Castle County (Del.) 3
Newark (Del.) 3
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Sussex County (Del.)--History--19th century 3
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Wilmington (Del.) 3
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Brandywine Hundred (Del.)--History--19th century 2
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Businesspeople--Delaware--History--19th century 2
Businesspeople--United States--History--19th century 2
Checks (bank checks) 2
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Delaware--History--19th century 2
Directories 2
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Dry goods--Records and correspondence 2
Estate inventories 2
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Newark (Del.)--Commerce 2
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Pencader Hundred (Del.) 2
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--20th century 2
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Recipes 2
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German 1
Greek, Modern (1453-) 1
Spanish; Castilian 1
 
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Creator unidentified 3
Delaware College 2
Ellegood, Joshua A. 2
Horn, Charles S. 2
Pennsylvania. Supreme Court 2
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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
Townsend, James Price, 1851-1900 2
Townsend, Joseph Brevitt, 1821-1896 2
Townsend, Joseph Brevitt, Jr., 1861- 2
University of Delaware 2
Albertson family 1
American Academy of Music (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
American Association of University Women 1
American Association of University Women. Delaware Division 1
American Association of University Women. Mill Creek Hundred Branch (Del.) 1
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 1
Anderson and Finley 1
Anderson, John 1
Ashburnham, Elizabeth, approximately 1774-1868 1
Baker and Moss 1
Baker, Alfred Gustavus, 1831-1913 1
Baker, Michael V. 1
Bancroft, Samuel, 1804-1891 1
Batten, James H., 1851-1925 1
Batten, Mahlon, 1819-1888 1
Bayley, Solomon 1
Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) 1
Biggs, Benjamin T. (Benjamin Thomas), 1821-1893 1
Booth, James, approximately 1790-1826 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, 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
Brinton, Christian, 1870-1942 1
Brinton, George, 1804-1858 1
Brinton, John H. (John Hill), 1832-1907 1
Brinton, John Hill, 1772-1827 1
Brinton, Ward, 1873-1935 1
Brown family 1
Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission 1
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
Burd, Edward Shippen, 1779-1848 1
Capen, Robert 1
Capen, Samuel 1
Carty family 1
Carty, Peter 1
Carty, Shreve 1
Carty, William 1
Chambers, Gilbert W., 1856-1930 1
Chrisman, Brothers & Company 1
Chrisman, John B. 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Citizen's National Bank of Middletown 1
Commercial Union 1
Curtis Paper Company 1
Darley, F. T. S. (Francis Thomas Sully), 1833-1914 1
Davis, Jonas, 1792-1872 1
Deer Park Hotel (Newark, Delaware) 1
Delaware Alliance Federal Credit Union 1
Delaware Humanities Forum 1
Delaware. Division of State Police 1
Delaware. General Assembly. Senate 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
Doharty, Edward 1
Donnell, Samuel M. 1
DuMar Printing Co. 1
Durham, William H., 1905-1981 1
Dussauce, H. (Hippolyte), 1829-1869 1
Evans, Thomas, -1796 1
Exposition universelle de 1867 à Paris 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 1
Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
General Foods Corporation 1
George Munro's Sons 1
Governor Bacon Health Center 1
Green, Jesse, 1766-1834 1
Green, Sharpless, 1820-1877 1
Hall, John Wood, Jr. 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Harlan C. Williams Co. 1
Harry, Thomas, 1742-1824 1
Herdman, John David, Jr. (1770-1832) 1
Howard High School (Wilmington, Del.) 1
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