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Brinton family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0453
Abstract

The Brinton family papers document several generations of the Brinton, Steinmetz, and Ward families, who flourished between 1760-1930 in Pennsylvania and New York. Several members of the family played prominent roles in their communities and included landholders, real estate developers, merchants, Civil War surgeons, medical doctors and professors, missionaries, a minister, an art critic, an anthropologist, lawyers, a judge, an engineer, and several authors.

Dates: 1715-1930

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

 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

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

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Account books 4
Receipts (financial records) 4
Legal correspondence 3
Personal correspondence 3
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century 3
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Wills 3
Businesspeople--Delaware--History--19th century 2
Checks (bank checks) 2
Clippings (information artifacts) 2
Correspondence 2
Decisions 2
Diaries 2
Estate inventories 2
Genealogy 2
Indentures 2
Judicial records 2
Land surveys 2
Lawyers 2
Leases 2
Ledgers (account books) 2
Photographs 2
Affidavits 1
African American authors 1
Albumen prints 1
Almanacs 1
Ambrotypes (photographs) 1
Appraisals (financial records) 1
Architectural drawings (visual works) 1
Auction catalogs 1
Bankers (people) 1
Banks and banking--Delaware--History--19th century 1
Biographies (documents) 1
Black-and-white photographs 1
Bonds (legal records) 1
Brandywine Hundred (Del.) 1
Brandywine Hundred (Del.)--History--19th century 1
Brandywine Hundred (Del.)--History--20th century 1
Broadsides (notices) 1
Businesspeople 1
Businesspeople--Delaware--History--20th century 1
Businesspeople--United States--History--19th century 1
Cabinet photographs 1
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs) 1
Charters 1
Circuit courts--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--19th century 1
Commercial correspondence 1
Commonplace books 1
Copybooks (instructional materials) 1
Customs records 1
Daguerreotypes (photographs) 1
Dance cards 1
Daybooks 1
Delaware--History 1
Delaware--History--18th century 1
Delaware--History--19th century 1
Delaware--History--20th century 1
Delaware--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 1
Devotional literature 1
Diarists 1
Dogs 1
Draftsmen (artists) 1
Engravings (prints) 1
Ephemera (general) 1
Epistles 1
Essays 1
Estates (Law)--Pennsylvania 1
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)--History--19th century 1
Fairs 1
Families--Delaware--History--19th century 1
Financial records 1
Genealogies (histories) 1
Genealogists 1
Glass plate negatives 1
Gothic revival (Architecture)--Delaware--New Castle County 1
Historic buildings 1
Historic buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia 1
Historic ships--18th century 1
Historic ships--19th century 1
Invitations 1
Invoices 1
Kent County (Del.) 1
Larne (Northern Ireland) 1
Later prints 1
Law--Pennsylvania 1
Law--Pennsylvania--History--19th century 1
Legal documents 1
Letters (correspondence) 1
Lithographic engravings (prints) 1
Magazines (periodicals) 1
Maps (documents) 1
Marriage certificates 1
Medical education--History--19th century 1
Medicine--Study and teaching--History--19th century 1
Medicine--United States--History--19th century 1
Memorandums 1
Merchants--United States--History--18th century 1
Merchants--United States--History--19th century 1
Millers (people) 1
Minutes (administrative records) 1
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Cherokee 1
German 1
 
Names
Pennsylvania. Supreme Court 2
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, James Price, 1851-1900 2
Townsend, Joseph Brevitt, 1821-1896 2
Townsend, Joseph Brevitt, Jr., 1861- 2
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 1
Bayley, Solomon 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, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
Burd, Edward Shippen, 1779-1848 1
Chrisman, Brothers & Company 1
Chrisman, John B. 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Darley, F. T. S. (Francis Thomas Sully), 1833-1914 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
Hall, John Wood, Jr. 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson Medical College 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Malin, W. G. (William Gunn) 1
McArthur, John, 1823-1890 1
Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis 1
Picot family 1
Pole, Thomas, 1753-1829 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
Steinmetz, Joseph J., active 1929-1930 1
University of Pennsylvania. Law School 1
Virden family 1
Virden, Edwin, 1823-1899 1
Virden, Samuel, 1793-1876 1
Virden, Sarah Elizabeth, 1833- 1
Ward, F. De W. (Ferdinand De Wilton), 1812-1891 1
Welsh, John, 1770-1854 1
Wilkins, Williams Woods, 1773-1795 1
Woodlands Cemetery (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
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