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Biddle family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0327
Abstract
The Biddle family papers preserve over one-hundred-and-fifty years of material related to this prominent Philadelphia, Pennsylvania family and detail extensively their professional lineage as attorneys, notary publics, and bankers during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Dates:
1766-1943; Majority of material found within 1870-1923
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